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Re: Re: Witnesses to car accident
By: ficara #0 @remus.rutgers.edu (ken ficara) USEnet      
 
> Bingo. Thank you. Next time you (original poster) -- or anyone else --
> are following me too closely, and I start to tap my breaks, and you
> continue to tailgate me, and I slow down to the speed limit or lower,
> you'll know why. As another poster said, there is little or no excuse
> for rear-ending someone. You are responsible for keeping control of
> your vehicle -- what if a child had run out in front of the driver in
> front of you? 

Unfortunately, it's easier to get off legally if you hit a child.  Also, you
might want to be careful.  Some areas have (unposted) minimum speed limits. If 
you slow your car below the minimum, you can be cited.  And if the other
driver can establish that you were travelling below the minimum, you're at
least partially at fault. ("Partial" fault counts when you sue for damages).

> I see far too many accidents caused by that kind of driving. If you
> can't stop in time, you're driving too close.

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