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Stupid Driver Tricks
Apr. 11th, 2007 11:55 amI was almost involved in an unintentional suicide-murder pact this morning. I was stopped on a cross street at a light, waiting to turn right. A driver waiting to turn left had his van stopped beside me. Out on the main road a driver turned left, onto our side street. There was a semi coming, but there was enough room and time, barely. that wasn't the problem.
The car behind them followed. And only avoided an accident by increasing speed with the dawning realization that their vehicle was about to become a grill ornament for a Peterbuilt.
This was on wet pavement; there was no way for that truck to slow significantly in the time available. If he'd hit that second car, it would have been shoved in the laps of myself and the van driver beside me.
The only reason the driver responsible for the situation got out of it was that his car was so old and decrepit that when he stomped on the gas it just didn't have enough torque to spin the rear wheels.
The car behind them followed. And only avoided an accident by increasing speed with the dawning realization that their vehicle was about to become a grill ornament for a Peterbuilt.
This was on wet pavement; there was no way for that truck to slow significantly in the time available. If he'd hit that second car, it would have been shoved in the laps of myself and the van driver beside me.
The only reason the driver responsible for the situation got out of it was that his car was so old and decrepit that when he stomped on the gas it just didn't have enough torque to spin the rear wheels.
