[svandamme]

that's a bum deal
over here, anybody bumping in the back of anybody is at fault, no question about it
the rule is you are at all times responsible for being in control of your vehicle
if something happens and you can't stop in time : you weren't driving carefull enough

i once had a similar story of road rage with me overpassing a nutcase
this was at 120 km/h , he overtook me on the right while had slowed down for a truck on the left lane, overtaking another truck on the right lane
was driving a spanking brand new Golf company car, he was in a 15 year old Opel Kadett

he crept up slowly with his mirror like 10 inches in front of mine, but i wasn't going to slow down for this nut case and let him in front of me where he could block me from my way out

i didn't move a bit, he made contact, my alloy sports wheels basically did a Ben Hur chop job of his kadett, pulled over, threats from his part, he drove off
called the cops, explained he fled the scene, turns out he had done the same about me
said i had ran him off the road from behind, and he couldn't move out of the way fast enough when i was speeding
cops checked out the damage and clearly could see his story didn't add up, the damage was worse to the front then to the back, which is impossible if i ran him off the road at superspeed....