Legally car 2 is at fault in both scenarios. However in your scenario the primary cause of the accident is the obstruction in the road.
On 11/28/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184438 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
