Whats with the personal stuff?
Just asking a question, is that not allowed?
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Whats with the personal stuff?
And thanks for all the insults..really shows the mentality of some people.. Quite a few here see a grey area or just dont get it at all!! My point for starting the thread..
If you dont like the message you shoot the messenger..right?
Wow hopefully some of you wake up and realize that going fast or being in a line or whatever the excuse de jour might be, does not make it right!
This is a question?There is a grey area that you ignore.
I am going to guess you live in New Jersey?
Merry ChristmasGlad you took it upon yourself to teach us of the lowly Ignorant Generation or whatever you call it. I genuflect toward your priceless teachings and only hope my ignorance will one day be cured by enlightened beings such as yourself.
GTFO
Merry Christmas
I fully invite you to dress up in a deer costume and wander around the woods during hunting season. I assure you the hunter that shoots you will be found to be at fault.And thanks for all the insults..really shows the mentality of some people.. Quite a few here see a grey area or just dont get it at all!! My point for starting the thread..
If you dont like the message you shoot the messenger..right?
Wow hopefully some of you wake up and realize that going fast or being in a line or whatever the excuse de jour might be, does not make it right!
Also, I'm not a spelling and grammar Nazi, but if you're going to insult people's intelligence you better know the difference between who's (note the apostrophe) and whose. I mean, that's just trolling 101.Glad you took it upon yourself to teach us of the lowly Ignorant Generation or whatever you call it. I genuflect toward your priceless teachings and only hope my ignorance will one day be cured by enlightened beings such as yourself.
GTFO
Point being missed. Both are at fault, but the guy going 120 will bear the lion's share of it. It does not absolve the guy pulling out in front of faster traffic of any responsibility. The actual laws may vary depending on state, but here's a summary:Now a more realistic analogy would be overtaking someone going 85 while you are going 120. The guy pulling out does have some personal responsibility to look before pulling out, but if there's an accident and you came up behind him, the law is going to be against you.
I fully invite you to dress up in a deer costume and wander around the woods during hunting season. I assure you the hunter that shoots you will be found to be at fault.
But there's only one trail. I'm just travelling slowly downhill on the trail, mostly across the hill. The code doesn't distringuish between between what I was doing every morning and a beginner skier crossing a race course that isn't fenced off or someone going completely out of control plowing into the back of someone travelling a moderate pace. That's the problem with trying to apply it rigidly. In the video, the snowboarder absolutely should have avoided the collision. But that doesn't mean that with proper information and awareness, the skier couldn't have avoided a dangerous situation.
ban polariso and reinstate gss
I was just thinking the exact same thing.
He does remind me of gss though.
mmm maybe he is? ... nah can't be
I'm not saying people have to stay in a lane; it's not that direct of an analogy. The point is that everyone has responsibility for safety, not just the uphill skier. If you put yourself in a dangerous situation, you're saying there's nothing you could have done to avoid whatever ends up happening to you? You chose to put yourself in that situation, live with the consequences.The car analagy is total crap and does not compare at all.Roads have lanes and before one pulls into that lane you must look in your rear view mirror to see if there is oncoming traffic and yield to it.We don't have lanes to stay in on snow and certainly don't wear rear view mirrors to check for overtaking skiers.Do I ski in a consistant line,yes.Do beginers toatally stay in there line,no.It's not hard to see who you need to avoid and take appropriate action before.The only time an overtaking skier is not totally responsible is when a skier enters a trail without looking uphill and having enough time to react.Really is comman sense.
Beginner skier, probably panicked. Not going to blame him for that, just putting himself into a dangerous situation. Which he may not have realized was dangerous, so maybe no blame to him.seems like common sense that the skier would have stayed where he was after getting clipped the first time, not turning back toward trouble, a lot to be said for anticipation
Nah, gss went over the line a lot, but he had a sense of humor.