BE CAREFUL!!!!

[Robert Phillips <r3rfp@dax.cc.uakron.edu>]

Here's the deal.  I have been autocrossing for about 2 years, and lately 
doing some open track driver's school type things for the last year.  I 
consider myeslf a pretty good driver (regardless of what Eric may think 
:), but...

I was driving my 10 minutes to work today on Rt8 south from Cuyahoga 
Falls to the University of Akron and had quite a stir.  It seems that 
some poor sunva b*tch was driving his little blue Chevy S-10 towards 
about 3 lanes of traffic, which included myself.  (read "northbound in 
the southbound lane")  What a thrill.  He was clear over to my left, near 
the concrete dividing wall that separates the north and south lanes, so 
he wasn't coming *right* at me, but it's just a little scary to see two 
little headlights approaching at ~50mph in *your* lane on a divided 
highway that you drive to and from work on every day.

Being the responsible, and scared as hell citizen that I was, I pulled 
off at the next exit and called the Po-Leece on the cell phone.  The 911 
guys/gals already knew about it, and I guess that was the end.

The moral of the story:  Watch out!

Even though the highways are the safest roads in this country, even 
exceeding the speed limits, some weirdo stuff still happens.  I never 
would have thought that would happen when I left for work this morning.

Things to think about:
If he's doing approximately 50mph north, and my Audi (oblig. ref.) is 
going 65mph south, that's a closing speed of about 115mph.  That's just 
about enough time for "OHHHH Shi...", the rest wouldn't even have time to 
get out.

I will quietly clean the uphosltery on the driver's side once again, a 
little older, a little wiser.

Robert Phillips
The University of Akron Sociology Department-------Akron, Ohio
1987 Audi 4000S, 1.8L 4-cyl, FWD-----SOLO II D-Street Prepared