Re: Last minute lane changers

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

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In <Sx5s1.172$to.1142916@newsread.com> russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com
(Matthew T. Russotto) writes:

>}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.

It's not clear what the complete facts are.  There is a small, very
small, chance, that you coul dnot have prevented the accident. But there
is a large, very large, chance, that you simply THINK that you could not
have prevented it.

At what distance had she been following you?
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
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    "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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