Sorry to hear about the accident. Man, does it hurt when you see your own
dak damaged. Kind of gets me deep in the pit of my stomach.
Can't speak for anyone but myself, but it's been my experience that the bad
weather always seems to hit when you're on your way to work or home from
work. As for chains, in most cities in Canada you can't use chains in the
city on paved roads (chews up the road too much) - only on country roads.
Maybe things have changed over the years, but that's what I heard last.
Then there's always the corporate dude flying down the highway on his cell
phone trying to land that 5 million dollar deal in a blizzard, weaving in
and out of traffic and leaving a trail of pissed off drivers in spun out
vehicles behind him. Seen that a little more than I'd like to. No offense
to any corporate dudes on the list but when the weather is bad and you see
lots of tow trucks, snow plows, and flashing lights all around you: GET OFF
THE PHONE AND DRIVE!! Just my opinion. :)
Norah
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of SmokinDakota
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 3:13 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: RE: well i crashed my R/T twice in one nite
>
>
> Sorry to hear about the accidents. At least you are ok, somewhat.
> I know it
> hurts when your truck gets damaged in any way. Hope you wake up and find
> minimal damage.
>
> This leads me to another question for all of you east coasters and people
> who drive in the ice/snow. Why do you guys bother to drive in
> this terrible
> weather? Other than going to work and trying to get the
> essentials, food and
> such. I see on the local news trucks, cars, garbage trucks slippin and
> sliding across the roads. Do they require you guys to have chains on your
> tires? And don't get too jealous, it was rainy here over in California.
>
> Steven 2me
> http://www.smokindakota.com
> AOL IM = SmknDakTrk
> ICQ = 42763370
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of SFLOGAN@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 11:41 PM
> To: dakotart@egroups.com
> Cc: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: well i crashed my R/T twice in one nite
>
>
>
> well.its 2.00 am and i just got in from one of the worst nights
> in my life.
> i'm still scared out of my mind but i want to tell you all why
> its fresh in
> my head. i've been driven 12 hours straight back from the R/T meet in
> michigan . was going good makin great time too, got half way home
> when i met
> a killer storm.halfway throught P.A. and i was still driving ok
> intill this
> mother fu&^*ng person hit his brakes (with 3 " of snow on the
> ground) out in
> front of me .i hit the brakes and slid into a wall . the front hit first
> pushing off the wall then the rear hits hard. i wanted to stop, but looked
> back to see semi up my ass trying to brake with less luck then i did ,so i
> floored it pulled the truck straight and got it right up and back
> in line .i
> was so scared but keeped driven .i'm just glad it didn't cause a
> pile -up on
> I-76 . i pulled over in a truck stop to get out and cry over the damage
> .....but there was none i swear to god . i can't really figure what
> happened.
> i know i hit because i felt it, but no damage. so 200 miles later( which
> took
> me 7 hours more to travel) i get to philly and i'm almost home
> .when whamm,
> i'm spinning out of control and heading for a pole and a wall but
> fell short
> of both, thank god for the snow bank. here ,in philly the drains
> are backed
> up from the rain and snow and flooded the street .which i didn't see.but
> this
> time the snow bank damaged my driver door and front flair thats
> all i could
> see for now. buy the way a man was standing by the flooded street because
> five minutes earlier he spon out of control too but hit the wall
> and his car
> was stuck in the water.he said he counted 3 spins out of my truck
> before it
> hit the snow bank.well next time i'll listen to my friends when
> they say not
> to drive in bad weather.
>
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