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pnwmom

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6. On highways where everyone is following too closely it is hard to avoid it.

Reply to Romeo.lima333 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 04:06 PM

Apr 2015

Why? Because when you try to leave adequate space between your car and the car ahead of you, someone else passes you and quickly fills that space in.

That's one reason I hate driving on freeways around here. I am very aware of the safe distance you're supposed to leave between cars, but it's hard to maintain it when other people keep filling in any perceived gaps.

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Bruce Jenner unlikely to be charged in fatal car accident. [View all] pnwmom Apr 2015 OP

Rich assholes never do. darkangel218 Apr 2015 #1

Most people who aren't DUI, texting, or speeding aren't charged criminally pnwmom Apr 2015 #3

Well, thats too bad. darkangel218 Apr 2015 #4

I think you misunderstood. Texting and speeding are both grounds for criminal charges pnwmom Apr 2015 #5

From what i understood he followed too closely. darkangel218 Apr 2015 #7

Yes. And on a road where everyone is following too closely that can be hard not to do. pnwmom Apr 2015 #9

No one has to follow anyone "too closely". darkangel218 Apr 2015 #14

I just explained how it happens -- frequently. pnwmom Apr 2015 #15

Ahh, Grumpy? Bruce make you mad at some point? nt Logical Apr 2015 #12

as if this was some kind of excuse Romeo.lima333 Apr 2015 #2

On highways where everyone is following too closely it is hard to avoid it. pnwmom Apr 2015 #6

yea, i know what youre saying, it happens to me too Romeo.lima333 Apr 2015 #13

You're right -- it's not an excuse for liability, so you could lose a civil case, pnwmom Apr 2015 #16

I still think he was distracted Politicalboi Apr 2015 #8

That's what civil lawsuits are for. Criminal law only applies to certain types pnwmom Apr 2015 #10

Thinking and knowing are worlds apart. shraby Apr 2015 #11