At the "highway department" we have a Truck Rodeo each year. It is a
big deal.
The snow plow competition has them drive as close to a mailbox as
possible, without hitting it.
They also have to back up, accurately.
I drove in the pickup truck competition one year. They looked at me
funny when I put on my helmet...
Keith Edwards
Suffolk, VA
Triumph and CRX nut
http://www.norfolk.infi.net/~kedwards
washburn wrote:
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> Pat Kelly wrote:
>
> > Some taxi cab drivers are terrific. .....
>
> For us it's snow plow drivers. Every fall, the County plow drivers get
> certified by running a mini autocross in thier huge dump trucks. 12
> foot wide plow blades going through 12'-6" wide gates, and in reverse
> too. These guys get pretty good. As I watched out my office window
> across the street where they do this, I of course wish I could blast
> thorugh the course on my way to lunch. Sigh.
>
> Pat
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