WOW that's scarry, given me shivers just thinking about it.
Glad you and your buddy are ok, and of course the Dak (but of course it
could be replaced, lives can't)
Steve & Leslie Runde
Black w/Light Driftwood Satin Glow
00 QC SLT+ V6 3.55
mail to: the_black_ghost_2000@yahoo.com
www.geocities.com/the_black_ghost_2000
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike d." <miggitymike@juno.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:40 AM
Subject: DML: Almost fell victim to "the curse"! (long)
> Aiight,
> the premag (and myself) almost met an early demise tonight =(
> so I'm riding down US17. This road is 4 lanes (2 lanes each way for those
> of you who don't speak proper English.. hehehe) and I'm headin' North in
> the right lane. All of the sudden, the dude in front of me hits the
> shoulder. I think WTF?!?! What do I see? HEADLIGHTS!!!! SOMEONE IS
> DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD!!! What makes things worse?! He is
> in MY lane because he is PASSING HIS BUDDY WHO IS ALSO ON THE WRONG SIDE
> OF THE ROAD!!
> So at this point I'm staring 4 headlights right in the face!!!!!!
>
> <enter slow motion part>
>
> Since the dude that WAS in front of me is on the shoulder, I can't go
> there to get away. The median is a ditch, so that's ruled out due to my
> lack of ride height. What happens next is an act of some kind of higher
> power!!
> I swerve left HARD (thankin' the higher powers for my altered ride height
> and the handling it gave me). Now I see the other 2 headlights comin'
> right at me. I go right REALLY HARD. The tires are rollin' over and
> squealing, my buddy in the passenger seat is wide-eyed and braced for
> some kind of impact. I squeeze through the 2 cars (at 55 mph btw) in what
> seemed like 6" of space. It was probably a lot more, but when that kind
> of thing happens it really seems like a lot less.
> The rear of the truck gets a little squirelly, but it straightened up and
> I just stopped right there in the road.... mostly in disbelief of what
> just happened... shaking and pretty wigged out. We are all fine, the
> premag is fine...
> Lcukily all this happened at about 2AM, so there wasn't much traffic.
>
> So, I flip around (get on the correct side of the road) and give chase.
> I'm blastin' down 17 at 80+ trying to catch these guys while my buddy is
> on the cellphone with 911. Come around the bend and there is an officer
> already in pursuit. He caught one of them so I catch up to the other and
> get his license plate number. Gave it to the cop, and went home to try to
> sleep....but I couldn't... so now I'm posting to the DML at 3:40 AM...
>
> <shiver>
>
> damn ya'll... all I have to say is, I'm glad I'm here posting and not
> laying somewhere bleeding... scary =(
>
> -miggity
>
> miggitymike@juno.com
> PROJECT 13's ---> slammed 88 Dakota w/360 swap in progress!
>
> http://surf.to/Project13s
>
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