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Re: Last minute lane changers

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From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:00
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In article <6ooufr$oa6$1@samba.rahul.net>,
Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com> wrote:
}In
}<C3490CF6E5448009.3B1DE26060D405CE.70B30B0F96016755@library-proxy.airnews.net>
}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.

It's happened 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?

She wasn't drunk.

}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?

She had kids in the minivan, they may or may not have been rowdy.  Her
driving gave no indication that she wasn't paying attention to the
road.
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue." 
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From: russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: Last minute lane changers
Date: 1998/07/18
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