"King of the Road" by Roger Miller. Perhaps being sung by the other
driver as he whizzed by.
Doug Boothby
John Cranfield wrote:
>Rick Grant wrote:
>
>
>>This has nothing to do specifically with Land-Rovers per se but it is about
>>SUV's and driving ability.
>>
>>This morning in southern Alberta is was about -20 when we took our Subaru
>>
>>
>
>
> Rick Grant
>
>If it is story time I will relate a close call tale that occurred on my
>way to Winter Romp.
>Old Muddy and I had had a pleasant and uneventful journey from Nova
>Scotia as far as Bangor, Maine, (name a #1 hit song that mentions
>Bangor, Maine?)
>I was continuing along route 9 toward Unity and approaching the crest of
>one of the rolling hills on that stretch of road. Suddenly a Truck minus
>its trailer slid across the road from a side road that was a sheet of
>ice.
>This required me to brake very sharply but the car that was rapidly
>catching up with Muddy couldn't get slowed and whistled past. Normally
>that would have been merely dangerous on the crest of hill but this time
>it was very nearly suicidal. The truck was 3/4 of the way to blocking
>the entire road.
>The car driver steered left to miss the truck. The car ran up the hard
>snow bank attaining an angle of about 45 degrees and squeezed by the
>truck with inches between the roof of the car and the bumper of the
>truck.
>The driver of the car seemed oblivious of the danger as he sped away but
>the truck driver looked decidedly white as I passed him shortly after.
>But as someone famous once wrote "all's well that ends well"
>John and Muddy
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