Near Miss - Distracted Driver
On my way back from camping in Florida over the Christmas break, I nearly hit a young distracted driver. The look on the passenger's face when she saw my truck inches from her is one she will not soo...
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towpro wrote:Travels with Yoly wrote:jimh425 wrote:
If you had more than a 6 1/2 foot TC, you shouldn't have been on a narrow road without shoulders either. Sounds like the truck was lost in any case.
Any normal truck and truck camper with a typical 8 or 8.5 foot width would have been fine on that Hwy. It's a well travelled route in a very touristy place ... lots of camping etc. It's a normal width road. It was just the length of the truck/trailer that posed the problem.
I agree, I run that road with my Dually and 7x14 box trailer every couple weeks. Its a popular route from Jacksonville (and north) down into central FL where you can avoid Rt 4 and some of the Disney traffic.
Actually, this Hwy 64 is in western North Carolina running between the towns of Highlands and Franklin ... just wanted to clarify :-)
