Technically yes.
Yes. You noticed the changed conditions, adapted your driving appropriately and deliberately induced a skid which you controlled to your advantage. Job done.
They, on the other hand, failed to notice the changed conditions, failed to adapt their driving accordingly, unintentionally induced a skid which they failed to control, all to their detriment. Job rather not done.
Yes. Very well thankyou.
NIP arrived. uU|G*dfHK8Zr48 982No it isn't. No. The absence of other factors means that the "dangerous" applies to the "gun". But not from the object itself...
Bolocks, bollocks, bollocks. Great big hairy fat bollocks. Go to ANY skid pan in the country and try to convince the instructors that the cause of a skid is the road surface or any property of it and you'll get laughed out of the course.
The cause of ANY skid is ALWAYS the driver. A skid is caused when the driver applies too much steering, braking, or acceleration (or combinations of them) for the available level of grip. That's it. There is NO other cause whatsoever. EVER. (silly examples such as getting hit buy another car etc are excluded).
NIP arrived. 981No, he's to blame for failing to deal with the danger. The tree is the cause of the leaves, which...
Yes.
No. The failure to adapt to the changed conditions.
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