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BobG
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WaveJumper said:I don't agree that you would not think first. Do you hit the brakes hard for every nylon bag that suddenly appears in your lane?
You don't at least let up on the accelerator in preparation to slam on the brakes during the time you're trying to figure out what object suddenly appeared in your lane?
On the other hand, pity any small child or animal that runs into the road on a windy day when the tumble weeds are blowing all over the place.
There has to be a predisposition - things suddenly appearing in your lane is bad or things suddenly appearing in your lane is to be expected. I think that has a certain amount of objectivity to it.
Unless you're one of those drivers who just doesn't believe unexpected things will suddenly appear in your lane. Kind of like swimming in the ocean and, as a wave carries you higher in the water, you spy a sea monster! You tend to have to slowly eliminate the impossible before realizing (on the next wave) that the sea monster is actually a sea turtle, which isn't all that unusual at sunrise on a nearly abandoned beach in that part of the coast.