Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain stretches
of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it had
snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order to
try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might add.
Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went into
a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.

J. Perry

 

J. Perry wrote:

> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
Hi,
Yup. Seeing it every day here too. It's not the vehicle, it's the dumb
driver. Another thing funny is, they never seem to learn. Every winter
all the time, it happens.
Tony
>
>
>

 

J. Perry wrote:

> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
Hi,
Yup. Seeing it every day here too. It's not the vehicle, it's the dumb
driver. Another thing funny is, they never seem to learn. Every winter
all the time, it happens.
Tony
>
>
>

 

J. Perry wrote:

> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
Hi,
Yup. Seeing it every day here too. It's not the vehicle, it's the dumb
driver. Another thing funny is, they never seem to learn. Every winter
all the time, it happens.
Tony
>
>
>

 

J. Perry wrote:

> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
Hi,
Yup. Seeing it every day here too. It's not the vehicle, it's the dumb
driver. Another thing funny is, they never seem to learn. Every winter
all the time, it happens.
Tony
>
>
>

 

On 1/31/04 19:17, in article tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net, "J.
Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote:

> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
>
>
>
>

I saw that same guy a few years ago on I-94 in Wisconsin! Except he was
driving a Bronco back then. I was going about 40 m.p.h. and he passed me
sideways before spinning into the ditch.

Small world...

Jason

 

On 1/31/04 19:17, in article tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net, "J.
Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote:

> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
>
>
>
>

I saw that same guy a few years ago on I-94 in Wisconsin! Except he was
driving a Bronco back then. I was going about 40 m.p.h. and he passed me
sideways before spinning into the ditch.

Small world...

Jason

 

On 1/31/04 19:17, in article tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net, "J.
Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote:

> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
>
>
>
>

I saw that same guy a few years ago on I-94 in Wisconsin! Except he was
driving a Bronco back then. I was going about 40 m.p.h. and he passed me
sideways before spinning into the ditch.

Small world...

Jason

 

On 1/31/04 19:17, in article tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net, "J.
Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote:

> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
>
>
>
>

I saw that same guy a few years ago on I-94 in Wisconsin! Except he was
driving a Bronco back then. I was going about 40 m.p.h. and he passed me
sideways before spinning into the ditch.

Small world...

Jason

 

Down here in Florida, we don't have the snow/ice problems, but people here
are just as unintelligent. If you've ever experienced a Florida downpour,
(they are something) you know what I mean. The road seems to collect water
instead of running it off. I think it has to do with the road composition
as over time the ruts compact more. Common sense tells you to slow down for
bad road conditions?!?! Why? that's for cars, not my
Explorer/Expedition/Suburban/(pick any)... they have SUV's, you've seen the
TV commercials, they can drive anywhere.... yes, they do get to see the
grass. Makes me wonder if the people you mention have relatives in the
south.

Just the same, I have seen MANY cars take a stroll through the median and
off to the right. Basically pick I-10 (in North Florida) and anywhere
south. The interstates from mid-Florida south are partly comprised of
crushed shells (yes from the beach) as fill. The problem is when tourists
visit, which is everyday, they are not used to the road conditions when it
rains. When shells get wet, they are like ice, then you add water that
collects in the ruts, you have crashes. It seems that when you hear about
the deaths on the roads (down here), they are mostly tourists.

Keith



"J. Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote in message
news:tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net...
> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain
stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it
had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order
to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might
add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went
into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
>
>
>
>

 

Down here in Florida, we don't have the snow/ice problems, but people here
are just as unintelligent. If you've ever experienced a Florida downpour,
(they are something) you know what I mean. The road seems to collect water
instead of running it off. I think it has to do with the road composition
as over time the ruts compact more. Common sense tells you to slow down for
bad road conditions?!?! Why? that's for cars, not my
Explorer/Expedition/Suburban/(pick any)... they have SUV's, you've seen the
TV commercials, they can drive anywhere.... yes, they do get to see the
grass. Makes me wonder if the people you mention have relatives in the
south.

