That's awful Owlgirl, I'm glad you're okay. even if you're not in pain, it might help to take a couple ibuprofen or something - because you might be sore tomorrow.

I'm having a hard time visualizing what you're saying, but it doesn't sound like you were in the wrong - and if you think about it like there were two cars - whoever rear ends the car in front of them, it's pretty much always the fault of the rear ender regardless of what the rear endee did.