Rear Ended on Freeway
I was driving along the freeway with the speed limit at 70 mph, and I
was going about that fast. The lady in front of me slammed on her brakes HARD. It was so hard that by the time I hit her car I couldn't see it because of all the smoke from her tires. I was maintaining a safe following distance (3 seconds), but it was still not enough time for me to stop my car. The officer claimed it was my fault because I didn't give her enough room. I don't think I should have to pay for the extensive damage on my car. Any thoughts from anyone? |
Rear Ended on Freeway
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Rear Ended on Freeway
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Rear Ended on Freeway
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Rear Ended on Freeway
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Rear Ended on Freeway
On 27 Aug 2006 06:55:06 -0700, "Harry K" >
wrote: >As Brent said, the only way you could fail to stop before hitting her >with a 3 sec gap is mechanical failure (bad brakes), not paying >attention, or very poor reflexes. What was the driver stopping for? I think we all agree that it's dangerous to slam on the breaks to a complete stop in a 70mph zone for no good reason. It's just not expected. Was there a squirrel in the road? A pedestrian in the road? Needed to stop to take a look at the map? Needed to stop to change lanes to make an exit in time? I wish they'd drive right PAST the exit and come back to it. That's what I do. I was involved in such an accident and hit the car ahead of me. Unfortunately I had to learn who's fault it is was, based on the law. My insurance covered the accident. And now I look out for brake slammers and provide extra space. I warn other people that sometimes drivers will just slam on the brakes for no apparent reason. |
Rear Ended on Freeway
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Rear Ended on Freeway
"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message ... > said in rec.autos.driving: > > >I was driving along the freeway with the speed limit at 70 mph, and I > >was going about that fast. The lady in front of me slammed on her > >brakes HARD. It was so hard that by the time I hit her car I couldn't > >see it because of all the smoke from her tires. I was maintaining a > >safe following distance (3 seconds), but it was still not enough time > >for me to stop my car. > > Did anyone miss the irony of that statement? > -- > I'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! Just to make it unanimous, yes, it's your fault. |
Rear Ended on Freeway
Tim923 wrote: > On 27 Aug 2006 06:55:06 -0700, "Harry K" > > wrote: > > >As Brent said, the only way you could fail to stop before hitting her > >with a 3 sec gap is mechanical failure (bad brakes), not paying > >attention, or very poor reflexes. > > What was the driver stopping for? I think we all agree that it's > dangerous to slam on the breaks to a complete stop in a 70mph zone for > no good reason. It's just not expected. > > Was there a squirrel in the road? A pedestrian in the road? Needed to > stop to take a look at the map? Needed to stop to change lanes to make > an exit in time? I wish they'd drive right PAST the exit and come back > to it. That's what I do. > > I was involved in such an accident and hit the car ahead of me. > Unfortunately I had to learn who's fault it is was, based on the law. > My insurance covered the accident. And now I look out for brake > slammers and provide extra space. I warn other people that sometimes > drivers will just slam on the brakes for no apparent reason. Granted that slamming on brakes is a poor practice but if you rear end someone, _why_ they slammed them on is of no interest to anyone except maybe you (excepting swoop and stops of course). Harry K |
Rear Ended on Freeway
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:11:37 GMT, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are
MURDERERS > wrote: >On 26 Aug 2006 22:50:41 -0700, wrote: > >>I was driving along the freeway with the speed limit at 70 mph, and I >>was going about that fast. The lady in front of me slammed on her >>brakes HARD. It was so hard that by the time I hit her car I couldn't >>see it because of all the smoke from her tires. I was maintaining a >>safe following distance (3 seconds), but it was still not enough time >>for me to stop my car. The officer claimed it was my fault because I >>didn't give her enough room. I don't think I should have to pay for the >>extensive damage on my car. Any thoughts from anyone? > >If you'd been doing 50 you'd have been able to stop in time. You can't >drive too slow. Then why do you recommend 50mph? Have the nice man in the white jacket explain this question to you. -- Bill Funk replace "g" with "a" |
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