Ahh.. the liberal laws of CA. In LA (Not L.A.) the last person who
could have avoided the accident is at fault. If I run in front of
you and slam on my brakes then it is defacto (?) that you were
following too close or not paying attention. The trick of course is
stopping in front of a "wealthy person". Stopping in front of a
beater is likely just a waste of body work.. oh yeah.. a weatlhy
person in a smaller car is good too...
Lester
.. but the malpractice insurance is cheap...
On Oct 20, 2005, at 3:56 PM, b-evans@earthlink.net wrote:
> Robert E. Shlafer wrote:
>
>
>> , his insurance co. will never hear from my lips that he was
>> following me too closely
>>
>>
> When years ago I was going through the Orange County Police
> Academy, one of the most important things the CHP instructor warned
> us about was that you simply cannot issue a citation to someone who
> smashed into the rear end of a car that has stopped suddened.
> Since the vehicle is stopped, it is not travelling, therefore
> another driving cannot be following a stopped object. "If the
> driver smashed into a tree, a wall, or a parked car, would you be
> able to cite him for following too closely?"
>
> Well, I never did. But I found other ways to embarass myself!
> Like when I pulled over a junker and has run up 16 mechanical
> violations and radioed the sergeant, "What's the vehicle code
> section for no working horn?" His dry reply that went over all of
> the Orange County police waves was, "Evans, there is NO such
> section. You don't have to have a horn." Gulp!
>
> Buster Evans
> Anaheim, California
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