Glad things turned out alright.
----- Original Message -----
From: dave houser <mgs4dave@warwick.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 9:17 AM
Subject: About "steering wheel" thread x-mac-creator="4D4F5353"
> After that steering wheel back and forth safety issue the other day and
> what happens if you have an accident, it got too real and struck home
> yesterday but with a very happy ending.
> On the way to the Moss show, some idiot blows through a stop sign on my
> right to cross my lane of traffic. I hit the brakes very hard to avoid
> him, inertia shoulder belts hold us in nicely and we sail along for
> about 60 feet coming to rest nose first to a bunch of road signs in the
> oncoming side of the road! This idiot, after stopping and backing up to
> the stop sign again, jumps out of his camper van, saying "it's may
> fault, my fault, sorry". Want to deck him but more worried about wife's
> scream etched face in the passenger street. ( Also, wondering just how
> far my male parts rose into my body).
>
> Also, wonder why I've traveled so far with an arc into the other side of
> the road, laying down 4 strips of rubber, and see that the roadway is
> fresh blacktop, which means a bit of oil rises to the top minimizing our
> traction. Not a good start to the day and you just never know. May this
> be the worst for all of us.
> Oh yes, took 2nd place in the BGT class, won the Popular Car vote and a
> beautiful English wicker basket and Rita won 2 tickets to the NHRA
> Finals in Englishtown and got a bunch of goodies from the Castrol folks.
>
> All's well that ends well.
> Cheers,
> Dave Houser
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