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Date:         Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:34:32 -0400
Reply-To:     bmn <bmn@IGLOU.COM>
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From:         bmn <bmn@IGLOU.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tail lights 'n gators (vent)
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Larry Hamm wrote: > Sean O'Neil wrote: > > We are talking nighttime on roads in New > > Brunswick with a pulpwood truck -right up our ass- for twenty or thirty miles. > > This is a very dangerous situation folks as the roads are two lane, curving up > > and down hill in every kind of weather. > > Sean, > Perhaps you should consider pulling off and letting the truck pass. > Allowing a situation such as this exist for more than a few miles is > foolhardy. Then to make matters worse, you blind him momentarily?? > Doesn't seem like the best solution in this situation. > Larry

That might work if it's just one truck. However, in a similar vein, if you go to appalachia, you'll be tailgated by coal haulers that approximate rolling houses. They typically have substandard safety equipment (brake pads are expensive right?) and are loaded beyond the legal safety limit. Wrecks are not uncommon but I don't think I've heard of any coal truck driver casualties... just the unfortunate folks around them. If you pull over however, it may oinly be 5-10 mins before another one crowds your rearview. BTW, we're talking tiny winding roads also. -- Please remove "faux." from my reply-to address above in order to send a reply. I'll try anything to try and foil the junk email mutants.


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