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To: buffaloguy
There a lot of people who are convinced that if you have a 4 wheel drive, the laws of physics do not apply to you. A lot of them end up upside down in the median of interstates.

True story - Meyer was driving home from his night shift job at 6 AM one Sunday morning. The plows hadn't been out yet, and route 21, a 4-lane divided highway near Akron, had about 6-8 inches of fresh overnight snowfall on it.

Meyer was tooling along at around 40 mph in his 4WD Explorer, minding the conditions of the road. A pair of headlights appeared behind him, closing fairly rapidly. It was a Firebird, intent on making it somewhere before me. I stayed right and let him pass.

A couple of miles farther north, where 21 intersects with I-77, there is a long sweeping curve to the left. As I approached the blind curve, a scene unfolded in front of me - it was the said Firebird pointing the wrong direction, smack dab in the middle of the snowy field, headlights still lit, but the car no longer moving.

I tooted the horn as I tooled on by. Apparently, it was HE that had just gotten the lesson in physics. :)

1,307 posted on 08/14/2018 10:43:20 AM PDT by meyer (WWG1WGA, MAGA!)
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To: meyer

Apparently, his bucket seats made him unaware of the effects of entering a curve at any speed.


1,310 posted on 08/14/2018 10:51:01 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: meyer

True story. 285 drag facials on the back of a 96 camaro. 18 year old behind the wheel who’s been warned not to drive it in the rain. You can guess the rest. Luckily no injuries and only a broken bumper cover and bent spindle.


1,437 posted on 08/14/2018 2:38:31 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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