In all seriousness, reading the article seems like the lorry, or truck (for North Americans), was parked in a layby. From what I understand a layby is very similar as to “parking on the shoulder”, but in a “designated area”, so the lorry/truck was parked “legally”. The article does not say anything about “safely”.
I can see a person unintentionally drifting out of their lane and hitting the back of a car parked on the shoulder or in a layby unfortunately, especially at higher speeds. Fairly common occurrence, such as a cop car being rear ended when doing a traffic stop.
Personally in north america the “rest areas” that I am personally familiar with are further off the main road with a proper exit ramp and on ramp back to the main road. I feel IMO this is safer design then pulling over on a high-speed road or on the side of a Highway, for both parties.
Hope the driver makes a full recovery, and the driver of the lorry is okay.
“That parked car came out of nowhere”
In all seriousness, reading the article seems like the lorry, or truck (for North Americans), was parked in a layby. From what I understand a layby is very similar as to “parking on the shoulder”, but in a “designated area”, so the lorry/truck was parked “legally”. The article does not say anything about “safely”.
I can see a person unintentionally drifting out of their lane and hitting the back of a car parked on the shoulder or in a layby unfortunately, especially at higher speeds. Fairly common occurrence, such as a cop car being rear ended when doing a traffic stop.
Personally in north america the “rest areas” that I am personally familiar with are further off the main road with a proper exit ramp and on ramp back to the main road. I feel IMO this is safer design then pulling over on a high-speed road or on the side of a Highway, for both parties.
Hope the driver makes a full recovery, and the driver of the lorry is okay.