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<blockquote data-quote="oldupsman" data-source="post: 349235"><p>Killamji,</p><p> I'm retired now having been a member of the Circle of Honor and finished my career with 30 years of safe driving, all in package car. I'm a firm believer in the 5 seeing habits. I'm also a firm believer in something else. Once in awhile you just get lucky. Now one could argue that good habits lead to good luck, and I believe that too. But sometimes the Lord just takes care of you. Case in point.</p><p> One week before my induction into the Circle of Honor I'm sitting at a 2 way stop sign intersection. I'm checking for traffic, see a car coming towards me at a good clip. Look across the way and see a small 12 wheel dump truck pulling out into the intersection. I knew the guy and the truck. It was an older gentleman who worked part time for a local feed mill. It's obvious he didn't see the car coming. I'm sitting in my package car screaming, NO NO NO because the guy has no clue he's about to get hammered. The car coming sees the truck pulling out and swerves toward me to try to miss the truck. Catches the front bumper of the truck, spins around in a 180 and heads for me. And its true what they say about accidents, this was all happening in slow motion. I see the driver of the car plain as day spinning the steering wheel in no particular manner, it was just panic. I mean this car is headed for my package car, not a thing I can do. And for some reason at the last moment it swerves and misses me by about 5 feet. It's things like that that keep you humble behind the wheel. No one was injured. And 5 days later I'm at a Circle of Honor dinner being told what a great driver I am. Yeah right. Like I said sometimes you just get lucky. Be safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldupsman, post: 349235"] Killamji, I'm retired now having been a member of the Circle of Honor and finished my career with 30 years of safe driving, all in package car. I'm a firm believer in the 5 seeing habits. I'm also a firm believer in something else. Once in awhile you just get lucky. Now one could argue that good habits lead to good luck, and I believe that too. But sometimes the Lord just takes care of you. Case in point. One week before my induction into the Circle of Honor I'm sitting at a 2 way stop sign intersection. I'm checking for traffic, see a car coming towards me at a good clip. Look across the way and see a small 12 wheel dump truck pulling out into the intersection. I knew the guy and the truck. It was an older gentleman who worked part time for a local feed mill. It's obvious he didn't see the car coming. I'm sitting in my package car screaming, NO NO NO because the guy has no clue he's about to get hammered. The car coming sees the truck pulling out and swerves toward me to try to miss the truck. Catches the front bumper of the truck, spins around in a 180 and heads for me. And its true what they say about accidents, this was all happening in slow motion. I see the driver of the car plain as day spinning the steering wheel in no particular manner, it was just panic. I mean this car is headed for my package car, not a thing I can do. And for some reason at the last moment it swerves and misses me by about 5 feet. It's things like that that keep you humble behind the wheel. No one was injured. And 5 days later I'm at a Circle of Honor dinner being told what a great driver I am. Yeah right. Like I said sometimes you just get lucky. Be safe. [/QUOTE]
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