ORIGINAL: Liberator
JR,
Actually the fact that you knew that cars might be present and failed to look over your shoulder proves that YOU failed to exercise
reasonable care. In your statement you were not being reasonable.
On any given day, you and your club members are responsible for knowing about each and every other RC station being operated in the 28, or so, square miles surrounding your AMA chartered club field. The FCC has laid the responsibility at the feet of you and the other members of your club. The AMA has set that area at the 28 miles... not the FCC. An AMA member has a greater responsibility than does a non-AMA member.
By your reasoning, to do less than KNOW AT ALL TIMES is not showing reasonable care to carry out the mandate of the AMA *and* the FCC regulations which you and your club members have accepted by operating an RC station at an AMA charterd club field.