[Cyber Liberty]

Travelling around the country, Lady Liberty and I saw several signs on urban freeways encouraging people to get their cars off the road after fender-benders.

I won't go around calling the folks referred to in this article a bunch of names, though. Waiting for the poice and not moving things was the way most of us were taught. Now, there is need for change, and it'll have to be done state by state.

[cinives]

Here in Philly, people cause traffic delays by gawking at cars pulled off to the side of the road ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DIVIDED HIGHWAY ! And of course shortly thereafter, there's another fender bender caused by such gawking.

Sorry, there's no known remedy for stupidity.

[Lazamataz]

We have, in Atlanta, places called Accident Investigation Areas, and you are required by law -- if your car is mobile -- to get to one of those instead of staying on the road, during fender benders.

[-YYZ-]

Waiting for the poice and not moving things was the way most of us were taught.

It was? I was taught that unless there was severe damage so that you could not move the car, or unless there was a serious injury, that you should get off the road, exchange insurance information, and make a report to the police. The cops are not about to arrive on the scene of a fender bender and do a major accident analysis. In fact, they'll most likely tell you to get the hell out of the traffic lanes.