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Originally Posted by STeeLy
While this is a good act of selflessness by the hummer driver, and good on the insurance company for how they're handling this situation.
I just hope that this incident doesn't start a string of people intentionally crashing into other cars because they think that the other driver is about to hit pedestrians crossing the road.
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I know this isn't the same situation, but I do this kind of thing often on Ogden Road.
Often impatient commuters pass on the right at intersections, when people are turning left. Of course, if someone is crossing the street, and a line of cars is forming, to someone speeding down the road it looks pretty much the same.
On one occasion, several years ago, I was stopped and wait waiting for this lady who was obviously a nanny herd a couple kids across the street with a cube van stopped in front. For some reason, I thought that some idiot might try passing those of us who had stopped, so I pulled my wheel right and put the nose of my car in the right lane. Of course, some guy in a beamer swings out to the right and slams on his brakes before hitting me and screaming obscenities, until I pointed to the kids who had come out from in in front of the truck.
Since that day, I have done the same thing a couple times and I do realize that every time I am risking my vehicle, I am fairly confident that I would not be at fault if an accident occurred.