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On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Wendi Dunlap-Simpson wrote:

:)>In article
:)><91DFE709AF7FEEAD.DB0BDBC5C97D8BD9.466AC2B6B5A2F34B@library-proxy.airnews.net>,
:)>Gumbyy@ticnet.com (Marc) wrote:
:)>
:)>> 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?
:)>

You can't. The guy behind you was an idiot that was looking only at the
light and his watch. he didn't even see you, or the car infront of him.
Sure you were plain as day but to him you were an S.E.P., so he couldn't
see you. Bam!!

:)>When a similar accident happened to me (stopped at a red light at night,
:)>guy comes up behind me weaving and speeding and can't stop in time for the
:)>light) I had a split second to see the guy coming at me, but my only
:)>option would have been to accelerate rapidly forward into the intersection
:)>and to the right or left, out of his way. Considering that the light was
:)>red, I couldn't do it. Too much ingrained training, I guess. And I don't
:)>think I would have been able to get out of the guy's way anyway -- it
:)>really was a split-second thing. Just enough time to think "Oh $#!!
:)>they're going to hit --" and, BOOM.

I would have tried to accelerate into the intersection and to the right.
Ofcourse that's legal unless otherwise posted here. And ofcourse there's
no telling if I would have made it. But if I see an accident coming, even
if there isn't enough time, I will try to aviod it.
 :)>
:)>Oh, yeah, when I pulled into the next mini-mart and told the guy there
:)>what had happened, he said "Oh, that blue car that just came through this
:)>intersection doing about 85!" I just hope they didn't run into a few other
:)>people out there that night...
:)>

Some people are just stupid and reckless. My guess is that the guy was
either high or drunk.

Galaxie
(S.E.P. for those of you that actually haven't read Douglas Adams
Hitchikers Guide series means simply, Somebody Elses Problem)
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