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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 09:54 PM
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Had a really close call on the way to work this morning. I left a couple minutes later than normal and ended up behind a school bus for a bit. Came to a place to pass, and I eased out. There was a dim headlight down the road, easily far enough off to do the pass. I rolled the throttle back and started passing. When I got even with the driver I suddenly noticed the oncoming vehicle was way closer than I thought. I goosed it, and got over just in time.

The other vehicle was an old geezer in a pickup. One headlight was out, and the other was barely lit. No parking lights, either. Coupled with my less-than-stellar night vision, and the difficulty of depth perception in the dark, I just flat out blew it. Guess the good Lord was watching out for one of His fools this morning.

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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 11:36 PM
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Glad you made it all right.

We all need to be careful. I have cought my self driving a little too fast on my backroads. Kinda daring a deer to run out in front of me.

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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 12:31 AM
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I've been told that depth perception of a slow moving vehicle is the most difficult of all. Glad to hear you're safe and thanks for the heads up.
 
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i hate it when that happens, glad your still with us!!
 
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