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Close call, What would you have done?
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<blockquote data-quote="AKCoverMan" data-source="post: 1103440" data-attributes="member: 17867"><p>Continue to leave a car length of space, you do not need to close the gap just to make sure some idiot does not try to back into you. The move into the oncoming lane worries me, as it put you into that oncoming lane at an intersection. Traffic coming from your left making a right hand turn into the lane you briefly occupied could have ran into you. Had that happened, it's going to not only an "avoidable" but an "at fault" accident.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand if the other driver backs into you even though you are blaring your horn and flashing your lights, that is certainly going to be the other driver's fault and even Big Brown may have to rule that one an "unavoidable" accident.</p><p></p><p>I had an accident where I was sitting at a stop sign waiting to turn left, traffic from my left decided to turn right at the intersection but much too fast for slick winter conditions and slid into my PC. The committee actually discussed if I should have pulled away to avoid being hit but it was decided that may have caused a collision with other cross traffic so the best thing I could do was sit still. It was ruled "unavoidable".</p><p></p><p>I'm glad it was just a close call! It won't be the last, the best thing you are doing is learning from it! Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AKCoverMan, post: 1103440, member: 17867"] Continue to leave a car length of space, you do not need to close the gap just to make sure some idiot does not try to back into you. The move into the oncoming lane worries me, as it put you into that oncoming lane at an intersection. Traffic coming from your left making a right hand turn into the lane you briefly occupied could have ran into you. Had that happened, it's going to not only an "avoidable" but an "at fault" accident. On the other hand if the other driver backs into you even though you are blaring your horn and flashing your lights, that is certainly going to be the other driver's fault and even Big Brown may have to rule that one an "unavoidable" accident. I had an accident where I was sitting at a stop sign waiting to turn left, traffic from my left decided to turn right at the intersection but much too fast for slick winter conditions and slid into my PC. The committee actually discussed if I should have pulled away to avoid being hit but it was decided that may have caused a collision with other cross traffic so the best thing I could do was sit still. It was ruled "unavoidable". I'm glad it was just a close call! It won't be the last, the best thing you are doing is learning from it! Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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