<VV> Traffic Puzzle? - possible Corvair

[Charles Lee at Prop Per]

Insurance companies call this (potentially deceptive) practice "the wave" 
where a drive who has the right of way, "waves" you to pass through, then 
rams you, and you get blamed for the accident.

Pretty clever.

A girl riding a motorcycle was hit by a driver who swerved into her lane, 
causing her to hit a car, evading the first driver.

The first driver denied swerving, but her "helmet cam" proved otherwise.

I'm thinking of installing one myself, since I drive my 67 Monza (NOTE <--  
Corvair content) in a town where the average age has one foot in the grave, 
and these things happen all the time.

It could record the last five minutes in a loop, for my own protection.  If 
it's my fault, then I can only hope the camera goes up in flames !

Let us know what happens ...

Chaz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "grant young" <gyoungwolf at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 8:30 PM
Subject: <VV> Traffic Puzzle? - possible Corvair


> For those who know something about traffic law....
> Just suppose that you are sitting (in a Corvair, headed West)
> at a stop sign at an intersection with a through
> street and waiting for a car ('76 Buick) on that
> street to your right (headed South) to turn left (East)
> into the lane next to you...however, after a very long (30 secs.)
> delay, it becomes apparent that the elderly gentleman
> in that car (that has the right of way) is not confident
> that he can make the turn without hitting the curb
> or clipping your car (neither are you)....so he motions
> for you to go ahead and cross the street in front of him
> so he can "cut the corner".
>     You hesitate, (but not wanting to spend the afternoon
> there), look and ensure that the road is clear, and drive
> across the through street. You are then almost immediately
> pulled over by a policeman who has observed everything.
>
> Can you be ticketed for failure to yield?
>
> Please leave the policeman's discretion out of the answer, and
> assume that he is a stickler for the law. (This is not a
> hypothetical question....)
> Thanks,
> Grant
>
>
>
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