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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Schlimm,</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, I could be wrong, but I believe that adjusting speed to conditions is compelled by statute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I believe that driving according to conditions refers to natural variables such as rain, snow, ice, wind, dust, smoke, smog, wild animals, grasshopper swarms, etc. And, even though it is compelled by statute, it would have to be a subjective judgment call on the part of the driver and or any police officer that happened to question it on site; as to the proper response for driving according to conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">What I do not believe is correct is that a driver must adjust speed to conditions such as vehicle type, dangerous intersections, badly designed grade crossings, etc., unless those hazards are marked with signs calling for a reduced speed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">And certainly a posted speed limit does not permit a driver to continue traveling at that limit, and overtake and run over a slower vehicle as in your example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Drivers must yield to anything in their path as long as that obstacle does not enter their path so abruptly that it makes it impossible to yield in time.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe Edbenton could chime in on this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ed, in the case of the Nevada crossing crash, what would have been the legal, proper, and responsible speed limit for the driver while approaching the crossing had he been exercising all due care?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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