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Old 08-25-2008, 06:41 PM   #22
smileyman
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I only count them as close calls if they suprise me. I am all the time seeing something evolve in front of me that makes me more angry than scared. Like folks changing lanes on top of you...Sometimes I just roll up alongside and tap the mirror as I go by...

Once I was following an little old couple on a two lane...I could tell their age by peering in at the blue hair, slumped posture, and the grand old speed of 38 mph in a 55. I am looking for a passing lane when I notice the old fellow has fixated on me in his rear view while ignoring the road ahead. Slowly he drifts right and onto the gravel shoulder sending up a shower of rocks...I brake hard and move to the centerline only to watch him over correct and head for the oncoming lane...meeting a dump truck, all the while watching me! The dump truck panics hits his shoulder and sends up another shower of Arkansas gravel. By this time the old lady has woken up, told off the old man and he swerves back into his lane...I waited for the dust to settle and then got by and gone quickly!!!
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