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. > >Sent from my iPhone= > > > >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - <http://www.avg.com>www.avg.com >Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2629/5896 - Release Date: 11/15/12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121116/ecf721cd/attachment.htm>
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