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On 16 Jul 1998 23:21:55 GMT, Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com> wrote:
>In <slrn6qt0hm.ch4.joelga@pebble.org> joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry) writes:
>
>>>After you have been in an accident, you can do one of two things.  You
>>>can decide that it was not preventable.  Or you can decide that it WAS
>>>preventable, and ask yourself what you could have done differently.
>
>>This is at odds with your .sig, man.  The idea is to avoid the accident
>>in the first place.
>
>Is it really add odds with my .sig?  If somebody is complaining about
>how the accident was not his fault, simply point out to him that it
>doesn't matter who caused the accident -- what matters is that it was
>his own responsibility to prevent it, and he failed to prevent it.

But most people think it does matter, and will be upset with you for trying
to put the blame on them when it wasn't their fault.  And rightly upset.

>
>>I haven't been, for decades.  I argue with many of the things you say
>>because many successful accident avoidance strategies are at odds with
>>what you advocate.  And some of the things you advocate may be accident
>>increasers.
>
>You mean not changing lanes to please tailgaters?  You have to balance
>the risk of repeated lane changing versus the risk of an angry tailgater
>behind you AND the lower risk to others ahead of you who don't have to
>deal with that tailgater.

The lower risk of others is orders away from the immediate situtation.  How
do you judge that he is not simply mad at you?

>
>I contend that if nobody ever changed lanes to please a tailgater, there
>would be no tailgaters.

And if turnips were watches, I would wear one by my side.

>-- 
>Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
>a2i communications, a quality ISP
>    "Any idiot can avoid automobile accidents that are his own fault.  It
>     takes skill to avoid accidents that are the *other* person's fault."

jg
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