Who is At Fault?

Question

A load of straw bales is parly on the hood of Jaguar sedan and party on the back of a pickup truck. Both vehicles are facing in the same direction. The pickup is is front of the Jaguar. The truck driver claims that he was stopped at the stop sign when the Jag drove into the back of his truck. The Jaguar driver claims that he was stopped behind the pickup when the truck suddenly backed up.
Choices: True, False
A.) These results are impossible. The bales would have fallen forward in this type of accident.
B.) There isn't enough information to determine who is at fault.
C.) The pickup must have backed into the Jaguar.
D.) The pickup could have backed into the Jaguar.
E.) If the vehicles were both moving (truck in reverse, Jaguar forward), the pickup must have been moving faster.
F.) Regardless of fault, the apparent motion of the bales results from them seeking the natural state of rest.

Answer 1

If the truck backed into the jag the bales would have first gone towards the front of the truck and then backwards. The reverse is true of the jag running into the truck. There are many factors that are not answered here also, like was the truck full? Stacked high? Etc...

I guess my finally answer would end up being F. The objects would want to be "stopped" regardless.

Answer 2

In the laws of insurance physics it's always the guy who rear ended the person's fault.. In this case.. I don't know what to say.. Why would the truck be backing up at a red light? I think for the bale to fall out onto the Jaguar, at least one of the vehicles need to have been moving fast. If both cars are stopped at a red light, and then the truck moves back, there is not enough room for the truck to be reversing fast enough cause the bales to fall out, so the Jaguar must be at fault, because the Jaguar could have not been paying attention and rear ended him while driving fast. He is, afterall, in a Jaguar, and you imagine that he must like to drive fast. One person in the story is definetly lying, and I assume it is the Jaguar.

A) False, these results are possible because the bales are lighter than the truck, so if the Jaguar hits the truck fast enough, the truck would move foward while the bales would slide backwards.

B) True, there is not enough information based on the amount of possibilties that could have happend.

C) False, it would not have enough space to travel fast enough for the bales to fall out. But, the bales could have been loosly strapped to the truck making it easy to slide off into the Jaguar while backing up, the story does not explain how severe the accident was. It is a possibilty, but not a must

D) True, it COULD have backed into the Jaguar... As I said above

E) False, if the bales are loosly strapped, the Jaguar could have been going to a slow stop while at the same time the truck could have been backing up quickly, causing the bale to fall onto the Jaguar. If the truck is moving quickly, the truck would stop in it's place and the bale would slide out. BUT If the truck was moving slower, the truck would have jumped foward and the bales could still slide onto the Jaguar.. It is a possibilty, but not a must!

F) True

Answer 3

The truck driver is at fault for having an unsecured load. Someone has to determine weather the truck back into the Jag, or the Jag rear ended the truck.