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On 16 Jul 1998 05:14:42 GMT, Rahul Dhesi <c.c.eiftj@06.usenet.us.com> wrote:
>In <slrn6qqbv0.aoi.joelga@pebble.org> joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry) writes:
>
>>>This is correct.  Granted, in rare circumstances you can't move left or
>>>right or go faster;  but you can ALWAYS go slower and get out of the
>>>box.  Most of the time you can stay out of the box by careful
>>>manouvering, and that's what I do all the time.  Once you get used to
>>>it, it becomes second nature so you don't have to think about it.
>
>>During the period of time you are slowing down, you are at risk (plus you
>>are inviting someone to cut in front of you, getting in the accident with
>>the truck directly in front of you at a time you can't avoid it).
>
>After you have been in an accident, you can do one of two things.  You
>can decide that it was not preventable.  Or you can decide that it WAS
>preventable, and ask yourself what you could have done differently.

This is at odds with your .sig, man.  The idea is to avoid the accident
in the first place.

>
>There is some risk in all driving.  With effort, and by taking
>responsibility for preventing accidents, you can decrease this risk to a
>very low level.  You can do this only if you stop worrying about whether
>an accident was somebody else's fault and begin focusing on whether you
>were involved in one at all.

I haven't been, for decades.  I argue with many of the things you say because
many successful accident avoidance strategies are at odds with what you 
advocate.  And some of the things you advocate may be accident increasers.

For a number of years, I had commutes of 70 to 110 miles each way, plus
a second residence 300 miles away.  One sees a lot when one drives a lot.

>-- 
>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."

jg
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