Just the same, I have seen MANY cars take a stroll through the median and
off to the right. Basically pick I-10 (in North Florida) and anywhere
south. The interstates from mid-Florida south are partly comprised of
crushed shells (yes from the beach) as fill. The problem is when tourists
visit, which is everyday, they are not used to the road conditions when it
rains. When shells get wet, they are like ice, then you add water that
collects in the ruts, you have crashes. It seems that when you hear about
the deaths on the roads (down here), they are mostly tourists.

Keith



"J. Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote in message
news:tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net...
> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain
stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it
had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order
to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might
add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went
into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
>
>
>
>

 

Down here in Florida, we don't have the snow/ice problems, but people here
are just as unintelligent. If you've ever experienced a Florida downpour,
(they are something) you know what I mean. The road seems to collect water
instead of running it off. I think it has to do with the road composition
as over time the ruts compact more. Common sense tells you to slow down for
bad road conditions?!?! Why? that's for cars, not my
Explorer/Expedition/Suburban/(pick any)... they have SUV's, you've seen the
TV commercials, they can drive anywhere.... yes, they do get to see the
grass. Makes me wonder if the people you mention have relatives in the
south.

Just the same, I have seen MANY cars take a stroll through the median and
off to the right. Basically pick I-10 (in North Florida) and anywhere
south. The interstates from mid-Florida south are partly comprised of
crushed shells (yes from the beach) as fill. The problem is when tourists
visit, which is everyday, they are not used to the road conditions when it
rains. When shells get wet, they are like ice, then you add water that
collects in the ruts, you have crashes. It seems that when you hear about
the deaths on the roads (down here), they are mostly tourists.

Keith



"J. Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote in message
news:tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net...
> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain
stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it
had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order
to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might
add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went
into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
>
>
>
>

 

Down here in Florida, we don't have the snow/ice problems, but people here
are just as unintelligent. If you've ever experienced a Florida downpour,
(they are something) you know what I mean. The road seems to collect water
instead of running it off. I think it has to do with the road composition
as over time the ruts compact more. Common sense tells you to slow down for
bad road conditions?!?! Why? that's for cars, not my
Explorer/Expedition/Suburban/(pick any)... they have SUV's, you've seen the
TV commercials, they can drive anywhere.... yes, they do get to see the
grass. Makes me wonder if the people you mention have relatives in the
south.

Just the same, I have seen MANY cars take a stroll through the median and
off to the right. Basically pick I-10 (in North Florida) and anywhere
south. The interstates from mid-Florida south are partly comprised of
crushed shells (yes from the beach) as fill. The problem is when tourists
visit, which is everyday, they are not used to the road conditions when it
rains. When shells get wet, they are like ice, then you add water that
collects in the ruts, you have crashes. It seems that when you hear about
the deaths on the roads (down here), they are mostly tourists.

Keith



"J. Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote in message
news:tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net...
> Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a solid
> sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain
stretches
> of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it
had
> snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of sleet
> and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order
to
> try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that was
> TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might
add.
> Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went
into
> a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave him
> the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40 in
> the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather. BTW,
> the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions. It
> never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way to
> work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
>
> J. Perry
>
>
>
>

 

Seems they have relatives up here in Canada too.... Seems these people
with bundles of money in there pockets get into their big expensive SUV,
with their big expensive Insurance and just drive like retards! as if they
own the road

