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Article #730Re: Last minute lane changers
From: Marc
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:00
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joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry) wrote: >On 14 Jul 1998 05:50:49 GMT, Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com> wrote: >>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. Seconded. A friend of mine was sideswiped by a truck. It simply was missing its exit and without signal exited into the space where my friend was driving. It happens. More than 90% of all accidenta are aviodable. Some aren't. I was in one where I was stopped at a red light, and so was the car in front of me and the car behind. The light turned green, and the car behind me accelerated briskly. They didn't even wait for the car in front of me to move. There was no damage to either vehicle, but there was a definate bump. One lane each way, cars coming the opposite way and a curb to the right, How should someone avoid that? Marc For email, remove second "y" from Gumbyy@ticnet.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: f4d80,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d80,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public From: Gumbyy@ticnet.com (Marc) Subject: Re: Last minute lane changers Date: 1998/07/14 Message-ID: <91DFE709AF7FEEAD.DB0BDBC5C97D8BD9.466AC2B6B5A2F34B@library-proxy.airnews.net> X-Deja-AN: 371504853 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <359bbca9.2949271@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <359C1289.E90CCFE3@compuserve.com> <359c7ca7.52106985@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <359C8AEB.374789BD@compuserve.com> <359c9b16.59899118@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <6ni8hf$fq9$1@samba.rahul.net> <359CF0A2.2D8A@richmond.infi.net> <6njfc6$na2$1@samba.rahul.net> <Pine.SUN.3.96.980710135451.29319E-100000@eve.speake <35AAD986.A119B347@prodigy.net.nospam> <6oerjp$o92$1@samba.rahul.net> <slrn6qnalm.77e.joelga@pebble.org> X-Orig-Message-ID: <35ace7e6.3298225@NEWS.TICNET.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Time: Tue Jul 14 18:31:09 1998 Organization: Disorganization NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at ticnet.com to report improper postings Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,seattle.general,ca.driving