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This is why I refuse to cross behind the package car
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 830235" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I do not have any information about the specific incident in question, so I cant answer one way or another.</p><p> </p><p>What I do know is this; if we get rear-ended while parked, one of two things happened. The driver who hit us was either distracted and didnt see the package car at all before he rear-ended it, or he was driving too fast and lost control of his own vehicle before it hit the package car.</p><p> </p><p>If the road is straight or turns to the drivers side, then the best way to cross the street is in <em>front</em> of the package car. You should have no trouble seeing around the front of the pkg car before crossing, and it will act as a shield against out of control or distracted drivers. <strong>Remember that a vehicle that loses contol on a turn will always drift to the <em>outside</em> of that turn, so on a road that curves to the drivers side the natural tendency will be for the vehicle to veer to the <em>right</em> and hit the back of a package car that is parked.</strong> So the driver who happens to be standing <em>behind</em> that package car, waiting to cross the street with an armload of boxes, is going to get squashed.</p><p> </p><p>If the road you are parked on turns to the <em>passenger</em> side, then crossing behind the package car is the safer method since you will not be able to see around the front of the car and a vehicle that loses contol and drifts to the outside of the turn will veer away from the car and into the oncoming lane.</p><p> </p><p>It goes without saying that avoiding the need to cross the street in the first place is the best choice, and I personally have no problem driving around the block in order to be able to deliver out of the passenger side. But that isnt always possible in the real world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 830235, member: 14668"] I do not have any information about the specific incident in question, so I cant answer one way or another. What I do know is this; if we get rear-ended while parked, one of two things happened. The driver who hit us was either distracted and didnt see the package car at all before he rear-ended it, or he was driving too fast and lost control of his own vehicle before it hit the package car. If the road is straight or turns to the drivers side, then the best way to cross the street is in [I]front[/I] of the package car. You should have no trouble seeing around the front of the pkg car before crossing, and it will act as a shield against out of control or distracted drivers. [B]Remember that a vehicle that loses contol on a turn will always drift to the [I]outside[/I] of that turn, so on a road that curves to the drivers side the natural tendency will be for the vehicle to veer to the [I]right[/I] and hit the back of a package car that is parked.[/B] So the driver who happens to be standing [I]behind[/I] that package car, waiting to cross the street with an armload of boxes, is going to get squashed. If the road you are parked on turns to the [I]passenger[/I] side, then crossing behind the package car is the safer method since you will not be able to see around the front of the car and a vehicle that loses contol and drifts to the outside of the turn will veer away from the car and into the oncoming lane. It goes without saying that avoiding the need to cross the street in the first place is the best choice, and I personally have no problem driving around the block in order to be able to deliver out of the passenger side. But that isnt always possible in the real world. [/QUOTE]
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