Re: [lro] OT- SUV rollover incident

From: Doug Boothby (boothby@metrocast.net)
Date: Mon Feb 24 2003 - 23:25:52 EST

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    "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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