Sounds like the Driver's Ed class in the Dalton school system needs some
tuning up.
Ron Nottingham wrote:
>
> OK, since we're all doing this...
>
> Age 32, license at 16:
>
> 1984 Dalton, GA: 79 Mercury Capri RS Turbo. On a highway, no body in
> front of me for a mile, go up a hill, and right at the other side of the
> crest, a guy is parked in my lane. Didn't see him until it was too
> late. Fixed car.
>
> 1986 Dalton, GA: Same Capri RS. Going to a friend's house, ice, rwd, and
> curves do not mix, cleaned out the ditch real good. Didn't want to fix.
>
> 1987 Dalton, GA: 85 Ford EXP Turbo. Going 5mph, hit patch of ice coming
> up on a stop sign, bumped car in front of me already stopped. Put small
> dent in bumper of car in front of me, no damage to mine.
>
> 1989 Chattanooga, TN: 84 T-bird Turbo. Out drinkning with friends, I was
> the DD, so I didn't have anything to drink. 3:15am I go through a
> yellow caution light and a drunk in a 323 runs the red light at 55mph.
> Not a pretty site. T-bird was totalled.
>
> 1992 Dalton, GA: 89 Chevy Z24. A girl in a pickup decides she wants to
> be in my lane and jumps over without looking.
>
> 1999 Dalton, GA: 92 Ford Tempo GLS. A woman in Cutlass convertible
> decides she doesn't want to wait for traffic to clear so I can make a
> left turn and rear ends me at 60mph. My car was totalled, along with my
> back.
>
> 1999 Dalton, GA: 94 Ford Club Wagon. A woman decides she doesn't need to
> look when backing out of a parking space and messes up the passenger
> side of the van from the rear door on back.
>
> Ron N. - Dalton, GA
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