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To: Slambat
What happened was as he went to pass her and change lanes she speeds up and catches his bumper causing the truck to loose traction and skid out of control.

There was no contact between vehicles, just him skidding out of control. Had there been contact prior to the skid, you'd have heard it, and she'd have been bitching about it. As it is, there's no crashing noise until after you hear him lose traction. Whether or not she sped up is irrelevant, as there was no contact made, and he was already speeding up himself. They are both jerks, but only the driver of the pickup can be cited for the crash. He's the one who was controlling his vehicle, but not his temper.

After reviewing the video again, and seeing further comments here about her claiming to speed up as he tried to pass her, I think she should be cited for impeding traffic, inattentive driving (while filming), and reckless driving on her own, but she still didn't contact his vehicle, and it was his acceleration and desire to cut her off that led to the crash.

226 posted on 03/29/2014 10:39:53 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: IYAS9YAS
I'd still cite her with reckless driving and failure to stop and render aid.
227 posted on 03/29/2014 10:47:30 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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