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Title: may have caused a car accident yesterday afternoon.
Post by: tjspiel on May 08, 2023, 01:39 PM
Not a lot of wind yesterday but it was a nice day so I decided to take the boat out. And as I often do I spent some time sailing near a bridge. There's both car and pedestrian traffic on it.

It's far too low to sail under but it only cuts off a small portion of the lake. Anyway, I consider it my civic duty to provide ambiance for the people walking along the bridge so I make a couple of passes and they'll often stop to take pictures. I assume they're taking pictures of me, but it's possible they're just getting a picture of the lake in general. ;)

Last night as I turned to sail away I heard this large BOOM from the lane farthest from me. Traffic was backed up as it often is in the Summer and someone who was not paying attention rear-ended somebody else. No one was hurt as far as I know.

Maybe 30 minutes later I was sailing near the Southeast shore and heard someone yelling my name. It was a friend of mine, - who also has a boat on the lake. He was watching the sunset with his wife from a bench, saw the accident and accused me of causing it.

From the driver's perspective I probably looked like a white shark fin poking above the bridge, but my guess is that they were looking at some joggers or swimmers and not me. That's my story anyway.
Title: Re: may have caused a car accident yesterday afternoon.
Post by: Brian N. on May 08, 2023, 02:31 PM
I often feel "obligated" to give people on the local public beach a pretty picture of a sailboat just off the beach. So I often sail in to just a 100 yards or so off the beach. You were doing your "civic duty" and any accidents were due to inattentive drivers. Precisions are very good looking boats.

A real good lookin' gal
 tidy boat.jpeg
Title: Re: may have caused a car accident yesterday afternoon.
Post by: FortyFour on May 08, 2023, 04:11 PM
Your 'friend' may be gaslighting you. Chances are the driver was distracted by their phone, or maybe the self-driving mechanism in their car failed..Altho the dorsal fin apparition would be good cause for a double-take
Title: Re: may have caused a car accident yesterday afternoon.
Post by: Riggerdood on May 08, 2023, 10:04 PM
Not your fault Tom. You're not the one who "failed to assure clear distance ahead".

And your buddy was probably just jealous that you were sailing and he wasn't ... ;~P