On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Mike Welch wrote:
>
> On my first Spit (a '65) I installed one of those bicycle flags (5'
> fiberglass pole with an orange triangular flag) off the rear bumper. I did
> that after a semi merged into my lane and I ended up doing 65mph under the
> trailer. When my current Spit is roadworthy, I'll have the flag and side
> marker lights right in front of the doors.
>
Wouldn't have done any good. The trucker just didn't care. I have been
run off the road by trucks on the Interstate frequently and that wasn't
in the Spitfire. That was in a Volvo Station Wagon and a Jeep Grand
Cherokee. Neither is particularly invisible.
Why should truckers care?? After killing you they will merely drive
away without so much as a traffic ticket. I don't know about out west,
but around here trucks seem to be exempt from obeying the Motor Vehicle
Code.
bill
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