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confusedwife
Joined: 17 Jan 2008
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Location: Louisiana
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I just don't understand some men. My husband lost a child at 7 in a car accident. He was with his mother and she missed a stop sign (thx to the lortabs she was on).. This was a traggic loss and I see him suffering from it, yet he still jepordizes our two little boys. I say God gave him another chance and I hope he grows up soon to enjoy all of it. Man I hope you have learned after this and the previous accidents that you need to stop and smell the roses also... |
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Windwalker
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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Location: Holiday, FL
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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I was going across I-70, westbound and coming up to Cambridge, OH. In a bit of a hurry, I was doing a little over sixty. At the top of the hill, a trooper was going eastbound. As he got past me, I saw his brake lights come on. I know he's coming after me, so I start to slow down. He does a flip through the middle and starts out westbound. I'm down to fifty and he's not catching up. Lights going, and he's slowing down. There's smoke coming out from under his hood. The next thing I know, he's pulling off on the shoulder...
I think he knocked his oil pan off on something in the median. But, I don't know for sure.
Nice driving officer.....
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Another time, I was eastbound, empty, and going across the St Croix bridge from MN to WI. It had rained and frozen, and I was not going over thirty. This cadillac in front of me loses it and starts doing 360s, bouncing between the railings on either side of the bridge. Trying to avoid the car, I stepped on the brakes.
Did you know that with ABS, at lower speeds, if all brakes lock up at the same time, the computer says: "THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED".
The tractor and trailer stayed in line, but the whole rig started turning clockwise. She was against the railing on the right side of the bridge, and the rig was perpendicular to the road before I got to her. I was seeing the side of the truck wiping her off the bridge, and then realized the tractor seemed to stop. It wasn't getting any closer to her, and was pulling back from the railing, and I was starting to look back toward MN. Right after that, I was looking in the mirror and seeing the trailer go toward the edge on the WI side of her. Before I knew it, I was starting to look toward the WI side again. I let off of the brakes, and the truck straightened out at about five mph. That's how fast I crawled across the rest of the bridge and parked on the shoulder. The ice on the grass formed a ridge so that the rig did not slide off the shoulder and into the ditch. When I walked back up onto the bridge to see if she was alright, a cop stopped, and I got there in time to hear her say: "The driver in that truck is a really fantastic driver. He turned that truck completely around to avoid hitting me."
To this day, I really don't believe she has any idea how long it took me to be able to stand up without my knees feeling like rubber.
By the way... I looked over the truck very carefully. Not even a rub mark. The truck did a 360, did not jack knife, and did not touch anything either. At the time, I was driving a brand new Kenworth T-600 for a company out of Wausau, WI, and my wife was going through cancer treatments at Marshfield Clinic.
Of course, I do not recommend that any of you try this at home, or on the road either.
Now, as far as "zipping between trucks" with a 4-wheeler... Do you use a CB radio? Have you ever heard someone say something about some "STUPID 4-WHEELER"? Don't you wish you had a CB in your car about then?????? You might have heard what those drivers thought about your fancy driving. |
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