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To: metmom

You must be able to stop within the distance of your vision. Slow down.


9 posted on 04/19/2019 11:36:18 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I didn’t read the whole thing - but I would think an interstate would be designed to go the speed limit and still be able to stop in time coming over a hill.

I was on a hilly, winding road in Oregon. The posted limit imho was about 10 mph faster than what I thought was safe - at least to be able to stop in time for a deer (it was twilight) standing in the road just beyond the curve or hill.

I usually go faster that the posted limit - so it was really odd. Of course every so often I had to find a driveway or wide spot to pull over for the person behind me.

I was lucky on that trip earlier on while on the interstate. A car was on the right shoulder up in the distance - rainy night. I was in the right lane, following a car, and I moved to the left. The car in the right lane swerved out of the way at the last minute to avoid a second car stopped in the right lane. He had plenty of room to swerve in front of me (I had slowed down just a bit), and hopefully I would have been able to react in time if I had still been in the right lane - but it sure spooked me.


12 posted on 04/20/2019 1:36:19 AM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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