| Re: Coping With The New CAFÉ Standards OR Defying the Laws of Physics [message #793297] |
Wed, 06 February 2008 09:50 |
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>> In my area, about 90% of all drivers travel between 8 to Mph over the
>> speed
>> limit, and about 50% of them maintain a stopping distance between cars of
>> 20 feet or less at 60 Mph.
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>> 50% of the time unsignaled lane changes are made when cornering at an
>> intersection, and 10% of lane changes are unsignaled.
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>> But that's just my experience after 2 months of driving.
>>
>> In such an environment, I would hardly call an accident "driver error",
>> any more than I would call someone who dies in a fist fight "boxer
>> error".
"Nate Nagel" <njnagel [at] roosters.net> wrote
> You've got cites for all your assertions, right?
Cites for my personal observations?
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"Nate Nagel" <njnagel [at] roosters.net> wrote
> and how would not signaling, say, *not* be "driver error?"
Because the <NOT> signaling was planned.
When someone purposely chops off their left hand with an circular saw, it
isn't an error in using the tool, it is planned stupidity.
"Nate Nagel" <njnagel [at] roosters.net> wrote
> what does exceeding the speed limit have to do with the rest of your
> point?
Again, done purposely and consiously. A planned violation of the law, and
of the rules of the road.
Not error as you so ignorantly claim it is.
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