[OSM-talk] [talk-au] Software goes on, brain goes off...

[Lester Caine]

John F. Eldredge wrote:
> I would say that her odds of winning the damages, or, for that matter, of having a court agree to hear the case at all, are pretty low.  If you are using a map of any sort, you are still expected to use common sense as well.  If a map tells you to drive through a road that turns out to be closed for repairs, or is one-way in the wrong direction, that doesn't give you an excuse to drive through the road anyway.

At then end of the day, there are many roads like that all over the world, and 
from time to time people may need to walk down them, so the blaim probably lies 
firmly at the drivers feet for not taking 'due care and attention'. It always 
amazes me on these traffic shows when cars and trucks plow into the back of the 
vehicles stopped well over on the hard shoulder ... even in broad daylight. I 
don't think the reason she was walking down the road is really relevant?

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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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