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Was coming back from seeing a friend that lives out in the country(about 35 miles out of town)---was about 12:15am---the bars close at 1am---so was trying to avoid all that.
About halfway back---a car pulls to a stop on a side road---I'm on a 2 lane hiway doing the speed limit(60mph)----a truck from the opposite direction passes----then they decide to pull out----right into my path----they see me when they are halfway across the hiway and finally stop----was a VERY close call for me--------my tires were skidding and the joints on a couple of my right hand fingers are now bruised and swollen from pulling the brake so hard------I downshifted and gunned it just to get away from these bone heads----I never saw them in my mirrors after that.
I get into town---the road is now 4 lane divided----guy is taking a left turn from a cross street---they had a signal and I was slowing down for the intersection-----problem is they turn into the east bound lanes while they were going west bound coming at me head-on---a quick move to the shoulder avoided that one.
Both these were in a space of 15mins or less.
So after all that ---I decide to take the truck and get some Taco Hell---an Escort almost runs a stop sign and comes close to hitting my truck-----not a big deal here---as I'll squash 'em like a grape with the 4x4.
All of this was within a 1 hour time period on a Friday night-----3 near misses---2 were scary---1 wasn't a big deal.
DANG!!!!----I'm still a bit rattled.
Is it just me---or has anybody else had a Friday night like this???
About halfway back---a car pulls to a stop on a side road---I'm on a 2 lane hiway doing the speed limit(60mph)----a truck from the opposite direction passes----then they decide to pull out----right into my path----they see me when they are halfway across the hiway and finally stop----was a VERY close call for me--------my tires were skidding and the joints on a couple of my right hand fingers are now bruised and swollen from pulling the brake so hard------I downshifted and gunned it just to get away from these bone heads----I never saw them in my mirrors after that.
I get into town---the road is now 4 lane divided----guy is taking a left turn from a cross street---they had a signal and I was slowing down for the intersection-----problem is they turn into the east bound lanes while they were going west bound coming at me head-on---a quick move to the shoulder avoided that one.
Both these were in a space of 15mins or less.
So after all that ---I decide to take the truck and get some Taco Hell---an Escort almost runs a stop sign and comes close to hitting my truck-----not a big deal here---as I'll squash 'em like a grape with the 4x4.
All of this was within a 1 hour time period on a Friday night-----3 near misses---2 were scary---1 wasn't a big deal.
DANG!!!!----I'm still a bit rattled.
Is it just me---or has anybody else had a Friday night like this???