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Let's not forget that sometimes the ability to accelerate provides a safety factor. Last night on my drive home I was following a Wal-mart semi and we reached a long uphill. He started to slow down so I pulled around to pass him. As I got up the the rear wheels of the tractor we started to get close to a lowboy semi hauling a huge dozer going up the hill at about 40 mph. Mr. Wal-mart puts on his blinker and immediately starts to drift into my lane. With guardrail on my left my only choice was to boot it and finish the pass. Thank God Wanda was up to the task. A little extra oomph in reserve is never a bad thing.
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