Tequila wrote:
You know I had 1.5 seconds to decide what to do, there was about a 30% chance of swerving past him and not wiping out. Our speed diference was maybe 58 MPH in the photo. If I had hit him it would have killed him and possibly myself.
I am glad to hear you did not get seriously injured. I wish you a speedy recovery. It certainly looks like a bad accident. I am also in the don't swerve crowd, but I do understand in incidents like yours, often times instinct takes over and that instinct is to swerve.
Both our children are new drivers. Our daughter got her license back in September, our son got his learners permit in March. While doing our road time (GA requires 40 hours of driving on a permit before getting a license), I have drilled into them that swerving is the worse thing to do at highway speeds. I hope they will remember that if they are ever in an incident like yours.
-Michael
-Michael
