Just follow the rules. If you drive a small car, just think of yourself like you are a bicycle to me. If you ride a bicycle, read up to the top of the thread.
Sure, in the same sense that you're responsible for cyclists and pedestrians in a smaller car, but I don't see you guys saying anything to people talking about that earlier in the thread.
Actually the article this thread is based upon is all about a small, red Camry hitting a young child with a bike. Folks might just not want to belabour the point.
FWIW I agree with the other commenter -- YOU are responsible for your behavior on the road. Driving a larger vehicle means more responsibility. I don't care if the USA has collectively decided that murdering someone with your vehicle is fine: even if small cars and bicycles don't always behave safely around you, you should drive slower or give more distance to avoid murdering people since you chose to drive a huge vehicle.
> Right of way won't matter once you're crushed metal.
while arguing that small cars and everyone else should actively count in his lack of visibility and lack of care into their behavior.
We react to this driver and not to small car drivers, because those did not shown such a huge lack of care about safety of everyone else.
I argue that if your car makes you hit someone with right of way because you did not seen him, that car should be banned or you should be banned from driving.
It's not about right of way. It's about being safe. I realize this because I drive defensively. If you can't drive according to the rules, don't drive.
I can follow the rules every day of my life and still get murdered by selfish people like you, and you'll walk away without a scratch. And then you'll somehow find a way to make it my fault.
Following the rules isn't enough. Being an active participate in your own safety is just common sense.
For example, once the traffic in front of me came to a sudden stop. I braked hard, and stopped in time. I looked in my rear view mirror, and realized the guy behind me wasn't going to stop in time, so I pulled off onto the shoulder as fast as possible. That guy rear ended the car in front.
The damage was minimal, nobody was hurt, as my pulling aside gave him an extra few feet to slow down.
I've avoided other accidents even though I was totally in the right and the other guy was totally in the wrong. I just don't understand the attitude of no problem, it's the other guy's fault if he hits me.
