Re: Astounding crash in Kaneohe
First never ever jerk the steering wheel when trying to avoid another car. That will get you into trouble very easily. A good example is the incident I saw on the H1. A car changed lanes and the driver of a VW in the lane but a little behind the one changing lanes over reacted and jerked the wheel. The VW swapped ends about 5 or 6 times in the middle of the H1 missing the left guard rail by a couple of feet then slid to the right finally stopping in the right lane facing the wrong way. Fortunately everyone else on the road was able to avoid the spinning VW and it lost no paint. The seats probably needed a good cleaning though.
When avoiding a road hazard or other car only turn the steering wheel as much as you need to and no more and no faster than you need to. In avoiding a collision an inch is as good as a mile.
In the incident MyopicJoe posted about turning away from the car changing lanes would lessen damage to the two vehicles if not avoid the accident altogether. However if there is a car in the lane next to you, you could involve the other car. If I was in that situation I would move as much as I could to avoid an accident but I would not hit an innocent car. If there is a collision I would do my best to tag the one that caused it all.
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When avoiding a road hazard or other car only turn the steering wheel as much as you need to and no more and no faster than you need to. In avoiding a collision an inch is as good as a mile.
In the incident MyopicJoe posted about turning away from the car changing lanes would lessen damage to the two vehicles if not avoid the accident altogether. However if there is a car in the lane next to you, you could involve the other car. If I was in that situation I would move as much as I could to avoid an accident but I would not hit an innocent car. If there is a collision I would do my best to tag the one that caused it all.
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