Scary moment towing my 5er around Denver last week

I would like to see a soft barricade, maybe the plastic reflector posts, extended out from the guardrail bumper to discourage the last second route change.

bgum wrote:
I do think we should demand tighter controls on who gets and keeps a drivers license.

No, we just need the idiots to weed themselves out through attrition.

Mike

cummins2014 wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:

bgum wrote:
I do think we should demand tighter controls on who gets and keeps a drivers license.

yep, that's what we need allright. more govt. red tape and regulations. :S
bumpy

Ya , that would be crappy saving life’s :R

please summarize exactly what controls you would impose that would have prevented this incident. If a patrol man/sheriff, etc. would have seen this occur I would assume the driver would be cited for reckless driving. but again, how do you test for stupidity?
bumpy

It happened twice to me on my last trip. In almost all cases when this has happened to me, the offending driver comes across (often multiple lanes) from my left to get to an exit that he/she is about to miss. Because I try to leave a pretty good gap between me and the car in front of me, it's mistaken as an invitation to CUT ME OFF. When it gets really "interesting" is when the knucklehead realizes the exit lane to our right is unexpectedly stopped, full and unavailable. That's when he/she slams on the brakes and the "code brown" moment ensues. The last time it happened to me, it was a mom in a minivan full of kids. I honestly don't think she has a clue how close we all came to having a really bad day.

Good driving skill! Thankfully you weren’t injured.

I am not one to swerve. I would have probably totaled that vehicle. May have scratched my front winch a bit.
Although I do stop better since putting disks on the trailer.
Safe travels to all.

I don't know how many times that happened to me while driving my 18,000 propane/gas bomb on wheels (37' motorhome with 135 gallons of gas and 50 gallons of propane).
Stupid does as stupid will.

Bumpyroad wrote:

bgum wrote:
I do think we should demand tighter controls on who gets and keeps a drivers license.

yep, that's what we need allright. more govt. red tape and regulations. :S
bumpy

Ya , that would be crappy saving life’s :R

bgum wrote:
I do think we should demand tighter controls on who gets and keeps a drivers license.

yep, that's what we need allright. more govt. red tape and regulations. :S
bumpy

I do think we should demand tighter controls on who gets and keeps a drivers license.