Road Trip from Florida

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Hello Taka......We were almost killed about 3 times along that speedway, by
stuff falling off of (and out of) open-bed pickups. Most traffic was doing
80-85, and lots of it was independent contractors in pickups, moving
between jobs in adjacent cities.

Had to whip off the pavement and onto the berm at 80 mph, to avoid a flying
power mower that came unchained from a flatbed trailer behind a pickup. The
guy probably never noticed that it was gone. And those things roll and
bounce and wiggle along in random jumps, at the same speed as the car,
until they fly apart or get hit. Scary.

Don't follow pickups, and watch out for flying lawn mowers!

Doyt Echelberger
Ohio to Florida and back survivor


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At 06:31 PM 11/29/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi listers,
>Anyone going to be along the I-95 route going north from
>Ft. Lauderdale this Saturday?
>
>I'm helping a friend pick up a car and we'll be heading
>north toward Yankeeland Saturday afternoon.
>
>If there are any listers in the Ft. Lauderdale area, we'd
>love to meet up for a late lunch possibly, before we hit
>the road (prob. leaving straight from the airport). We'll
>be up in the Georgia/Carolinas area by dinner, hopefully.
>
>Send me an email if you'd like to meet up. Also, any tips
>for driving this route would be appreciated- like where we
>should absolutely not exceed the speed limit, etc.
>
>Taka