Re: Last minute lane changers

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From: P. J. Remner
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:00

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In a previous article, c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com (Rahul Dhesi) says:

>
>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.

Not when, as he stated, the truck tries to brake and a "snake reaction"
occurs with its trailers.

A friend of mine was injured and his best friend was killed last
summer when a semi fell over onto their car.  It tried to change
into their lane, then the driver saw them and swerved away, upsetting
the cargo (we think) and tipping it over.  If my friend wasn't sleeping
curled up in the back seat, he would have been killed also.

>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.


Ah, but you *can't* see around that #&!*ing truck next to you, pulled
5 feet over the crosswalk and trying to make a left turn.


-- 
You know your car is pathetic when you are thrilled
one day when you speed-shift into Third and it chirps
one of the tires.
                                    I MISS MY 429!

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From: aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner)
Subject: Re: Last minute lane changers
Date: 1998/07/15
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