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Old 08-18-2016, 11:45 AM
barry12345 barry12345 is offline
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I watch people take unreasonable risks when passing quite frequently. Especially on two lane highways.

I have actually witnessed two serious head on collisions occur over the years by people pushing the odds on them. Three dead in one and very serious injuries in the other case.

Sure I pass as well on those roads. In a long line situation I just usually loaf along or perhaps pull off somewhere for awhile. I guess you just have to weigh the overall odds.

Nothing like getting behind a long line of traffic following a farm tractor or agriculture equipment either. Especially if there is some opposing traffic. You just hope he will turn off sooner than later.

It takes Quite something to upset me. In Pennslavania at perhaps seven in the morning on a pretty much deserted connecting three lane highway.

As I was drifting along on my way to Hershey. I came upon a situation where two opposing vehicles had taken the centre lane to both turn left at perhaps the same time. If that was the case both left turns must have been quite some distance apart. The two vehicles where still in the center lane or what was left of them.

The drivers and passengers if any must have been removed somewhat earlier. No police where present or tow trucks. Anyways the wrecks looked so bad I stopped just up the road for some time at an old railway car type restaurant still kept open.

Even though there was little business. That road had been bypassed years ago. I think you are not allowed to remove that type of restaurant from the state anymore as well.

The old couple that ran it must have kept it going for nostalgic reasons. It would have been really busy in it's day. A U or T type factory fabricated with three stainless railway type reproduction cars joined together was what I remember today.

At the time I believed both vehicles where empty but over the years I wondered if instead the accident had happened earlier and I might have been perhaps the first car passing it.

I did mention it to the officer at the large old restaurant. Perhaps a hundred seats and just three customers. The police officer said basically nothing in return and just continued eating his breakfast. In fact I left first.

If I live much longer if I mention I lived in pre cell phone times I will probably attract stares. Or that at one time I even put my finger into holes should really do it.

Last edited by barry12345; 08-18-2016 at 12:16 PM.
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