RE: Crash Test Dummy

[Trisha Bethen <trishab@mv.mv.com>]

On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, Glen Powell wrote:

> Glen, I sent a reply to another reader about that........ask anyone about 
> that stretch of Rt. 89 in Enfield NH.....known as HYPNOSIS HWY......the 
> police are lobbying to get rumble strips in its so bad......you as least 
> were not as harsh in your statements......BTW, the fantastic driving was 
> asfter he awas off road......if you had seen the area.......had he not 
> driven it well, he, they would both be dead........he kept it off the 
> cliff and off all the signs......THAT's where the good driving came 
> in.....not the falling asleep....BTW.....we all have trouble staying 
> awake on that stretch of road......
> 
> NO FLAME!
> 
> Is that stretch of 89 North or South of where one would get off if heading North from Rte 93 to like Sugarbush or Mad River Glen ski areas? I'm wondering if I have ever driven it myself..... We all have had trouble staying awake while driving at one time or another, but actually falling asleep behind the wheel is something else again.....failing to recognise this and stopping/resting/switching drivers is IMFO poor judgement. Fighting sleep sux!
> 
> NO FLAME!
> 
> -glen
> 
> 
> 
I understand the no flame.......  no....it's about 10 minutes before 
Lebanon.....he tried to get his Bro to wake up to swap and was looking 
for the next exit to get off......they are not keen about stopping on the 
edges of highways.....since trailer trucks have a magnatism to cars 
stopped there......(Re:  several like accidents.....)......so he knew he 
was tired.....he admits that if he had taken the cruise off.....and 
actually driven the car......but that's experience.....he was just 17 at 
the time....think of how most 17 year old kids drive.......they wouldn't 
have made it.....I'm not defending the tired part....just wishing that 
the gov't would listen when people ask for what they need to make our 
highways safer......