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She shouldn't have pulled out if there was enough room for her to make it only if every oncoming vehicle slowed down significantly to accommodate her. That's now how driving works. You don't pull out into oncoming traffic with the assumption that everyone will be able to stop themselves from hitting you.
I never implied this. I stated that there was a misjudgment of the speed of the vehicles, not the space. No one was cut-off. She realized that the vehicles were going faster than she expected (faster than she could accelerate to match the speed of) after turning into her lane and seeing them closing in in her rear view mirror. If she had the time to observe this in her rear view mirror after making the turn, and re-act to it by maximizing her acceleration, then the other driver behind her had even more time, considering he also watched her make the u-turn. No one was cut-off.