Re: It's not MY fault

On Jan 24, 11:12 am, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:40:30 +0000, Alexander Rogge

<a_ro...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just gotta love how some people justify their car accidents.  Overheard from
a woman at a local diner today at lunch.

"My car is TOTALED!  There was nothing I could do!  She made a dead stop
right in front of me!  I didn't see her until I hit her!"

Then, OBVIOUSLY you were driving too fast for the road and/or conditions if
that was the case.  Like for whatever reason, she shouldn't have stopped so
that you couldn't have hit her.

That's not always correct.  If a stupid driver stops suddenly for no
legitimate reason, a crash is the fault of the idiot that stopped in the
road.

No, it's the fault of the idiot that was following too closely.

A defensive driver ALWAYS leaves himself an out. The car in front of
you might stop suddenly for any number of reasons - a dog (or a kid)
might run out into the road. A boulder might fall down from the
adjacent slope (this actually happened on PCH a couple of weeks ago).
If you rear-end someone, the only time it is NOT your fault is if the
guy cuts in front of you and then immediately slams on his brakes,
like the swoop and squat insurance scam.

I've had that happen to me more than a few times. I don't think that
all of them are scammers, they're just people not looking far enough
ahead. "Let me get around this guy driving really slow...
vroooooom.... OH S**T THERE'S ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF HIM!" I
haven't hit any of these morons (yet, knock on wood) but they do try
pretty hard sometimes.

I also love the idiots that will see you sitting at the stop line at a
green light because there is nowhere for you to go, pass you in the
other lane, cut in front of you within the intersection, and then stop
in the middle of the box. Or worse yet, do this to you while your
heading for the last open car-space on the other side of the
intersection, so YOU look like the idiot hanging out in the middle of
the intersection...

nate
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