For any idiot who thinks it's about safety

[4RE KLR]

Originally Posted by meat

Umm... Not necessarily.

If you "lock up the brakes" for no other reason than a light turning yellow, that's reckless driving; you're the one at fault. You'll pay for the wreck.

Your pal,
Meat.

NOPE, not in Texas,
If you are hit from behind it is because the car behind you is following too close and the car that actually makes or causes physical contact is the one doing the reckless driving. I will hit the brakes at a yellow light period. "Don't follow too close now ya hear!"

There is an exception being that you could be impeding traffic but in that case the offending car would have to have pulled out in front of you. However if you are both going the same direction and you hit the car in front of you, you'd better have insurance.

[meat]

Originally Posted by 4RE KLR

NOPE, not in Texas,
If you are hit from behind it is because the car behind you is following too close and the car that actually makes or causes physical contact is the one doing the reckless driving.

Nope.

If you slam on your brakes to stop short - 'lock up your tires' was the term used above - then YOU are the one who is doing the reckless driving. YOU are the one not in control of your vehicle. YOU are the one impeding the right of way. YOU are the one who is primarily at fault. YOU are the one that 'causes physical contact' not the other driver. I'd make sure you were thoroughly investigated to see if you're part of a swoop and squat scam.

Your pal,
Meat.

[4RE KLR]

Originally Posted by meat

Nope.

If you slam on your brakes to stop short - 'lock up your tires' was the term used above - then YOU are the one who is doing the reckless driving. YOU are the one not in control of your vehicle. YOU are the one impeding the right of way. YOU are the one who is primarily at fault. YOU are the one that 'causes physical contact' not the other driver. I'd make sure you were thoroughly investigated to see if you're part of a swoop and squat scam.

Your pal,
Meat.

Nope, your wrong.

If I stop, regaurdless of why I stop in ANY siuation emergency or otherwise if you hit me from behind and we are both in the same lane traveling the same direction you are at fault, you are following too close.

I would advise you to check your highschool drivers ed book before giving your opinion a whirl.

[meat]

Originally Posted by 4RE KLR

If I stop, regaurdless of why I stop in ANY siuation emergency or otherwise if you hit me from behind and we are both in the same lane traveling the same direction you are at fault, you are following too close.

Reeeally.

So - given your hypothetical "ANY siuation" (assuming that "siuation" means 'situation') - If you and I were in the same lane, traveling the same direction and you slam on your brakes and come to a stop and I hit you, I was following too close?

What if I was three miles away from you when you slammed on your brakes and came to a stop, continued to drive for three miles and hit you? was I still following too close?

"I have nipples, Greg, can you milk me?" - Jack Byrnes, Meet The Parents

Your 'ANY siuation' model doesn't hold up.

Originally Posted by 4RE KLR

I would advise you to check your highschool drivers ed book before giving your opinion a whirl.

And I would note that the Vehicle Code book is significantly more complete and quite a few more pages longer than your "highschool" drivers ed book.

Always use the best evidence, 4RE KLR. Always. If you're driving under the presumption that a drivers ed book is the 'be all, end all' of the law then you're in for a pretty rude awakening one day.

Your pal,
Meat.