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To: exDemMom
I have no idea why a straight road with nothing but sand and a few small plants next to it should be such a death trap.

I was driving at night in the California desert, perfectly straight two-lane road, going about 90, and there was a truck on the same road, going the same way, doing about 30, painted black, without a single reflector or rear-facing light.

I jerked the wheel just in time to avoid a collision and managed to keep control, but it was a near thing.

35 posted on 12/27/2018 7:33:17 AM PST by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: Haiku Guy

More accidents these days by folks falling asleep at the wheel, or texting and drifting over onto the soft sand shoulder.

I try to slalom the Bott’s Dots on the dashed lines to keep awake, so as not to hit them, but passengers hate me for it.


36 posted on 12/27/2018 7:41:36 AM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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