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In reply to the discussion: Father indicted:-Moments after his 2 sons were killed by the driver, the drunk was fatally shot [View all]Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)and 150 yards is about the length of two city blocks---hardly a long distance.
True, one must exercise caution when dealing with a disabled car. However, how dangerous it is depends a lot on where the car is on the road (i.e., in a travel lane vs. on the shoulder,) whether the road is heavily or lightly traveled, whether it is a through road without stop signs or other traffic controls,, whether the road is a high or low speed road, the weather conditions, and visibility (and no, nighttime doesn't mean that the visibility is always poor since street lights and light bleed from commercial and residential structures can change that.) Without knowing these factors it's really hard to assess any level of responsibility on the father for this tragedy.