- - - - - - -
dave


"Keith J" <keith_757@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:mtmdna9hjvg444HdRVn-tw@comcast.com...
> Down here in Florida, we don't have the snow/ice problems, but people here
> are just as unintelligent. If you've ever experienced a Florida downpour,
> (they are something) you know what I mean. The road seems to collect
water
> instead of running it off. I think it has to do with the road composition
> as over time the ruts compact more. Common sense tells you to slow down
for
> bad road conditions?!?! Why? that's for cars, not my
> Explorer/Expedition/Suburban/(pick any)... they have SUV's, you've seen
the
> TV commercials, they can drive anywhere.... yes, they do get to see the
> grass. Makes me wonder if the people you mention have relatives in
the
> south.
>
> Just the same, I have seen MANY cars take a stroll through the median and
> off to the right. Basically pick I-10 (in North Florida) and anywhere
> south. The interstates from mid-Florida south are partly comprised of
> crushed shells (yes from the beach) as fill. The problem is when tourists
> visit, which is everyday, they are not used to the road conditions when it
> rains. When shells get wet, they are like ice, then you add water that
> collects in the ruts, you have crashes. It seems that when you hear about
> the deaths on the roads (down here), they are mostly tourists.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
> "J. Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote in message
> news:tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net...
> > Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> > afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a
solid
> > sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain
> stretches
> > of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it
> had
> > snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of
sleet
> > and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order
> to
> > try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that
was
> > TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might
> add.
> > Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> > hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> > really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went
> into
> > a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> > straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> > complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave
him
> > the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40
in
> > the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> > tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> > deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather.
BTW,
> > the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions.
It
> > never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> > passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way
to
> > work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> > wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
> >
> > J. Perry
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

 

Seems they have relatives up here in Canada too.... Seems these people
with bundles of money in there pockets get into their big expensive SUV,
with their big expensive Insurance and just drive like retards! as if they
own the road

- - - - - - -
dave


"Keith J" <keith_757@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:mtmdna9hjvg444HdRVn-tw@comcast.com...
> Down here in Florida, we don't have the snow/ice problems, but people here
> are just as unintelligent. If you've ever experienced a Florida downpour,
> (they are something) you know what I mean. The road seems to collect
water
> instead of running it off. I think it has to do with the road composition
> as over time the ruts compact more. Common sense tells you to slow down
for
> bad road conditions?!?! Why? that's for cars, not my
> Explorer/Expedition/Suburban/(pick any)... they have SUV's, you've seen
the
> TV commercials, they can drive anywhere.... yes, they do get to see the
> grass. Makes me wonder if the people you mention have relatives in
the
> south.
>
> Just the same, I have seen MANY cars take a stroll through the median and
> off to the right. Basically pick I-10 (in North Florida) and anywhere
> south. The interstates from mid-Florida south are partly comprised of
> crushed shells (yes from the beach) as fill. The problem is when tourists
> visit, which is everyday, they are not used to the road conditions when it
> rains. When shells get wet, they are like ice, then you add water that
> collects in the ruts, you have crashes. It seems that when you hear about
> the deaths on the roads (down here), they are mostly tourists.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
> "J. Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote in message
> news:tDYSb.106$Dr3.4755@eagle.america.net...
> > Some of you guys may find the following story somewhat humorous. Monday
> > afternoon I was driving this little '89 Civic LX down I-40 East on a
solid
> > sheet of ice. You couldn't even see any concrete at all on certain
> stretches
> > of the highway that the state hadn't scraped or salted yet. In fact, it
> had
> > snowed about 4 inches first, and then we had about another 1 inch of
sleet
> > and freezing rain on top of that. I was running about 45 m.p.h. in order
> to
> > try and put some distance between myself and the ignorant redneck that
was
> > TAILGATING me in a '96 Chevy Blazer 4X4. In the slow lane too--I might
> add.
> > Well, I could see in my rear view mirror that the Blazer driver was all
> > hacked off wanting to pass me. So, he whips it over to his left really,
> > really quick and gunned it simultaneously. Needless to say that he went
> into
> > a broad slide, and then he whipped it back to the right to try and
> > straighten his vehicle out. Well, when he did that, the Blazer did a
> > complete 360 and he ended up going down into a ditch backwards! I gave
him
> > the peace sign in my rear mirror and chuckled as I continued down I-40
in
> > the '89 Civic. In a very stable manner I might add. Since the guy had
> > tailgated me for about 7 miles straight, I figured that he got what he
> > deserved for driving so recklessly in that type of inclimate weather.
BTW,
> > the little Civic was like a snowmobile in those icy weather conditions.
It
> > never even came close to slowing down or spinning. Not the first time. I
> > passed 9 accident scenes with highway patrolmen already there on my way
to
> > work Tuesday morning. 9 out of those 9 accidents involved SUVs that had
> > wiped out with apparently no other vehicle(s) involved.
> >
> > J. Perry
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>