On my way home from Sacramento on I-80 west today, the benefit of leaving PLENTY of space between me and the car in front of me PAID OFF.

I was doing about 65-70MPH in the right hand lane with the flow of traffic, readying for my exit about 1/2 mile ahead. A motorcyclist was following me about 3 car lengths behind me, and I was about 5 car distannces behind a mid 90's white Toyota Camry. Up ahead on the righht shoulder of the interstate was a big rig, parked. For some reason as the Camry ahead of me passed the big rig, the driver decided to SLAM ON THE BRAKES from 70MPH!!!!!!!!!! (it stopped dead, in thhe lane but to the right, and didnt even bother minding their own safety, or anyone elses by merging onto the shooulder!) I instantly sat on the horn, and began reducing speed, applying my brakes enough to be able to manuver safely, yet keeping my speed up ennough to avoid creating a pile-up in MY trunk. As I approached the haulted Camry in my lane, I gracefully driifted into the middle lane to my left, where a Mecury Sable in the lane next to me to my left, drifted towards the FAR left lane which was empty to his left. While remaining on the horn, I swooped around the stopped Camry, and returned into my lane. WHOA!

My exit lane appeared shortly there after, and I merged into it towards my right, while the Guy driving the Sable, and the motorcylist passed and gave me some thumbs up. GOD that could have been a whole different story. WHAT THE HELL was the Camry driver doing!!!!!?!?!?!?!

If I hadnt left so much space between me and the car ahead of me, I might have been SERIOSULY hurt, if not dead,my W123 would have been WRECKED, a motorcylist probabaly would have been in my trunk, and the Camry in front of me would have been toast, along with the people in it.

DRIVE SAFELY!

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Nate

1995 E420
1992 BMW 525i
1984 300D Turbo sold
1993 Volvo 244 sold
1995 Volvo 944T R.I.P!


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