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Originally Posted by uphillklimber  You know, being the downhill skiier does not give you Carte Blanche on the slopes. For example, the coed states that when starting, look over your shoulder first. Also, it kinda goes without saying that when you turn right, you look right first...... How many times have we seen folks in front of us, skiing predominately on one side or the other, and then suddenly just make a hard turn without looking and head all the way across the trail? Cutting folks off in the process? But they were the downhill skiier so that makes it okay?????? |
If I may quote a code, I think most of them say something like, "People ahead of you have the right of way. It is your responsibility to avoid them". It is simplistic rule and most (all?) code does not spell out how to behave as downhill skiier to be more compatible on the slope , but it does reflect the fact the uphill skiier has siginificant control over the relationship between him and the skiier ahead of him.
The guy may have made sudden move making it harder to avoid, but that would never reduce the responsibility of the boy down to 0.