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tld@moon.base.bellcore.com (Terry Davidson) writes:

$ I was involved in an accident on Washington Road, Piscataway,
$ just south of the Shoprite shopping center, and need any 
$ one who witnessed the accident to get in touch with me. 

$ I was driving a black 1981 Ford stepside pickup southbound, following
$ a small beige sedan.  The sedan slowed down abruptly to turn left
$ into the dairy; and I was not able to stop in time to avoid
$ hitting her. 

Why were you not able to stop?  Were you following too closely?  If he
was directly in front of you before he slowed down, it was your fault.
-- 
Tom Reingold
AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
tommy@boole.att.com or att!boole!tommy

tommy@hilbert.att.com (Tom Reingold) writes:

>tld@moon.base.bellcore.com (Terry Davidson) writes:

>$ hitting her. 

>Why were you not able to stop?  Were you following too closely?  If he
>was directly in front of you before he slowed down, it was your fault.
>-- 

What does this have to do with anything? Who cares whose fault it is. The guy
just wants witnesses to step forward.

In article <tommy.724732896@hilbert>, tommy@hilbert.att.com (Tom Reingold) writes:
> tld@moon.base.bellcore.com (Terry Davidson) writes:
> 
> $ I was involved in an accident on Washington Road, Piscataway,
> $ just south of the Shoprite shopping center, and need any 
> $ one who witnessed the accident to get in touch with me. 
> 
> $ I was driving a black 1981 Ford stepside pickup southbound, following
> $ a small beige sedan.  The sedan slowed down abruptly to turn left
> $ into the dairy; and I was not able to stop in time to avoid
> $ hitting her. 
> 
> Why were you not able to stop?  Were you following too closely?  If he
> was directly in front of you before he slowed down, it was your fault.
> -- 
> Tom Reingold
> AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
> tommy@boole.att.com or att!boole!tommy



	Unless there are extraneous circumstances - The car in front
	was actually in reverse,  The car in front suddenly had a
	major catastrophic break down that cause it to dead stop (as
	a "unatural fashion),   IT WILL BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE to - prove
	the car in front was at all at fault.  In 99% of the cases, as
	Tom brought up, it comes down to that the car in back could not
	stop in time due to a combination of the following.

		Following to close
		Tailgating - the extreme of the first
		Mechanical inadequency - bad brakes or tires
		And the old - Just not paying atention

	If the driver of the car in back could disprove the above
	and have a plethora of witnesses proving the driver in front
	did something totally and I mean totally stupid, I'm sorry
	to say the driver in back doesn't stand a chance.


	By the way did I say this only my opinion and not
	my employers.  And my opinions are just that, they
	are not by any means making any legal precedent and
	may not even be based on fact.

jbs@cbnews.cb.att.com (john.b.skiendziel) writes:

>In article <tommy.724732896@hilbert>, tommy@hilbert.att.com (Tom Reingold) writes:
>> tld@moon.base.bellcore.com (Terry Davidson) writes:
>> 
>> $ I was driving a black 1981 Ford stepside pickup southbound, following
>> $ a small beige sedan.  The sedan slowed down abruptly to turn left
>> $ into the dairy; and I was not able to stop in time to avoid
>> $ hitting her. 
>> 
>> Why were you not able to stop?  Were you following too closely?  If he
>> was directly in front of you before he slowed down, it was your fault.

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? 

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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