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Replying to: euphonium (Dec 30, 2008 9:27 am) How would they know? Unless my sister announces herself as a doctor they wouldn't know. Does her medical mal practice insurance cover her "errors and ommissions" ? Not sure what her insurance covers but I know the cost is in the 6 figures. I know that some parts of this country it is almost impossible to get malpractice insurance in certain fields. Is there any liability for her picking and choosing? Can't say, but it is something that is necessary in a world where people will sue at a drop of a hat, and plenty hats drop these days.
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Dec 30, 2008 5:54 pm) I know that if you are a qualified doctor or nurse then it is reckoned they have a liability if they do something wrong, even when off duty, though most medico's here are employed by the national health service so I would imagine basically they are covered by the insurance arrangements for that. When I was run over in the street years ago, a passing old lady, who turned out to have been a St.John's Ambulance Volunteer in WW2, stopped to help until the ambulance showed up - I wasn't critically injured, but she was brilliant and certainly helped me....Mind you, I suppose I would feel differently if she had broken my neck or something !
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Replying to: magnette (Jan 03, 2009 9:24 am)
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| Saw one of those car carriers (like you see delivering cars to a dealership) filled up with several different makes and models. The one thing they all had in common was that bright orange tow sticker plastered onto the drivers side window. | |
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jan 03, 2009 9:29 am)
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Replying to: magnette (Jan 03, 2009 10:00 am) |
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Today I took the old car out on the highway, as it was dry this morning. I was on a 4 lane in each direction major highway, light traffic, second to right lane, maybe going 60-65 in a 60 (the flow of traffic). Not far ahead in the far right lane is a woman in a Corolla going maybe just under the limit. As I get close to her, she makes an abrupt lane change in front of me, and doesn't speed up. That lane did end about 8 miles ahead, maybe she was thinking of the future? Sometimes you just know how aware the driver is by their car. I passed her, and a couple minutes later she was so far behind me I couldn't really even see her, so she must have slowed down even more. Corolla! Later I was driving along a 35mph 4 lane suburban arterial, and I came up behind a dirty old Villager loafing along at about 25 in the left lane. I passed on the right, speeding up as I did so (probably not much more than 40) and by the time I completed the pass the guy was speeding up, and then tailgated me at 40 until he turned. I was really tempted to brake check him, but I suspect he had no insurance. Another new to the states driver too, I should add. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 04, 2009 3:41 pm)  
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jan 04, 2009 3:48 pm) I watch this all the time.... I'm a geezer right-laner and I HATE the interstate but have to put up with it. I am constantly amazed at how the left lanes will mindlessly jam up while the right lanes will occasionally un-congest. At times I will catch up to a car that had passed me a few miles back, slowed by the pack. Sometimes they take note of me and are infuriated - bolting out of the left lane for a little while only to return to the frenzy of lemmings in the left lane. The process then repeats. The right lane does have its perils however, I think I wrote a while back about getting almost rear-ended because a Porsche in an apparent fit of road rage swung wildly over to the right lane only to find me, his view of my little Miata blocked by a large S-Useless-V. I slammed the accelerator and went for the shoulder while I saw the Porsche do that sickish jiggle with road dust flying while doing hard braking. We missed by inches....
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Replying to: ponderpoint (Jan 05, 2009 8:34 am)  There seems to be few of us left.
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