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My Sunday Sermon... You write nicely wreckerman, it is a shame that you don't read as well as you write. I expect you to believe that in a civilized society you are your brother's keeper. I expect you to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I expect you to show the same mercy...

This one line in your original post: and this line in KsM715's post: should trigger a response of outrage in any reasonable person! Outside of appearing to be statements of intent to commit manslaughter, they are indications of a serious lack of common sense. Avoiding an accident is almost...

Bad things happen to good people all the time... better get used to it. -Chuck

Laws like last clear chance have been on the books probably since before you were born. I know that we were told about it when I took drivers ed in the early '70s. They are there to prevent miscreants from preying on other drivers in search of an insurance settlement. It's just common sense...

Gosh, don't you just hate it when that happens? ;-)

Trying to get this back on topic, a number of years ago, I was driving into town on the local lanes of one of our super highways. The traffic wasn't all that heavy, but it had gotten into one of those hurry-up-and-stop modes where traffic would speed up to 45 or so, and then come to a hard stop...

A deer weighs a grand total of 150 lbs, and the difference between its speed, and your speed is pretty much your speed. An oncoming car weighs typically 2000 lbs, and the speed difference is your speed plus his speed. A crash into an oncoming car is going to be a big deal. Both drivers are...

It's called having situational awareness. As you are driving, you should be aware of what cars are in front of you, way in front of you, behind you and on each side... always. If you adjust your mirrors correctly (so that they are not looking along the side of your car) there is no blind...

That attitude makes you judge, jury, and executioner. In the split second you get to evaluate the scene, you have no idea of the circumstances that put that person in your path, nor do you know what they were thinking, or what innocent lives may be traveling with them, or dependent upon them...

I don't much care for texting myself, but I think it is an outgrowth of passing notes in school. The kids start out texting surreptitiously in class, and it becomes a habit. I see kids texting in the audience at movie theaters, concerts, restaurants... etc... I am not sure that I would...

Many states (Most?) have a "last clear chance" law that requires the innocent party to swerve, stop, or turn, to avoid a collision, if it is possible to do so safely. If you stay in your lane, and hit a driver that drifted out of his lane, you could be held liable if you don't try to avoid the...