Maybe one should return to the original post and re-read ...
Nowhere does it say anything about the car being parked at right angles ...
Further ... we are talking about a lay-by ... and obviously quite a big one if cars can park at right angles to the through flow ...
If that was the case, I see no reason why a parked car cannot open its tailgate to access 'whatever' ...
With phrases such as 'a newish caravan darted out of the layby about as fast as a jet' ... rather suggests a poor driver ... must have been very inattentive to fail to see a car with an open boot up ahead ...
Quote: Originally posted by Kelper on 26/8/2017
Maybe one should return to the original post and re-read ...
Nowhere does it say anything about the car being parked at right angles ...
No, it doesn't - that was my suggestion after finding the location (see Llani's link) as it appears the layby's through road is behind the parking area (which is separated from the main carriageway by the grass verge). So I imagine the driver of the towing car pulled into the layby (which the OP describes as "busy") looking for, but failing to find, a suitable place to park car and caravan, presumably not noticing the open tailgate, and carrying on back to the road?
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