Re: Last minute lane changers

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From: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:00

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Gumbyy@ticnet.com (Marc) writes:

>You stop at a light.  The person behind you stops at the light.  There
>is a car in front of you.

>Got that picture in your mind?

>Now the car behind you accelerates for no known reason.  If they hit
>you, would that be their fault or theirs?  Do you think that you'd be
>able to avoid getting hit?

It's statistically unlikely that doubt this will ever happen to me.

Was the motorist behind you drunk?  Were you not able to guess this from
the way he was driving and manage to stay far from him?  Did the car
contain a bunch of rowdy kids who were not paying attention to the road?
And did you have trouble staying far away from them?
-- 
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."

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From: c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi)
Subject: Re: Last minute lane changers
Date: 1998/07/18
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