Acar accident occurs around midnight on the night of a full moon. the driver at fault claims he was blinded momentarily by the moon rising on the eastern horizon. should the police believe him?

You are driving directly behind a pickup truck, going at the same speed as the truck. a crate falls from the bed of the truck to the road. (a) will your car hit the crate before the crate hits the road if you neither brake nor swerve? (b) during the fall, is the horizontal speed of the crate more than, less than, or the same as that of the truck?