Nearly killed by idiot driver -- a recent string

glad you're okay chris. too many distracted/influenced drivers out there.

 

Get a dash cam, at the rate things can happen having solid proof will save money if the other car denies your version.

 

I want video lol....

And that's why I never drive without a GoPro in the window recording everything. There cheap and bulletproof and have a mild fisheye lens and record for hours in HD.

I video tapped a friends wedding a few years ago using my H2 and it was very cool with the mild fisheye lens you capture everything.

Go on ebay and get a Hero 2 or 3. There real cheap. I bought a Hero 2 kit 8 years ago and its still going strong.

It may save you alot of money.

 

Strange that it was in the middle of a sunny day.

But, I have my lights on at all times. Means I have to replace them more often, but....

 

Not really. I've had SUV drivers not see my spouse's fire-engine-red Integra, with headlights on, in the middle of the sunny day, and steer a course for solid impact.

Those little handle-held screen thingies can cause very serious blindness. And not just of the visual type.

 

Isn't cell phone use illegal in all states.

Vermont has signs on the borders, "Use of hand held electronics is illegal", ive been wondering if that includes Vapes.

I look at every driver near me to see if they are on the phone, a large number are, but when they are about to blindly T-bone you....

 

There are more disctrcted drivers out there for a very good reason.....
....there are more drivers.

Nobody hated distracted drivers worse than me (who drives a lot in my job) but a person pulling out in front of you may have just...not seen you. They might have been bedazzled by the sun, tired, or just plain old....inattentive.

On the good side of the ledger......you would have DIED in an older car, and who knows?
Some day, AI might prevent DD.

Piders......(meaning arachnids)

I positively loathe them, but like snakes.....they kill pests.....and I say this as a pretty entomophobic person.
Most vipers are not venomous but the number of non poisonous spiders on the entire planet......zero!

My CFO kills them all enthusiastically, but I adopt a live and let live policy for both....when I can.
After all.....nobody has ever contracted malaria, West Nile, or GOD knows what else from spiders or snakes!!!

I think that your Swedish ancestors knew what they were about.

 

...sorry to hear about the experience. Wonder how the new Camry with the safety systems would react.

 

Kris, I am glad you survived that incident.

Does the Camry have ABS? If yes then it appears something is wrong with that system.

 

that's my standard policy, anywhere inside the walls i pay taxes on. they are free to roam the yard and barn. same for any other insects/rodents/relatives

 

I had a spider just this morning decide to wander across the wash basin. Taking Kris' attitude in hand, so to speak, I managed to scoop said spider into a bit of fluff and transport outside.

I am now awaiting any plus or negative spider Karma.....

 

Vehicle speed, driver reaction time, as well as driving skills are the 3 most important things you have direct control over when it comes to avoiding an accident. Look like all three of those saved you! Congrats...

One of the things I love most about being a Prius driver is that people are familiar with these cars driving slow in the slow lane... And yes intersections on rural freeways a sketchy as F... I'll never be comfortable driving through one 'em at 65mph, even when there's a green light, it just doesn't seem right.