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Originally Posted by redpoint5
...I just received a memo stating that employees with access to chemicals will be subjected to a background check every 3 years... it sounds like the government is now in control of who is allowed to work, and where. Of course, this enormously expensive program will do nothing to improve the safety of anyone, but at least the government has a new tool to arbitrarily harass people in new and creative ways.
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I imagine they will catch people, but whether they are actually a threat is another matter entirely.
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Disagree! Rear crash avoidance is a basic defensive technique taught to 16 year-olds. (By good driving schools.)
I've used it once in my life - to avoid becoming paste on the front of a semi that barelled too fast into a freeway construction zone bottleneck stop, tire smoke billowing from its locked wheels.
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Apparently my Drivers' Education class was less than good. Old Mech used to say the police told him he was legally required to "take one for the team," while he ran a red light, avoided an accident, and the other driver thanked him.
I always figured that if I saw someone was clearly going to rear-end me, if there was not a car in front of me, I would turn right. Let people honk at me. They might be t-boned by the vehicle trying to rear-end me. If there is a vehicle in front of me, do I have time to set the parking brake and jump out of the lane?