Car two should anticipate poor road conditions and adjust, in your description car 2 lost sight of car 1. In this case I always decrease speed if I'm car 2, because the road ahead is unknown. If I loose sight of the car in front of me because of a hill, turn, or anything else, I slow down.
I don't assume the car in front of me is going be going the same speed if I loose sight of them. In fact I always assume they will be going slower. Going on your same basic scenario, say car 1 tops the hill on a sunny day to find a tree down in the road, or an emergency vehicle, they stop, car 2 hits car 1. Who is at fault? > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 4:07 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Higher Taxes for Hybrids > > there is legal fault and there is who caused the accident. Not always > the same thing. Legally you are correct.But suppose two cars are > following each other on a hilly road. Car two maintains proper > distance. Car one tops a small hill, finds ice on the other side, and > stops because its driver is afraid of ice. Car two also tops the hill > and finds that car one, which had been travelling at 35mph, is > stopped. Because this is unanticipated and the road is icy, car two, > hits car one. > > Legally car 2 is liable. However, in my opinion this accident was > caused by car 1's stupidity. > > Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184433 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
