"George Patterson" wrote in message news:6Rcje.10893$Y36.973@trndny05...
"I drive a vehicle of urban assault. I'm bigger than you, so it ain't my
fault.
Doesn't even matter if I know how to drive. No matter what I hit, I know
I'll
survive." .....

Said right before he learns about 18-wheelers... evil-grin

I used to drive sports cars... Had a RX-7 at one time and an 18-wheeler
changed lanes and drove over the top of me... PHYSICALLY OVER THE TOP OF
ME... He stopped and came back to investigate... He said, "Well, I heard
some tires screeching, felt a slight bump, and figured I better take a
look"... That's all I was -- A SLIGHT BUMP... Both rear axles of the tanker
trailer went over my car... Luckily when he first hit me, the car spun 90
degrees to the left and he drove over the top of the engine instead of the
passenger compartment... Flattened my car... Totalled, of course... It
happed at around 35 mph, so I could pretty much count the lug nuts at the
axles rolled over my engine right in front of my face... I think I *might*
have knocked a couple of chunks of dirt off of his tires in the process...

The 18-wheeler drivers get kind of cocky thinking that they're the largest
thing on the road and everyone else has to get out of their way... Every
once in awhile, they learn that there's this thing called "trains"...
Remember the Law of Gross Tonnage? Well, let's just say that a train trumps
an 18-wheeler...