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| Posted by: Emory Schley |
4/24/2007 6:09 AM |
I don’t claim to be the world’s greatest driver, or even close, but I have been driving for almost 50 years now, and fortunately, I have never been involved in an accident that I caused. A few years ago, a lady ran into the back of my vehicle while I was stopped at a traffic light, and I will admit to getting three traffic tickets in almost 50 years behind the wheel, but I feel one of those really wasn’t my fault. I’d like to think my driving record is probably pretty good. Not a world’s record, or even close, but pretty good nonetheless. I don’t feel like I’m normally an excessive danger to the public when I slide behind a steering wheel.
There have been several incidents where I probably should have been involved in a collision due to my own personal negligence, but fortunately the other drivers on the road were able to avoid whatever consequences might have resulted from my temporary lapse of attention and common sense. I, too, have managed a number of times to avoid the repercussions of some other driver’s temporary lapse of good judgment.
Yesterday morning, my wife and I were headed home from the Market of Marion after picking up a few goodies. At one point on U.S. 441, I usually turn left to angle my way over to CR 484. As I maneuvered into the left-hand turning lane, another driver pulled into that lane also, except he was heading straight for me. “What’s this?” I remember thinking before pulling out to the right and going around him. “Where does he think he’s going?” I thought. Then I noticed in my rear-view mirror, he was still driving against the traffic flow in the turning lane. Just as I turned onto my road, in my rear-view mirror, I saw another car whip sharply to its right to avoid the errant vehicle.
I have no idea where this guy thought he was heading, but I suspect that no matter what destination he had in mind, he was probably experiencing one of those temporary lapses of good judgment and common sense I referred to earlier. Hopefully, he managed to arrive at wherever he was going without causing an accident.
It’s a dangerous world out there. You have to keep a sharp lookout not only on what you are doing, but what your fellow drivers are doing, as well. I guess we all have to keep an eye on each other for the common good, and to ensure we each arrive at our separate destinations safely and soundly.
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Re: Looking out for each other |
By Tommy F Thompson on
4/23/2007 10:23 PM |
Tongue and Cheek, a sign I once saw in Ocala stated: "
As a matter of fact, I do own the whole road." And so it would seem that some drivers possess that attitude. Yet, when we as a nation suffer over 30,000 lives lost on our nation's highways each year, I'd say that we have an extremely passive thought about being killed behind the wheel of a car. Over 3,000 Americans have been killed in Iraq and most think that is horrible. And as horrible as it is, it is just as bad to die while operating a car. |
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