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From: edhall@randvax.ARPA (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Fast Driving Not The Cause
Message-ID: <1681@randvax.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 06:13:44 EST
Article-I.D.: randvax.1681
Posted: Sat Feb 11 06:13:44 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 05:54:22 EST
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This is silly; you can claim that almost any accident is the other
person's fault by saying `they should have been looking'.  Why, if
I decide to drive down the wrong side of the road I can blame anyone
that hits me, as they certainly should have seen me.

Having an accident because you weren't able to stop or swerve in time
almost always indicates excessive speed.  If road conditions are poor,
the sensible thing to do is slow down enough so that your control of
the car isn't hampered by it.  It is hardly sensible to expect the
*other* driver to give you more room to speed in.

The physics are very simple: double your speed and you quadruple
your kinetic energy, you quadruple your stopping distance, and
you quadruple the side-forces on your car when you swerve.

No way am I going to depend upon the other driver to watch out for me.

		-Ed Hall
		decvax!randvax!edhall