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Originally Posted by ApS
And, indeed, Laconia Police Chief Canfield DID!
The SUV passed five stopped cars before glancing off the middle-lane car. That's about 80 feet to acknowledge the threat, turn the steering wheel, and hit the brakes. (Let the ABS do its job).
"Texting"?
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No way that car was speeding, a pretty good speed estimate could be made from the video, I think it was maybe 30 at most.
The building car had no chance in this accident. The funspot car never even looked, it didn't slow down, he was accelerating, probably worried about northbound traffic. The building car had no view of the car cutting through the stopped cars. His view was completely blocked. The proper thing for the funspot car to have done would have been to slowly move to the center lane, and maybe slowly poke his nose out into the travel lane. And be slowly I mean move his nose maybe 6 inches into the lane and STOP. Then inch forward until he can see the lane is clear. This would give oncoming traffic time to see him and avoid him.
What he did was launch himself into the building car, causing a substantial impact and deflecting the building car on it's course into the building.
Again, funspot car caused this by not knowing how to drive. The building car didn't have a chance.