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What is missing is that there seems to be a belief that writing a law will somehow change behavior. What I am stating is that for various reasons it doesn't. Think about it. Those who are able and willing to change lanes, and/or slow down are not the ones that are going to be involved in an accident with a stopped vehicle along the side of the road. The retired Sargent went through a grocery list of reasons why these accidents happen, none of which are changed by a law or by blocking lanes. The nature of traffic flow is what it is. I spent a lot of years driving through Chicago traffic for about 3 hours a day. It doesn't take much to observe the nature of traffic flow and how it responds to an obstruction. It is pretty easy to judge what can be seen and what can not be seen and how traffic will respond to various situations.

I find it interesting that 2 near misses are ignored as part of the discussion. Apparently having an accident or 2 happen right next to you is just not that big of deal.