From: "John Oellrich" 

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John,

It just ain't ovloV drivers. I have had a couple of close calls with =
rice-burner drivers over the last several days. Thursday night was the =
closest. I am coming north on Bartles Corner Road to a T-intersection =
with River Road in Flemington. The drivers on River Road have a stop =
sign. As I approach the intersection one car makes a mad dash to make = the
left had turn in front of the car ahead of me and I am surprised = when
those two vehicles don't wreck, and I am off the throttle. Then I = am
eyeing the next car trying to make that left turn off River Road. = Seems
to be waiting for me to go by and then at the last second starts = moving
in to the intersection. I am all over the brakes, can't move to = the left
because of on coming traffic, the truck is half sideways, she = finally
sees me and stops, I am waiting for the cur-runch to happen, and = it
doesn't. I still don't know how I missed her. Now that we are both =
stopped safely, I motion for her to back-up so I can get around her. She =
then realizes how close she came to have 6+ tons of FedEx Express truck =
plowing in to her and gets hysterical and won't even move the vehicle. =
Manage to inch my way around her. Make my next two stops and come back =
thru the same intersection. I could still smell the tire smoke 15 = minutes
later.

And then Friday night in the snow storm, on the same road, another idiot =
in a Japanese make made a left hand turn in front of me. But her the =
problem wasn't that I was close to hitting her, but that she decided = that
she should have waited and then hit the gas to make sure she would = be
clear. Of course she lost control, started fish tailing in my = direction,
then over-corrected, and ended up in a snow bank on her side = of the road.
I had slowed down far enough that she could have easily = made the turn
with out the extra throttle.

Please note this isn't a comment on female drivers. It is that the last =
two incidents happened to involve them. Believe me that I have had my =
share of issues with male drivers as well.

--=20
john

oellrich{at}earthlink.net
  "John Beamish"  wrote in message =
news:3fd36146$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  LOL ... true, too true!

  (I still remember the Canopus story about a Canopian driving down the =
road
  with a bunch of kids in his car.  Up ahead, a car (ovloV) pulls off on =
to
  the shoulder.  Canopian immediately slows down to a crawl.  Suddenly, =
the
  car simply shoots out pulling a u-turn right in front of Canopian's =
car.
  Kid in the passenger seat looks over at the Canopian driver with a =
look of
  awe on his face, the full expression saying (without words):  Man!  =
How did
  you know enough to anticipate that!?!?! )


  "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
  news:3fd2c43f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  > Come'on John only propeller heads buy Volvo's anyway.  Maybe they =
were all
  > adjusting their pocket protectors that month. 
  >
  > Gary


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John,
 
It just ain't ovloV drivers. I have had a couple of close calls =
with=20
rice-burner drivers over the last several days. Thursday night was the = closest.=20
I am coming north on Bartles Corner Road to a
T-intersection = with=20
River Road in Flemington. The drivers on River Road have a stop sign. As = I=20
approach the intersection one car makes a mad dash to make the left had = turn in=20
front of the car ahead of me and I am surprised when those two vehicles = don't=20
wreck, and I am off the throttle. Then I am eyeing the next car trying = to make=20
that left turn off River Road. Seems to be waiting for me to go by and = then at=20
the last second starts moving in to the intersection. I am all over the = brakes,=20
can't move to the left because of on coming traffic, the truck is half = sideways,=20
she finally sees me and stops, I am waiting for the cur-runch to happen, = and it=20
doesn't. I still don't know how I missed her. Now that we are both = stopped=20
safely, I motion for her to back-up so I can get around her. She then = realizes=20
how close she came to have 6+ tons of FedEx Express truck plowing in to = her and=20
gets hysterical and won't even move the vehicle. Manage to inch my way = around=20
her. Make my next two stops and come back thru the same intersection. I = could=20
still smell the tire smoke 15 minutes later.
 
And then Friday night in the snow storm, on the same road, another =
idiot in=20
a Japanese make made a left hand turn in front of me. But her the = problem wasn't=20
that I was close to hitting her, but that she decided that she should = have=20
waited and then hit the gas to make sure she would be clear. Of course = she lost=20
control, started fish tailing in my direction, then over-corrected, and = ended up=20
in a snow bank on her side of the road. I had slowed down far enough = that she=20
could have easily made the turn with out the extra throttle.
 
Please note this isn't a comment on female drivers. It is that the =
last two=20
incidents happened to involve them. Believe me that I have had my share = of=20
issues with male drivers as well.
-- john
 
oellrich{at}earthlink.net">mailto:oellrich{at}earthlink.net">oellrich{at}earthlink.net

  "John Beamish" <JLBeamish{at}rogers.com>">mailto:JLBeamish{at}rogers.com">JLBeamish{at}rogers.com>
=
wrote in=20
  message news:3fd36146$1{at}w3.nls.net...LOL=20
  ... true, too true!(I still remember the Canopus
story about a =

  Canopian driving down the roadwith a bunch of kids in his =
car.  Up=20
  ahead, a car (ovloV) pulls off on tothe shoulder.  Canopian=20
  immediately slows down to a crawl.  Suddenly, thecar simply =
shoots=20
  out pulling a u-turn right in front of Canopian's car.Kid in the =
passenger=20
  seat looks over at the Canopian driver with a look ofawe on his =
face, the=20
  full expression saying (without words):  Man!  How =
didyou know=20
  enough to anticipate that!?!?! )"Gary
Britt" <gary_britt{at}compuserve.com&g=">mailto:gary_britt{at}compuserve.com">gary_britt{at}compuserve.com&g=
t;=20
  wrote in messagenews:3fd2c43f$1{at}w3.nls.net...=
>=20
  Come'on John only propeller heads buy Volvo's anyway.  Maybe they =
were=20
  all> adjusting their pocket protectors that month.=20
  <g>>>
Gary

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