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Hypothetical question. WWYD
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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 922430" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>I was involved in an accident 10-15 years ago. I was on a "road", which was actually about a lane and a half wide dirt road for a bottled water plant, driving down to make a pickup. Tractor trailers were required to call before entering the road but we had no such requirement. It was shift change so I knew I had to use caution as the workers would not be as cautious. As I was approaching a bend in the road I noticed a vehicle coming toward this bend traveling much too quickly so I pulled over to the right as far as I could, put the parking brake on, turned off the vehicle and braced for the impact. He hit me between the driver's door and left front wheel causing minimal damage. His vehicle had extensive damage and he sustained some fairly significant injuries. He also received 3 traffic tickets. The accident was deemed unavoidable but UPS did end up settling with the driver for $20K.</p><p></p><p>In tooner's hypothetical case I would have done as she did--pulled over as far to the right, put the parking brake on, turned off the engine and braced for impact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 922430, member: 12570"] I was involved in an accident 10-15 years ago. I was on a "road", which was actually about a lane and a half wide dirt road for a bottled water plant, driving down to make a pickup. Tractor trailers were required to call before entering the road but we had no such requirement. It was shift change so I knew I had to use caution as the workers would not be as cautious. As I was approaching a bend in the road I noticed a vehicle coming toward this bend traveling much too quickly so I pulled over to the right as far as I could, put the parking brake on, turned off the vehicle and braced for the impact. He hit me between the driver's door and left front wheel causing minimal damage. His vehicle had extensive damage and he sustained some fairly significant injuries. He also received 3 traffic tickets. The accident was deemed unavoidable but UPS did end up settling with the driver for $20K. In tooner's hypothetical case I would have done as she did--pulled over as far to the right, put the parking brake on, turned off the engine and braced for impact. [/QUOTE]
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