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Joel Garry <joelga@pebble.org> wrote:
> 
> Somebody cuts you off, so that means you are deliberately tailgating?

No, they have violated the law.
 
> Your rear tire spins on a pile of gravel, so now you are deliberately out of
> control of your vehicle?

No, that's not deliberate, and that's not reckless.

> >> ... assholes "hog" the left lane and cause certain certain out-of-control
> >> people to do stupid and/or aggressive things when driving.
> >
> >That's baloney any way you slice it.
> >
> >People "own" their behaviors, nobody "forces" them to do "stupid and/or
> >aggressive things when driving", or "forces" them to do anything else.
> 
> You're doing above the speed limit in the left lane of the freeway, all of a
> sudden three lanes of cars come up behind you very fast.  You're not
> forced to do anything?

In the sense of a criminal threatening you with bodily harm, yes, in
that situation you might be "forced" to do something....

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