[pianotech] Accident

[Paul Williams]

Ouch!  Did you total the car in front of you?  My 16 year old son just totaled his first car after 3 weeks last week!  Doesn't take much to total a $2,500 car. He's OK. He 'ran' a stop light in the turn lane.. It is still under question whether or not the old lady driving her huge SUV was not watching or on the cell phone. His turn lane had the yellow turn arrow, he says.  I say the old lady was not paying attention AND he was pushing his limits. He still got the whole blame and a $100 ticket. Guess who gets the insurance rate hike??

This reminds me of a time when I glanced down at a map next to me and went nearly head on into an empty (thank God) school bus that totally wasted my Chevy truck I only had for 3 months.  I walked away from the accident without a scratch! Wow! That scared the crap out of me. I still remember that sound of sliding sideways along that bus while the front end of my truck was pret-near ripped right off.  This is near 30 years ago. No accidents since then!(knock on a wooden hammer shank!)…or my head ;>)

It only takes a microsecond for something to screw up your day. Let's all be careful out there!

Don't text or talk on the cell while driving. This has always been my rule.  My son was not, but pushed his limits on the turn lane. He now knows better!You never know what the other driver is doing when they should be driving and paying attention. Especially these days.  30 years ago, nobody had cell phones!

Paul

From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com<mailto:mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>>
Reply-To: "pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>" <pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>>
Date: Friday, November 16, 2012 2:55 PM
To: "pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>" <pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Accident

Yeah, but the "feels-like" distance when you are about to rear end someone is much more like 289 feet!

Terry Farrell

On Nov 16, 2012, at 2:28 PM, David Love wrote:

Sorry, got that wrong.  29.3 feet.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com<http://www.davidlovepianos.com>

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 10:58 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Accident

Remember, at 20 mph you travel 289 feet in one second.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com<http://www.davidlovepianos.com>
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