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On 14 Jul 1998 05:50:49 GMT, Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com> wrote:
>In <35AAD986.A119B347@prodigy.net.nospam> Tony Wang
><tonyw44@prodigy.net.nospam> writes:
>
>>Now you tell me -- the two accidents I've had are when an 18 wheeler
>>sideswiped me and when some dork couldn't stop at his red light in the
>>snow and t-boned me when I had a green light.  So how the hell would
>>you, Mr.Perfect, have avoided those?
>
>Both were preventable by a skilled motorist.
>
>Big trucks don't randomly side swipe other vehicles.  Due to their large
>size, they can't change direction so suddenly as to take you by
>surprise.  Whatever they do, they do slowly enough that you can see the
>situation building up and you can avoid the collision.

You are simply wrong.  A truck that swerves or panic brakes has a whiplash 
effect on its multiple trailers that can be very difficult to anticipate when 
you are right next to it, boxed in by traffic.

>
>A collision with somebody else when you have the green light is almost
>always preventable, if you properly look to the left and right whenver
>you are about to go through any intersection.

You are full of it here, Rahul.  Calculate the length of time a car at
90MPH, approaching an intersection where only the width of a 6' sidewalk
separates the building from the street, is in your field of view.  You
are going 35MPH.  Go ahead and assume that you are looking in the direction
the car is coming from at that time, and that it is the maximum (ie, 
the car is in the right lane coming from the right, and you are in the
left lane), with two lanes plus parking in all directions, two-way streets.

Now calculate how much time you have to keep from being hit from a blind 
alley.  (This reduces the problem to how long the car takes to go the width 
of one lane plus parking plus the width of the sidewalk - about 22 feet,
let's say.)

>
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>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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