Bill R said
"almost blown off the road by an 18 wheeler. About as scared as I ever got"
Spout off time...The trucking industry is out of control. The worse the
weather the faster they go. Route 80 which is a big interstate (NY to San
Fran) is closed almost weekly in PA now due to accidents which involve
trucks. Basically a free for all. I read US traffic from trucks has
increased 100% in the last 10 years. I have tried to talk to some of these
garage haulers. Some of these guys/gals are traveling 600 to 700 miles a
day, 6 to 7 days a week (PA has become the dump for NY and NJ, basically a
milk run no wonder they are maniacs, familiarity breeds contempt) and they
drive those things like Porsches. Big difference in rig weighing 100,000lbs
doing 80 mph and my 240D at less than two tons doing 70 mph. Something will
need to be done about this nightmare...satellite tracking of each truck to
measure/report speed is one answer, but how do you do you handle the three
inches from your but stuff? Maybe separate roads? Only one good trucking
outfit which drives correctly that I see, JB Hunt and they have become the
brunt of all the other truckers jokes. I guess the other folks think they
are wimpy because they drive safe. Unless a highway merge is taking place,
they should all just stay in the right lane, trains could not pass, why do
they think they should. (truck doing 25 mph passing the one doing 15 mph up
a steep incline/two lane interstate oooofaaaa) We need a good diesel sky
car...do a search on the Mollier sky car, it may be sooner than we think!
Sorry fo spouting off
Regards Tom Scordato
Bellefonte PA
77 300D
79 240D
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From: "BillR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240 vs SD Go
Amen to the story. One of my most memorable was several years ago when I
had a thrice weekly trip from Western Indiana into Indianapolis. After a
bad snow/ice storm when the interstate was just reopened and still very
icy,
I was doing about 40 mph - probably faster than I should have, and was
almost blown off the road by an 18 wheeler. About as scared as I ever got
on that road. 10 miles later I saw this very innocent faced driver trying
to explain to a trooper how his rig had ended up with the front end on one
guard rail and the other end on the opposite one when he couldn't stay on
the road for an exit ramp. I felt like stopping and adding my version of
how it might have happened. Didn't though. Probably should have.
BillR
Jacksonville FL
1981 300SD EM 270072 miles
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Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 9:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240 vs SD Go
Bob said "One of my most
satisfying driving experiences".
Amen, Bob great story. Sometimes these things happen what goes around
sometimes comes around. Great story thanks.
Regards Tom Scordato
Bellefonte PA
77 300D
79 240D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Rentfro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240 vs SD Go
Tom shared:
"I do pull over into the breakdown lane and let people pass
when entering a highway on ramp though just as an act of kindness.
Other
than that they can wait the 2 to 5 extra seconds. It does not hurt that
much compared to the real problems in the world,"
We all know how much more smokey the exhaust looks at night when some
impatient clown is right up in your trunk...
The other night I was going along at the speed limit on a strech of
single
lane road along which there are three stop signs and a fair amount of
traffic. This bozo was right on my rear the enite time swerving around
like
he's trying to dodge the exhaust. When the single lane turned into two,
he
flew around me like I was nailed to the pavement. About a mile down the
road, he was pulled over by Lohn Law. As I drove by, the cop, whom I
know,
waved at me and the dork in the Neon, whom I don't know, waved at me
although not in the same way and using only one finger. One of my most
satisifing driving experiences.
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 146K
Litchfield Park, AZ
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