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<blockquote data-quote="MaceFremonti" data-source="post: 1286244" data-attributes="member: 36696">Having a close call today and&nbsp; seeing the report on the WILPA driver&#039;s accident reinforced the fact that you ALWAYS have to be focused and paying attention in Feeders!My run has a couple of blind spots where you come up over a small hill and the road curves at the top and then doglegs down onto the backside of the hill.&nbsp; The road is cut into the hill so you can&#039;t see the downgrade until you are straightened up and headed down it. You can see the face of the hill a good half mile away as the road is a straight downgrade directly to it.&nbsp; The speed limit is 65 and it can be a&nbsp; pretty nasty spot even in good weather.So today I have a heavy set of doubles and I&#039;m approaching the spot in light traffic and can see all the brake lights coming on as people go up the hill and disappear through the corner like usual. The only thing is they are hitting the brakes in a weird spot. I can&#039;t really describe what I mean but it just &quot;felt&quot; like something was off.&nbsp; I see people go through there everyday and everyone brakes in just about the same spot but something wasn&#039;t right.I slowed down enough to put me back a good distance away from all the traffic so I could go up and over all by myself.&nbsp; I went through at about 45 mph...as soon as the road straightened out and headed down there was a state trooper parked in the RIGHT LANE! He had one flare out 5 feet from his rear bumper. On the shoulder was a guy changing a flat tire on a small truck.&nbsp; I had maybe 200 feet at the most to get into the left lane and clear the trooper.&nbsp; I managed to quickly change lanes and avoid twisting my set up.If I hadn&#039;t been paying attention and went through there in traffic at the speed limit I would have either taken out the trooper or taken out whatever was to my left. HORRIBLE spot for the trooper to park - especially with no flairs or triangles setup prior to the corner.I stopped at the next rest stop and walked around for a few minutes until my legs stopped shaking!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MaceFremonti, post: 1286244, member: 36696"] Having a close call today and seeing the report on the WILPA driver's accident reinforced the fact that you ALWAYS have to be focused and paying attention in Feeders! My run has a couple of blind spots where you come up over a small hill and the road curves at the top and then doglegs down onto the backside of the hill. The road is cut into the hill so you can't see the downgrade until you are straightened up and headed down it. You can see the face of the hill a good half mile away as the road is a straight downgrade directly to it. The speed limit is 65 and it can be a pretty nasty spot even in good weather. So today I have a heavy set of doubles and I'm approaching the spot in light traffic and can see all the brake lights coming on as people go up the hill and disappear through the corner like usual. The only thing is they are hitting the brakes in a weird spot. I can't really describe what I mean but it just "felt" like something was off. I see people go through there everyday and everyone brakes in just about the same spot but something wasn't right. I slowed down enough to put me back a good distance away from all the traffic so I could go up and over all by myself. I went through at about 45 mph...as soon as the road straightened out and headed down there was a state trooper parked in the RIGHT LANE! He had one flare out 5 feet from his rear bumper. On the shoulder was a guy changing a flat tire on a small truck. I had maybe 200 feet at the most to get into the left lane and clear the trooper. I managed to quickly change lanes and avoid twisting my set up. If I hadn't been paying attention and went through there in traffic at the speed limit I would have either taken out the trooper or taken out whatever was to my left. HORRIBLE spot for the trooper to park - especially with no flairs or triangles setup prior to the corner. I stopped at the next rest stop and walked around for a few minutes until my legs stopped shaking! [/QUOTE]

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