Re: Lane Checks

[AUDIDUDI@delphi.com]

> Well I kinda equate this with "Low-Eyes" or not looking down the road and 
> improving your  Situational Awarness (S/A).  If you don't have a clue as 
> to what's going on around you GET ONE.  Keep your eyes open and look, 
> your head should pretty much never be fixed, you should always be looking 
> around.  One of the things that we stress in Anti-Terriost Schools is 
> know how many cars are around you and where, so no one just "Appears".  
> They hav'nt invented the Transporter yet, so a car just can't come out of 
> Nowhere.

While I'm willing to accept full responsibility for not leaving enough of a
cushion in front of me, I feel compelled to point out that at this point in
the road, it really isn't possible to leave any more cushion since cars are
always driving right up to the left-lane exit and jumping into whatever gap
they can find ... as a result, your 5 or 6-car cushion quickly becomes only
2 or 3 cars or even less.  If you slow down to open it back up, the process
just repeats itself.

Trust me: I've driven this road at least 250 times a year for the last five
years and the 4 or 5-car cushion I had this past Wednesday is about as good
as it ever gets.  As a popular saying around Phoenix goes, "It's not IF you
ever have an accident but WHEN...".  So far as odds go, 1-in-1250 isn't too
bad in my book, at least not considering the circumstances (although I will
strive to do better in the future, of course...).   :^)

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