Wilsons Sandbox

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud Jones" wrote:

> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "revmaaatin" wrote: > > > > Two KLRista have been killed recently. I was (nearly) #3 last

night,

> > except-- > > > > I am alive. And surprised to be alive. 107 GPS miles--52

gravel,

> > rest on Highway 14 in central SD....41F, clear dry roads, zero

moon

> > illumination. > > > > I was 1.5-2 sec (maybe less) from being runover/head-on last

night on

> > my way home on a flat, stretch of road with greater than 2 miles

of

> > sighting distance. Some pickup truck decided to pass a car

without

> > regard to my position; I managed to slow significantly and move

to

> > the shoulder as the two vehicles fully filled both lanes--neither > > making attempt to slow or move further right. > > > > It actually took me several seconds to recognize my position

of 'in

> > extremis'; I could not interpret that both lanes were 'full' for > > several precious seconds due to the traffic following the two > > vehicles that were running abeam each other, etc. I remember > > thinking, why are there 4 lights wide on the highway. YIKES! My

lane

> > is occupied. Thankfully, (using MSF logic/training) as the

traffic

> > approached, I had started from the left half of my lane, with an > > offset to the right 1/2 lane as the traffic approaches. It was

an

> > easy shift to the right shoulder to avoid impact during those

last

> > 1.5-2 sec. > > > > In retrospect, I wonder if these two vehicles were NASCAR style

road-

> > racing--as their closure speed was much faster than speed-limit,

and

> > in the time I observed them, they still passed me neck-and-neck. > > > > Forgive me, my oral reaction/response was less than Christian.

The

> > 41F had some effect on my early recognition of the the vehicle

in my

> > lane (I was thoroughly chilled). 41F--It had no effect on my

oral

> > capacities. > > > > MSF training and the grace of God--I am alive. > > > > maaatin. who occasionally is more Peter the Sailor than Peter the > > Saint. > > > > Rev, I read somewhere that according to the in-flight-recorders,

the pilot's most common

> last word is "Sh!t". You are a pilot. Can you shed any light on

that?

> > Glad to hear you dodged a bullet. >

The report you are referring to suggested two things: People were whistling, or as you correctly reported, [singularly] expounding in the moment just before impact. Me? I wasn't whistling. revmaaatin.