I'm very bummed too, Walter!
Julie and I will be praying for complete recovery.
Prayer and faith are powerful tools.
Ron Edgar
68 1600
Ft Lauderdale Fla.
{Roadster Therapy}
http://edgarhouse.homepage.com/Index.html
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----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Walter <walter@omni.sps.mot.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 10:21 AM
Subject: Bummer
>
>
> Bummed!
>
> Not a roadster issue, but still involves driving and accidents.
>
> My nephew Alan, 16, was driving while my sister and her husband
> were in the Toyota Landcruiser (older model). He dropped two
> wheels off the pavement onto a soft shoulder. Should have been
> a simple matter of to continue straight, and easily work his
> way back onto the road.
>
> Sadly he over corrected. In doing so, got the landcruiser
> sideways, and barreled rolled about three times. All three
> survived, but looks like my brother-in-law will be a quadriplegic.
> My sister is still in shock, badly bruised. Alan is very
> depressed about the accident and his fathers condition. I
> explained to take "one day at a time".
>
> It was an accident, plain and simple. He was going the speed
> posted (50 mph), and with the parents in the car was being
> responsible. Still, that one bit of information of how
> NOT to respond too quickly, but slowly bring the wheels back
> on the road was missing. Just bummed.
>
> Very least, if you have a teenager learning to drive seems
> we should make up a list of "what they do not teach you in
> drivers education". As a 'kid' I used to practice skidding
> in a large parking lot after a fresh rain. Get up to 50 mph,
> and slam on the brakes and 'spin the car' was great fun.
> Ditto on putting two wheels into the mud, and getting back
> on the road. Of course, later I went pro-rallying, and did
> roll a few cars... but that learning has stayed with me
> for ages.
>
> Just bummed. Simple over correction at the wheel... results
> my nephew will live with the rest of his life. Good sweet
> kid, just hope he can recover from it. For my sister and
> her husband, they will get through this. Not easy, but a
> matter of 'one day at a time'. A simple prayer on
> their behalf's is all I ask.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tom
>
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