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Originally Posted by Doccommando
No, he made the mistake of not keeping an assured clear distance between him and the car in front of him.
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As I said, he probably was following too closely. And, if he was, that was wrong and warrants criticism. But steering out of trouble does not warrant criticism.
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Originally Posted by Doccommando
Swerving over a double yellow is the worst thing you can do in that situation short of actually hitting someone.
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Exactly,
short of actually hitting someone. And that's exactly what we're talking about here, isn't it? If he could have swerved a different direction or stopped in time without getting rear-ended, both those options would have been preferable to crossing a double-yellow. But, the bottom line is, he chose an option that prevented an accident.
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Originally Posted by Doccommando
He's lucky someone wasn't coming the other way.
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Maybe he could actually
see that no one was coming.
A few month ago, I was driving down a city street and a car came barreling out of a driveway right into my path. No time to stop, I swerved across the double-yellow to avoid him. I actually knew nothing was coming the other way because I was paying attention to my surroundings. If that had earned me a ticket for reckless driving, you better believe I would have fought that in court.
-Dan