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| Brumby:
--- Quote from: KJDS on December 11, 2017, 08:13:13 pm ---I phoned an insurance company to sort out some new professional indemnity insurance and they asked me if the product could kill if it went wrong. Once I'd explained that it was supposed to kill people when it was working they decided not to offer any cover. --- End quote --- Wrong answer. You should have said it wouldn't kill people if it goes wrong. ;) |
| Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: Brumby on September 18, 2018, 07:43:52 am ---Wrong answer. You should have said it wouldn't kill people if it goes wrong. ;) --- End quote --- The wonderful world of semantics and people hearing what they're expecting to hear. |
| Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: brucehoult on April 26, 2017, 07:35:41 pm ---You are legally allowed to stop at any moment, without warning. It is ENTIRELY the responsibility of any following vehicle to maintain a separation sufficient to allow them to stop if you do. --- End quote --- While true, that doesn't seem enough to shift all responsibility when the situation created consistently leads to more accidents. Good road design helps people behave correctly, just like good engineering stops people from making common mistakes. As a side note, many places prohibit unnecessary braking or sudden changes of direction without due indication. If you slam on the brakes for no other reason than the speed limit, both of you could be in trouble. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on September 18, 2018, 08:09:03 am --- --- Quote from: brucehoult on April 26, 2017, 07:35:41 pm ---You are legally allowed to stop at any moment, without warning. It is ENTIRELY the responsibility of any following vehicle to maintain a separation sufficient to allow them to stop if you do. --- End quote --- While true, that doesn't seem enough to shift all responsibility when the situation created consistently leads to more accidents. Good road design helps people behave correctly, just like good engineering stops people from making common mistakes. As a side note, many places prohibit unnecessary braking or sudden changes of direction without due indication. If you slam on the brakes for no other reason than the speed limit, both of you could be in trouble. --- End quote --- You said many places, but isn't it pretty much universal that erratic driving means you are breaking some law or other, even if those laws are structured differently in different places? |
| Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: coppice on September 18, 2018, 10:45:03 am ---You said many places, but isn't it pretty much universal that erratic driving means you are breaking some law or other, even if those laws are structured differently in different places? --- End quote --- I can vouch for and prove the many places statement, but aren't sure of the same in regards to the universal statement although you're probably right. That's why I chose to go with the former. I try to be careful about my wording. :) |
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