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Article #2231Re: Pull time safety
From: Hector Mandel
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 14:20
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 14:20
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Randy Scott (randy.scott@filebank.cts.com) wrote: : I was talking to a guy at the DZ last week about who's at fault in an : canopy/jumper collision at pull time. His position was, "the low man : has the right of way, so it's the high guy's fault". I say, "O.K., : but why did the low guy pull into the high guy's face?" : : Any comments? How can we define the responsibilities more clearly and : improve safety during openings? : I'd say that the low person has the right of way since they have less visibility and less altitude in which to maneuver than the high person. The question of fault may not involve the right-of-way in some circumstances.
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Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!mandel From: mandel@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu (Hector Mandel) Subject: Re: Pull time safety X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 References: <64.361.uupcb@filebank.cts.com> Message-ID: <C0C2Iw.K0G@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:20:55 GMT Lines: 14