On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 22:27:40 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 04/11/2021 08:53 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 4/11/2021 10:28 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:47:29 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 4/11/2021 9:21 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 04/11/2021 11:30 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I've often wonder about these head on collisions. They don't give a
time but this one seems like daylight, most are night. If you see
headlight coming at you, I'd think it would be smart to go off to the
side to be sure. This section of road was very wide with a lot of
center median and shoulder.

Unless it took them a long time to respond it looked light daylight, no
visibility problems, and plenty of room to get off the road. Even
without going off road, it has two lanes like any other undivided
highway.

I start making plans when I see an oncoming driver coming my way
even if
it's a perfectly legitimate move into a center turning lane.



Both were young drivers so they probably did not think to think ahead.

In other news today, nearby a storm blew over a tree taking power lines
down. A 17 year old driver hit the lines and somehow a fire started on
the driver's side so she got out on the passenger side. Stepped on a
line and was electrocuted.

More likely her car was energized and she completed the circuit when
her foot hit the ground.
Jump!


That sounds more like it. Should have jumped. Normally is is dumb to
get out but with a fire, first instinct is to get out. Most young
people have no idea about completing a circuit.

Jumping out of most modern cars would be a good trick.

I actually tried it once in my Prelude, just for a drill. If you turn
around and get in the door paratrooper style, squat, both feet on the
jamb and holding on to the roof with your hands then do a frog leap,
you can be clear when you hit the ground. Just bear in mind at 13.6kv
the safe working distance is about 3 feet so land away from the door,
keep your head down and roll away.

Apropos of
nothing I passed a guy in a '51 Chevy going the other way today. It
wasn't visible but I could smell the burning oil. Sort of nostalgic.
Every now and then I'll get a whiff of my car's exhaust and it's kind of
an acetic acid chemical aroma. I'm sure it's environmentally sound but
it sure stinks.

My 86 LeBaron was burning a quart of oil to a tank of gas when I
traded it for the Prelude but it didn't smoke and it wasn't bleeding
from the belly. That computer was just adjusting the mix so that oil
burned clean. There wasn't even a black stain on the bumper. It did
have just the hint of that good old "bad valve guide" oil burn smell
tho.