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From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: who is at fault
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Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 16:09:37 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 14 16:09:37 1984
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>The following is a description of an actual car accident to the best
>of my knowledge:
>  The driver in car A was driving down the hump of a bridge at 11:45 pm.
>  It was raining and the road was very slippery. Car B, which was
>  in front of car A, braked suddenly for some unknown reason.
>  Trying to avoid a collision with car B, Car A skided and spun 90 degrees
>  before it finally stopped without hitting car B. Car C was at a great
>  distance behind car A and didn't see what happened because car C was
>  going up the hump of the bridge when car A went out of control.
>  As car C was coming down the bridge, car C didn't see car A because
>  car A was stopped sideways and no lights were visible to cat C.
>  When car C finally saw car A, it couldn't stop in time and
>  smashed into car A.  Car B didn't stop after the accident.
>  Two more chain-reacted collisions occured behind car C.
>QUESTION:
>  Which car (or cars) is LEGALLY responsible for the accident?
>
Naive answer: car C.  Either the driver hit car a on purpose (which is
illegal :-)) or was not under sufficient control (which is illegal).  It
sounds as if car c was "outdriving its headlights".  As a practical
matter, almost any driver in car c would have had the same problem, but
it would still appear to be, legally, their fault.

FROM:   Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems
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