Re: Re: VERY Close Call!!!!!!!!(Ed Halterman)

From: MAGNUM S/T (kevinhoegen@email.com)
Date: Sat Mar 23 2002 - 17:38:56 EST


.............................argh.

I guess I made some assumptions based on the fact that he's a WestCoaster
:)....my bad
""Ronald Wong"" <ron-wong@cox.net> wrote in message
news:NDBBIHDGKKJOIJDEOCBMCEGKFIAA.ron-wong@cox.net...
>
> 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
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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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