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To: dragnet2
I don't think you can call getting hit by a meteor an accident. I'm calling it an accident as in a mistake or error. The best ballplayers make errors. Everyone makes errors. Hell, I'm sure even old Chet Atkins hit a clam once or twice.

And just because it's an accident doesn't mean you aren't at fault. You are. Obviously I wouldn't have put myself in front of a speeding car intentionally. And my driving was not impaired. 3 out of 4 lanes had come to a stop, I was hanging out there, and I simply didn't see the car coming in the fast lane. I saw a blur of white and that was that.

I was following the normal way people made a left there. I learned the hard way that it was incorrect procedure, and never made the same mistake again. I was at fault. And it was a mistake, or bad procedure, if you will.

56 posted on 05/02/2010 2:30:58 PM PDT by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the majority? A: They're complaining about the fillibuster.)
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To: Huck
don't think you can call getting hit by a meteor an accident.

You'd consider a meteor to the head intentional?

I'm calling it an accident as in a mistake or error. The best ballplayers make errors.

Ya but if a ball player makes a mistake, people don't go to the hospital or get buried.

And just because it's an accident doesn't mean you aren't at fault.

Wrong again. An accident is a deer running into the side of your vehicle...You're confusing neglect with an accident.

I simply didn't see the car coming in the fast lane. I saw a blur of white and that was that.

Clearly, you weren't paying attention. It's called neglect, and failure to yield...

I was at fault. And it was a mistake, or bad procedure, if you will.

Yes you were at fault....And again, no one said you did this "intentionally". It's called failure to yield, not paying attention and neglect....Not an "accident".

58 posted on 05/02/2010 4:24:26 PM PDT by dragnet2
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