Re: Median Strip antics

["Bob D'Amato" <mx@mamie.snet.com>]

On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Alex Kowalski wrote:

> Many congratulations on your well-being after that horror show.  It seems 
> that the Audi ads aren't entirely correct...the Quattro can also, it 
> seems, help you get the hell off the road, RIGHT NOW, if the situation 
> calls for that.  As for not knowing how you avoided the semi, maybe 
> Asimov was on to something when he wrote, "Any sufficiently advanced 
> technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> 

Glad to hear you pulled out of this one OK, both you and the Q. Q's are 
replaceable though, remember that! ;)

Had a similar one this morning. heading onto 91N in Meriden today from 
691, Im just warming up my 20V so Im taking it easy. A Tractor Trailer is 
on my *** wanting me to go faster. I pull over but he doesnt pass. Now 
its the exit for 91N so I pull back in in front of him (Raining pretty 
hard this AM) Im on the exit ramp and the TT decides he wants to pressure 
me so he gets a running start. I guess he's never been there before, 
because the on ramp is a tight left hander with an increasing radius. I 
look in my mirror and I see grill, then a crooked grill, then one front 
tire waaaaay up in the air. I punch it around this corner (Yoko A509's 
SUCK!) to clear him, and he went right over the bank, laying on its side. 
WHEW!!  Usually I have pretty good luck with TT drivers, they're 
*generally* courteous, but just like us car drivers, every once in a 
while you get a jerk.  He deserved it. He was OK, I was OK, and nobody 
was hurt at all. The onramp was closed and traffic was backed up tho...

Yup... its safer on the track. At least the majority of them have a clue! :)

Bob



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