Date:         Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:39:01 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: dangerous incompetent driving a 201 MPH Vanagon!
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"> 3. 3rd wreck was  me drivng the 91 GL at 70+mph at nite and obliging a
> suicidal deer.
> 60 mph is now too fast for me in deer country at nite, at 50 you can
> somtimes STOP in time. Maybe 100mph during the day with perfect
> conditions, but much slower if they're not!"
> Al Brase

This doesn't really address the thread at hand but does relate to the above
comment.
3 years ago I was headed from Salt Lake to a campground near Prescott, AZ.
At about midnight, going through the Cedar Breaks area on 89 I came across
Elk. There were 4-5 and they were maybe 100-150 yards ahead when I saw them.
By the time I got stopped they were moving off the road edge and were 50'
maybe away. It was then that I could see that if I hit one, it wouldn't just
dent the front of the van, the animal would be in my lap and I'd be smooshed
up against the rear hatch. They are so long-legged that their body is
windshield height. Imagine Moose would be the same. Gave me a different
perspective and my caution has given me safer nighttime miles in that kind
of environment.
There is a stretch of 6/191 between Price, UT and I-70 heading south that
begs to be used as an acceleration stretch and I've peaked over 100 a couple
times. The way my van is set up that's comfortable and smooth, but not
something I do regularly. Just too fast for this old cowboy.

Bob Stevens
'87 Westy Syncro
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