>"nope, wrong. yes you follow the law, but if you run into a car without its lights on from behind you're still partly liable. you have eyes, powerful >headlights, and an obligation to drive at a reasonable speed for conditions such that you can brake for anything in the road adequately.
To many variables.. what open city street with street lights.. agreed... dark state 2 lane hwy at night nope.. the guy in the car driving disabled down the hiway without lilghts should be cited with criminal neglect and endagerment of the public. Pull the vehical off the side and out of the way. >never an excuse to hit a cyclist or pedestrian, period. Except when the pedestrian is jay walking - jumps off a bridge in front of you etc... and a cyclist is NOT a pedestrian.. it is another motorist. Another motorist who does not deserve more protection than any other motorist or any less. Given the right circumstances it will happen to any driver.. and if you are a cyclist .. a farm tractor .. or a skunk.. you're going to get hit. Like the pedestrian jumping off the bridge, if you are traversing a windy hilly 45mph two lane road at night with no lights.. expect to get hit... the jury will treat the accident as though you jumped off the bridge.. In the end regardless of how legal it could be, is or should be.. being right isn't all that ... from the grave. No one else should be punished for you bad decisions either. Good luck getting that 20 mph world wide speed limit that will make that no excuse plausible. Just saying.. Kelly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
