Hammerboy
Jun 26, 2017Explorer
Crazy driving
On our way back today from our trip from the U.P. of Michigan, the highway was filled with rv's of all types going home I presume. We were traveling with my wife's parents ahead of us with their truc...
turbojimmy wrote:AJBert wrote:
Can you be sure the driver was just being an idiot and not have an emergency where they need to get to the closest hospital NOW?
You do realize what "assume" means, right? I try to never assume but I'm not perfect, either. And, yes, there are idiot drivers out there.
It's an extremely rare occurrence. But it happened to me. 3 AM my wife got up to go to the bathroom. I heard her fall. I went to see what happened and she had passed out from extreme abdominal pain. I helped her into the car and raced to the hospital, not wanting to wait for an ambulance. I was driving fast, but not reckless. Obviously very little traffic at that time, but one dude did his best to keep me behind him the whole time. Slowing down to 20 MPH, when I tried to pass would speed up and not let me by (I had an anemic Explorer at the time). It took me twice as long to get to the hospital because of that guy. I'll never forget it. Wife had her appendix removed soon after arriving at the ER.