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Brian Varine <Witch*Dr@usa.nobulkemail.net> wrote:

>> He's not a LEO.  And the applet is for illustrative purposes only,
>> however it does pretty well illustrate a number of crashes that have
>> actually happened.  About the only thing on it I disagree with is the
>> speeder usually plow into the other vehicle rather than spinning off
>> the road but both scenarios have happened so it's a reasonably fair
>> representation.

>How about your International Network of Collision Reconstructionists? A
>organization formed 2 years ago and hosted by none other than Laser
>Technologies, the people who make laser speed guns and owned (50%) by
>GEICO Insurance.

They host the list server and the page and have no influence on it's
contents.  If you'd read beyond the title you'd have known that.

You just can't win can you?

>> Driver A pulls onto the cross street and Driver B is speeding toward
>> him.   Crash!   Who's fault?  Both?  Based on court decisions, yes.
>> Had each driver obeyed the law there would be no crash.  The only time
>> I've seen a single driver found at fault in instances like this is
>> when Driver A is traveling at an extremely high rate of speed, then he
>> and he alone gets tagged for the whole show.

>Yes, but

Yes but nothing.  That scenario exists and you can't tell me you speed
only on the interstates.  We both know better than that.

>this is a two lane road where most accidents occur not on the
>freeway. Freeways are controlled access, people just don't pull out.

Yet thanks to a few idiots the crashes continue.  My my.  Isn't that
amazing?

>How about 80 in a 65 out in the middle of nowhere? 

Depends on your attitude whether the ticket counts points or not.  I
may check your record first and if there's a single speeding ticket on
it you'll get the full load.  If not you just might get off with a
cheapie reduced charge or maybe even a warning.


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