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When there is an accident on the side of the road, do you slow down and look or ignore it?

Dec 28, 2011 9:14 PM

If everyone would only pay enough attention at accidents on the side of the road to ensure the safety of anyone involved in or responding to the accident and otherwise ignored it and travelled at a safe speed down the road, traffic wouldn't be so bad during rush hour.

There is certainly no reason to slow down and gawk when the highway is divided and the accident is in the opposite direction, but too many stop to look for carnage anyway.

kainis kainis

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For me it really depends on how fast I'm moving. If I'm going a decent speed as I drive past an accident, I'll just take a glance.

Most of the time I'll already be stuck in a long line of people driving slow. It's almost impossible not to look since I'm only going 5mph.

vogt2385 vogt2385
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I don't slow down, but for two reasons:
1) Accident just happened and I may be able to help
2) Rubber-neckers in front of me are forcing me to slow

drjing drjing
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I try to help - if I can't - I get out of the way.

caver2130 caver2130
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Depends on the situation. I will definitely slow down if I think there is any chance I could accidently hit someone or something...

dgrimmer dgrimmer
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Usually I end up making a statement "it better be worth it for all the traffic I am stuck in". Then in the 15-20 minutes it takes me to get to the accident I just get annoyed and say "is that really worth looking at" and don't bother looking unless there are a lot of emergency vehicles. I never can understand the stop and stare for a fender bender.

raider9924 raider9924
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Unless I have a whole lane as a buffer, I slow down to make sure everything is safe, but I usually worry about keeping an eye on silly folks in traffic more than gawking.

The 5-0 in Austin have set up traps recently where they'll leave a car on the shoulder or rightmost lane, and have officers ready to ticket anyone who doesn't move over a lane or slow down.

rabbidpanda rabbidpanda

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