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Old 02-10-2010, 02:40 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ChillyBear View Post
ooo I forgot my most recent one. The day before my avitar was created by a dear ha ha. Anyway, on my way home from visiting family I took an off ramp, it was 32 degrees according to my cars thermometer and it is raining. Anyway the ramp said 20mph, I always do at least double what they say, anyway there is a car in front of me so i figure im not being reckless and after all this off ramp was long with a slow curve, I entered the ramp at 55 and noticed that the ramp was more of a compound arch that was getting really sharp, then the car in front of me starts sliding off. I go oh **** and tap the brakes, then I ended up in a perfect 70-80 degree drift at 50 miles per hour on an icy offramp- pretty cool until the guy infront of me suddenly got control and swerved violently back in front of me and I had to hit gravel and mud to avoid him. Then we are both stopped completly backwards and he just gives me a wave and continues without asking is your car ok or anything. What a dick.
If I was the guy on the road with you, I'd have been saying the same thing to you. If you went into a slide, it's quite obvious that you lost control of your vehicle, and were operating in a manner unsafe for your driving skill and the conditions.

Given the occasion that I slid off the road and recovered, if you were next to me pulling some stupidity like that, I wouldn't think twice about cutting you off. I'm not as nice as many other people on here, and as far as I'm concerned, it would be a matter of getting you off the road as quickly and efficiently as possible, because the next car you nearly slide into could be the person you kill driving like that.
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