My Volvo Saved My Life....

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As I said, I didn't mean to sound condescending and I suspected that you
were probably hemmed in after a second thought about you being in
California. However, my soapbox speech wasn't directed at you but more
at the system/situation that allows non-skilled, untrained, lifeforms to
operate lethal weapons on the highways virtually unsupervised. As you by
needs have well learned, focus and concentration are hard work that is
seldom rewarded by the inattentiveness of inept drivers. I would favor a
class license system that would keep those unwilling or unable to master
proper car control skills on highly congested secondary roads where they
can play bumper cars at lower speeds. Leave the higher roadways to thise
that can play well together.

 

LAS wrote:

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Several years ago, as a passenger on an autobahn at 140 mph,
I remarked the driver that I felt safer than at half the
speed on the New Jersey turnpike. The difference was that we
weren't sandwiched between two tractor-trailors. But I feel
safer on the Turnpike with the trucks than with cars. Where
the Turnpike divides so that all trucks go into a separate
set of lanes, I always go with the trucks. They are better
drivers than the average motorists, and I try to do as well.
If a big truck comes up behind me, wanting to pass, I move
to another lane because it is harder for a truck to switch
lanes.

 

I was in exactly the same situation a few years ago. I had absolutely
nowhere to go. Double-trailer Semi on the right and a car on the left
and everyone was standing on the binders. The car to my left was all
over the place and the semi was in lockup mode with trailers going all
over the place. I was rear ended by someone drinking a malt and a
Wendy's cheeseburger.

 

Anybody who can drink a Wendy's cheeseburger can stop on a dime, just by
digging their powerful fingernails into the bitumen. *Obviously* a case
of brake failure.

 

ANDREW!!!
Obviously, you have a better sense of humor than most!!!
One of these days, I'd love to shake your hand.