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On a busy freeway you stop for the ducks,while i leave a cloud of feathers in my wake, i aint causing major accidents with the potential for loss of human life for a bunch of ducks.
Always stop.
Car culture has gotten completely out of control. Thinking your hurry is worth killing something over is sick. But, I wouldn't expect anything more from the average human, circa 2015. Seriously, you are not that important. Unless you are going to avert nuclear war or pull a child out of a burning car, you are not doing anything important enough to kill something over.
Do you honestly think that when in traffic even if you keep legal distance when driving at legal speed of 70 mph and I slam the brakes in front of you (to prevent running over birds, etc) you can stop in time???
Absolutely, I can. I have done it thousands of times. If you can't, then I don't think you know what the legal distance is.
Always stop.
Car culture has gotten completely out of control. Thinking your hurry is worth killing something over is sick. But, I wouldn't expect anything more from the average human, circa 2015. Seriously, you are not that important. Unless you are going to avert nuclear war or pull a child out of a burning car, you are not doing anything important enough to kill something over.
Thats an option, but not a safe as stopping. Swerving could cause you to lose control of your vehicle, or you could hit a vehicle in another lane. I try to stop first, and swerve only as a last resort.
You had a head on collision, rather then hitting a deer?
Deer are big. Try to run over one and it can end up inside your car.
It was a strategic swerve. I actually drove at the deer to freeze it in the middle of the road, then made a last second move to the right just enough to miss it... my right front wheel was probably just on the line.
The deer's butt missed my driver's side mirror by no more than a couple of inches.
I saw the van clobber the deer in that mirror moments later.
The key with deer is getting them to stop, which they are apt to do.
It's much easier to take evasive action if the deer is not moving.
Another time there was a herd. There was no missing 'em, so in that case, you go at the smallest one.
Little deer got knocked on his butt, but was able to get up and run away.
I managed to come away with only a mis-aimed headlight, which I was able to straighten out.
Well, then that's the fault of the people speeding and tailgating, not the driver who is stopping. No sympathy there. If you rear end somebody, that's your problem.
Not if you stop for no reason. If you brake check some one, and there is proof of it(dash cam video) The accident will be your fault.
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I watched the video. It wasn't unsafe or reckless. It didn't cause a wreck, so it doesn't prove your point.
It was unsafe, and it was wreckless. There were a bunch of near misses, every one got extremely lucky.
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