Ever deliberately stopped in the middle of the street to make a turn?

I don't see why you would necessarily be held responsible as long as you didn't pull out right in front of someone. If they have a long line of sight, anyone should be able to stop in time if they're paying attention and if the people following them aren't following too closely.

 

And right there is the definition of "The pot calling the kettle black"

 

I think there's only a few people left who AREN'T on his ignore list. Pretty soon he is just going to X1heavy himself to death LOL.

 

I dunno, 300 feet at 55 mph is less than four seconds, and he said that's what he would allow before pulling into the road and stopping to block their lanes with cars approaching at that rate and distance.

 

It becomes a question of who has "duty of care" and "last clear chance ". Even if a vehicle has the legal right of way, if they don't excerise "duty of care", they can be ruled at fault. Similarly if they have a clear chance to act to avoid the incident and don't, they can be held at least partially at fault.

It's one thing if the truck begins moving into a gap but just takes too long navigating the turn and impede traffic. If the truck intentionally blocks cross traffic and an incident occurs the truck automatically becomes at fault, and the actions of others become "contributing factors ".

I may not like it, and don't fully agree with it, but that's the way the law plays out.

 

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