Almost went down! Asphalt for dinner!
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Almost went down! Asphalt for dinner!
I was following the wife home from my daughters Tae Kwon Do practice yesterday evening when she changed lanes because some *ss wipe was stopped dead in the right lane with his turn signal on to go to the right. At the last minute he threw the left signal on and attempted to turn left across 2 lanes one of which was moving at a descent click. Well everyone locked up and I had to lay down hard on the front and rear brake, my *** end slid to the left almost sideways while I was able to keep the fron wheel turned to the left, the smell of burning rubber from me skidding was instantaneous, just as I was about to slide into the rear of my wife's van I hit the throttle and the *** end pulled back to the right and I straightened her out and came to a halt.........Pucker factor isn't even on the scale for that one! I bet at the lowest point I was at 45% with the asphalt. That sh*it will wake your *ss up! Anyway my wife flipped me offand gave me a winkafter she saw everything was okay.
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RE: Almost went down! Asphalt for dinner!
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Nice job getting out of a jam, Stephen. Now the question is, How are you gonna get the pucker mark out of your seat?
Nice job getting out of a jam, Stephen. Now the question is, How are you gonna get the pucker mark out of your seat?
Glad you're ok man, also sounds like you and the wife have a good relationship.
I know when my wife follows me somewhere she's always on my rear. When I follow her however I let her get a good distance ahead of me. I always tell her not to worry, I can catch up in a heartbeat if something happens.
RE: Almost went down! Asphalt for dinner!
Nothing like dirt-tracking it on asphalt to make you need to change your shorts in short order. Happened to me about 10 years ago. Some dipshit decided it was necessary to slow to a crawl on the highway with nothing in front of them. No notice because they had no brake lights. And I had a semi on my ***. Amazing how when you are in a slide like that how slow times goes. Couldn't even tell you now or then what I did to keep from hitting or going down. But whatever I did I did it right.
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RE: Almost went down! Asphalt for dinner!
funny you should mention it. this morning i had the closest call in years when an older lady decided to make a U-turn from her parking spot. managed to swerve and accelerate out of the way in time, but it was waay too close.
amusingly, it was way closer than the rest of my commute, which is a lot of lanesplitting on the freeway and bridge, followed by intense urban traffic.
didnt need coffee this morning. ok i did anyway, but thats just breakfast....
amusingly, it was way closer than the rest of my commute, which is a lot of lanesplitting on the freeway and bridge, followed by intense urban traffic.
didnt need coffee this morning. ok i did anyway, but thats just breakfast....
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wow! that was an edge of my seat reading... I bet your wife's pucker factor was off the charts to. Not only did your life flash before your eye's but it flashed before your wife's eye's as well.
Glad it all turned out in the end (no pun intended)
Glad it all turned out in the end (no pun intended)
