Re: Not always the driver's fault.....

John Burns wrote:

> He came right in front of me, I swerved and stood on the brakes. Just
> missed him and no more.

A near miss. Not at all the same as a hit, and far more common.

When you're in charge of a deadly weapon, you have a duty of care.
Your story indicates that you exercised it satisfactorily.

Going into futile hypotheticals, if you'd hit him it would presumably
have been primarily his *fault*, but that wouldn't absolve you of
*responsibility*.

--
Nick Kew
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