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Gumbyy@ticnet.com (Marc) writes:

[ about being sideswiped by a truck ]

>So, are you saying that as presented it appears preventable by the
>person struk, or are you calling me a liar?

I'm saying that there is no way to objectively determine whether or not
the accident was preventable.  Therefore all such determinations must be
subjective.  And almost all highway accidents are considered to be
somebody else's fault by all involved parties.  So at least in this
respect this particular accident is not different at all:  Somebody
else gets the blame.

My main theme, in case you haven't gotten it yet, is that those who
blame others for their road accidents are the ones who get more involved
in them.  The only way to avoid getting involved in such accidents is to
strongly believe that it is ENTIRELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to prevent
accidents, and that YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON THE OTHER MOTORIST TO KEEP YOU
FROM HAVING AN ACCIDENT.

[ about being gently struck from behind by a car that started to move
on a green light ]

>>Perhaps it was not preventable by you -- but we need more details.

>What details?  I'll give them.  I don't remember the street names for
>reference, as it was in a city foreign to me.

Perhaps it *was* preventable by you -- but we need more details.  Only
you can decide what those details are.  Those of us who were not there
do not know what else there was to know.
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
a2i communications, a quality ISP
    "Any idiot can avoid automobile accidents that are his own fault.  It
     takes skill to avoid accidents that are the *other* person's fault."