Jeeeze...Mike, 2 CARS!?! your lucky man! Glad you and the
cop nailed 'em. Its a miracle both of you are alive.
Been there to. Comming out of Memphis, Tn , some dude
going the wrong way on a freeway exit ramp....
GS -
>
> 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
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