[pianotech] Accident

[David Skolnik]

Dave - better check your math, or your odometer
David S

At 01:58 PM 11/16/2012, you wrote:
>Remember, at 20 mph you travel 289 feet in one second.
>
>David Love
>www.davidlovepianos.com
>
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] 
>On Behalf Of tnrwim at aol.com
>Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:35 AM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Accident
>
>Gotta ask though Wim, as you brought it up, what took your attention away?
>
>
>I honestly don't remember. I think I was looking at something on the 
>car seat next to me. As a rule I try not to follow to close. I hate 
>drivers who come up right behind me. Whenever possible I move over 
>and let them get ahead of me.
>
>There was a lot of traffic on the highway, and we were all going 
>only about 15 - 20 mph. So it wasn't a hard hit, but enough to 
>deploy the airbag.  The first thing I thought was, "what is that 
>funny smell?"
>  Wim
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Terry Farrell 
><<mailto:mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
>To: Mike Kurta <<mailto:mkurta1 at charter.net>mkurta1 at charter.net>; 
>pianotech <<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Fri, Nov 16, 2012 5:14 am
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Accident
>Actually, for any given attention level, a rear-end collision always 
>means that following too closely was a factor - if you can't stop, 
>you are by definition too close.
>
>Glad to hear Wim is okay though. Gotta ask though Wim, as you 
>brought it up, what took your attention away?
>
>Only one time did I ever rear end a car. It was on a residential 
>street when a parked car that jumped out in front of me and stopped 
>just as I was looking left at a very attractive young lady walking 
>down the sidewalk Many years ago. Learned my lesson well. Now I 
>never hit parked cars while looking at pretty women.......  ;-)
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>
>On Nov 16, 2012, at 6:56 AM, Mike Kurta wrote:
>
>
>     Wim:  May I suggest that following too closely to the car ahead 
> might have been a factor?
>     Mike Kurta, RPT
>     (yea, Crystal Lake)
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:tnrwim at aol.com>tnrwim at aol.com
>To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>Pianotech
>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:53 PM
>Subject: [pianotech] Accident
>
>I just rear ended a car on the freeway. All I did was look away from 
>the road for second and the car in front of me was on top of me. I 
>slammed on the brakes but I hit it pretty hard.  Fortunately no one 
>is hurt. But I have major damage to the front end of my car.
>
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