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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Well you certainly get the point I was trying to make!
If somebody crashed during one of the events you described and there was any way that it could have been perceived that I was involved in racing I would stop for sure. Not so much out of concern for the other driver but to be able to present my version of what happened right up front. In this case the statement they were "believed" (thanks @ Foobar I missed that one word before) was already made and since the other dude ran he could not repute it and it implies guilt (which there probably is but where is the evidence).
I know I seem to always dispute such things on here but that is just because I have spent almost 3 decades investigating incidents and learned a long time ago that first appearances, assumptions, perceptions and the whole "well the result was this so that had to be the cause" mentality is very rarely correct. Show me some evidence beyond one guy that would have seen then for 5 or 10 seconds saying "well yep sure done did look like racen' to me".
Again (for the guys that are going to say "they were racing" I suspect they were racing but with the info availableI don't know it! |
You're right. Racing will almost always be blamed. When I was young and stupid, I did some ridiculous speeding that resulted into a roll over. Although my car was the only one around, "witnesses" claimed I was racing and tried to blame my friends in the other cars that showed up 5-10 minutes later. I've learned my lesson from that stupidity since then and I'm very thankful to have survived. But, recklessness and racing doesn't necessarily come hand in hand.