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Cloud_Dancer
Jun 12, 2015Explorer II
When you say he was going too fast, exactly what contribution do you think the excessive speed made to this case? Are you thinking that the speed itself caused the tire to fail, or that it was the speed which prevented the driver from maintaining control.
My thought is that it was the rapid failure of the tire itself which startled the driver such that it caused his mind to freeze,.....while someone else might've been instantly responding with some actions which might've resulted in maintaining control. In other words, IMO the subject driver would have done the same thing if the tire had failed at 80 mph as at 65 mph. And, IMO my opinion is more consistent with a driver who would drive this rig at 80 mph in the first place.
My thought is that it was the rapid failure of the tire itself which startled the driver such that it caused his mind to freeze,.....while someone else might've been instantly responding with some actions which might've resulted in maintaining control. In other words, IMO the subject driver would have done the same thing if the tire had failed at 80 mph as at 65 mph. And, IMO my opinion is more consistent with a driver who would drive this rig at 80 mph in the first place.
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