in a hurry
I was driving home on I40 in Tenn. yesterday in the rain in a rental car. Rained from Nashville to NC line. Anyway I looked in my rear view mirror and saw a PU coming on fast. I was doing 75. He bl...
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spoon059 wrote:riven1950 wrote:
My GF and I were expecting to see him in a ditch or pulled over, but I guess he made it to his turn off.
Weird... all this back and forth about how fast he was going, and he made it safely to his destination...
Start with the obvious: Most mishaps you can survive at 55-60 MPH you will NOT survive at 85-90. Stuff you can avoid happening in front of you at 55 you will not be able to avoid at 85. Parts designed for 60 MPH will fail at higher speeds. And you don't know when. He might have made it. This time. With that kind of load in a vehicle not designed for that rate of travel, the mess he makes will be considerable and will take out anything in his path. He made it this time. Maybe.
