Re: 82 year old ticketed for slow walking

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:48:41 -0700, Scott en Aztlán
<scottenaztlan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 15 Apr 2006 08:24:40 -0700, "N8N" <njnagel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

crumple zones

Irrelevant if you don't wreck.

Hardly. You can be struck by another vehicle while stopped at a red
light or parked. I don't care how good a driver you are, you cannot
avoid ALL possible crash scenarios (unless you never get into a car at
all).

I disagree. I don't think it is true to say that you CAN'T avoid all
crash scenarios, but it is true to say that it is unreasonable to do
so.

For example, while stopped at a red light I can make sure I always
have an out. Unfortunately that would mean leaving large amounts of
space around yourself, and sometimes pulling off when the intersection
prevents one from leaving a safe zone. It is unreasonable to do so,
but it is possible.

I believe I can counter any argument you come up with, giving some
contrived method of avoiding whatever incident you suggest. But
rather than spend weeks doing this, let me just say this is my
opinion, and I recognize nobody would drive this way, but I do think
it is likely to be possible.

Does that leave enough wiggle room?

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Dave
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