Ed: I think your comment flew over almost everyone's head.......(I don't
think you want to eat the brownies Ed made ;-P)
Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net]On Behalf Of MAGNUM S/T
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 12:38 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Re: Re: VERY Close Call!!!!!!!!
Go figure..... the more brownies you eat the hungrier you get :)
Good goin paying attention all around you...may have saved your life!
""TonyC"" <acellan1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:06df01c1d22c$997a2f00$fb5e2241@a.tampabay.rr.com...
>
> Paying attention has saved my ass several times as well. Nice heads up
> driving to keep the Dak in one piece.
>
> Got any brownies left? I'm hungry.
>
> TonyC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olznut@aol.com <Olznut@aol.com>
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Date: Saturday, March 23, 2002 12:22 AM
> Subject: DML: VERY Close Call!!!!!!!!
>
>
> >
> >Even though this happened Sunday night, I figured that I still should
tell
> ya
> >anyways since I've been busy all week :) Paint the scene, we're coming
> back
> >from San Diego, about 9ish pm, w/b on I-10, from the I-15, raining pretty
> >hard, there was 3 of us in a caravan coming home, Durango in front, me,
> >Durango in the rear. We were in the #3 lane. Out of the corner of my eye,
I
> >spot a white S-10 coming down an on ramp, kinda fast, I see it, he then
> >starts to fish tail to the left, then I let off the gas, he then slides
to
> >the right, aiming right at the freeway, then he starts doing 360's,
coming
> >RIGHT AT ME, I put my foot to the floor on the brakes, ABS, Powerslots
and
> >new KO's doing it's thing, he goes RIGHT BETWEEN ME AND THE DURANGO IN
> FRONT
> >OF ME!!!!!! I ALMOST ended up ended up hitting his left rear 1/4, but I
> just
> >pulled the wheel to the right a bit and missed him by about 3', my many
> many
> >years of over the road experience (about 500,000 miles and 9 years)
helped
> >here, he continues spinning, goes all the way to the #1 lane, and there's
> no
> >center divider there, just a barrier next to the #1 for construction, all
3
> >of us go by, and I remember hearing 4 clear and loud crashes, I think he
> took
> >out at least 4 cars. No, I didn't stop. I still had an hour drive to go
> home,
> >and when I did, I made some brownies (think about that for a sec) :) I
will
> >never look at a white '98+ extra cab S-10 the same way again. It took 2
> days
> >for this event to sink in, and I'm still amazed I got out of it, as was
the
> >folks running with me. I just told them when they asked me how I missed
it,
> >and I told them "I was just paying attention" Simple, but that doesen't
> >happen here very often as explained above.
>
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