HER CAR STRIKES THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE TRUCK BY HER MOVING INTO THE TRUCK'S LANE?
A. CORRECT. BUT IF YOU TAKE IT THE NEXT STEP FURTHER, HER VEHICLE SOMEHOW ENDS UP HITTING THE CONCRETE MEDIAN WALL TO THE LEFT OF BOTH VEHICLES. AND, TO ME, THE ONLY WAY THAT SHE CAN GET OVER AND HIT THE CONCRETE MEDIAN WALL AND NOT BE LITERALLY RUN OVER BY THE TRUCK WOULD BE [FOR] THE TRUCK TO HAVE MOVED FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE RIGHT LANE GIVING HER ROOM TO ESCAPE BEING RUN OVER BY THE TRUCK.
Q. THE SAME THING HAPPENS THOUGH WHEN SHE'S PASSING THE TRUCK. SHE'S PASSING ON THE RIGHT AND MOVING INTO HIS LANE. SHE'S GOING AT A FASTER RATE OF SPEED, CORRECT?
A. RIGHT.
Q. SO IT'S THE SAME SCENARIO WITH THE TRUCK ON THE LEFT WITH THE CAR ON THE RIGHT. THE ONLY [DIFFERENCE] IS WHO CAUSES THE BUMP, CORRECT?
A. NO. IT'S NOT THE SAME. IF YOU PICTURE TWO - PROBABLY TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC WESTBOUND WITH A CONCRETE BARRIER IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT OF THE LEFT LANE, IF SHE - TAKING YOUR SECOND SCENARIO, IF SHE IS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND DECIDES TO CHANGE LANES INTO THE LEFT LANE WHERE THERE'S ALREADY A TRUCK AND SHE HITS THIS TRUCK AS SHE'S MAKING THIS MOVE TO THE LEFT AND SPINS OUT, SHE'S GOING TO SPIN OUT IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK.
THE TRUCK CAN'T GET BY HER WITHOUT RUNNING OVER HER BECAUSE SHE'S GOT NOWHERE TO GO TO THE LEFT. SHE'S GOT THE CONCRETE MEDIAN IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT OF THE LEFT LANE. THE TRUCK IS OCCUPYING THE LEFT LANE. SHE CAN'T ESCAPE BEING HIT BY THE TRUCK AGAIN. THE.
ONLY WAY FOR THIS ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN IS FOR THE TRUCK TO BE MOVING FROM THE LEFT LANE INTO THE RIGHT LANE GIVING HER ROOM TO HIT THE CONCRETE MEDIAN AND THEN SEE THE TRUCK GO BY IN THE RIGHT LANE.
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Q. ARE YOU SAYING IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WHERE SHE MOVED INTO THE TRUCK'S - MOVED LEFT AND STRUCK THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE TRUCK?
A. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
Q. AND THE REASON YOU'RE SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE ASSUMING THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO MOVE ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT LANE TO PASS HER. IS THAT - BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE RUN HER OVER IF IT DIDN'T MOVE ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT?
A. CORRECT.
Q. BUT HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT IF SHE STRIKES THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER OF THE TRUCK AND BECAUSE OF THAT IMPACT - SHE MOVED INTO HIS LANE OF TRAVEL, BUMPS THE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK, DOES THE SAME SPINNING AND THE TRUCK THEN WENT AROUND TO THE RIGHT? HOW IS THAT - YOU CAN'T EXCLUDE THAT FROM HAPPENING, CORRECT?
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A. THAT SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY, HIGHLY IMPROBABLE FOR A BASIC RUN. THE TIME AND DISTANCE REQUIRED FOR A TRACTOR TRAILER TO