One of the reasons I parked my '66 vette was because a lady rear ended me and i got out and saw a BUNCH of plastic all over the place and reacted badly before I realized it was her front grill and not the vette. Upon further investigation, the trailer hitch (I didn't put it on it, previous owner did) did all the damage to her car and there was no damage to the vette.
As far as getting hit in a larger heavier vehicle, nothing is going to help if the vehicle is larger than yours. I got T-boned while driving a Freightliner and it shoved me a couple of truck lengths SIDEWAYS. The vehicle that hit me was only going 16 mph in a 15 mph zone, so overly excessive speed wasn't the reason. Guess it must have been those 17 freight cars that the locomotive was pushing... that took me for a ride
Since the lawsuits are over, I guess I could repost those pictures, but probably won't. I was EXTREMELY lucky, especially since it was finally determined that the accident wasn't my fault because the train was actually supposed to stop at two crossings in this town and the one I got hit on was one of them. I was just glad to be alive and after six and a half months of unemployment, able to go back to work.
David from jax