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I am posting this as a gentle reminder to all of us when we drive. Please be aware of your surroundings.....
1 posted on 10/22/2008 5:23:52 PM PDT by Kimmers
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To: Kimmers
Ever see 80,000 pounds stop on a dime?

I haven't.

It pays to keep your distance.

2 posted on 10/22/2008 5:26:15 PM PDT by stboz
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Yeah, maybe someone could also crack down on some of the semis...my inlaws have been hit TWICE in their RV by semis barrelling past them on the RIGHT (they were in the middle lane both times, and they go your standard 10 over.) It was simply a miracle they kept control of the vehicle both times.


3 posted on 10/22/2008 5:26:35 PM PDT by beezdotcom
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Back when I used to be on the highway a lot I stayed amazed that drivers of cars, especially tiny cars will do things in front of semis and other very large vehicles that they would never do in front of, say, a Volkswagen.


4 posted on 10/22/2008 5:29:31 PM PDT by arthurus (Old age and guile beats youth and enthusiasm.)
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The police could catch plenty of reckless drivers by driving along in an unlikely car at a reasonable speed and watching. The unmarked vehicles they use, any idiot could spot.


5 posted on 10/22/2008 5:32:19 PM PDT by proxy_user
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... so when you hear a trucker on his CB say, “ ... ridin’ shotgun in my rig in plain brown wrapper ... “ now you know what the heck he is talking ‘bout.


6 posted on 10/22/2008 5:39:20 PM PDT by webschooner (Welcome to the wonderful world of Socialism -- kindly check your money and possessions at the door.)
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To: Kimmers
a gentle reminder to all of us when we drive

This reminds me of a little anecdote from 1982...just before our 5th anniversary, wifey and I had bought a brand new Nissan Maxima wagon in an unusual two-tone grey...beautiful, and in the few months we'd had it, never saw another in that color scheme. We were really proud of being so unique.

Anyhow, we were taking a driving trip thru the southwest (from Los Angeles) and were on the way to Carlsbad Caverns. We pulled off the little highway that goes north from El Paso through the mountains up towards New Mexico, for a little snack/leg stretch break at a picnic turnout.....

Shortly, we both saw a flatbed tow vehicle carrying a very, very squashed exact twin of our Maxima down the hill towards El Paso. We both stopped and gawked, and both occupants of the truck gave us/Maxima some serious stares as the passby took place. Nobody could have survived in that mangled wreck.

Wifey and I took this as a little "message" to play it cool for the rest of our trip......we've never forgotten this little ten second interlude.

.......oh; never, ever did see another 'twin' to the Maxima until years after we'd traded for some other car.

8 posted on 10/22/2008 5:52:50 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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