Sunday, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:22
Lyn W3 - You can make all the excuses you like for the driver of the ute, but the bottom line is - he was switched-off, not paying due care and attention to
road conditions, or speed or both - and people like this, kill other innocent people regularly.
If you had a family member killed in the prime of his life, by a totally negligent driver, as I have, you might be less inclined to offer excuses.
Even if the caravan driver had taken his foot off the brake, someone who does not see a vehicle stopped in front of him, and has not allowed adequate braking distance, is still seriously negligent in his driving skills level.
In 2008, the missus and I were parked legally in the kerbside lane on a major throughfare in the city - in broad daylight, on a
bright sunny day, at noon, on dry bitumen - and two clowns in a hot Commodore ran straight up our rear at 70kmh, without even hitting the brakes.
To add insult to major damage, the Commodore driver gave the name of a bloke who was in jail on that day!
The only saving grace of the entire episode was that a Police officer was walking on the footpath alongside us, and witnessed the entire sorry exercise.
I have been hit in the rear 4 times - and in every case the driver gave a false name and address - and every one of them was found to be driving under
suspension, in every one of those accidents.
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