Swingshiftworker
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Just recalled this incident and thought I'd mention it as a point of reflection.
I was driving back home to San Francisco in my QC from the GTG in Bakersfield via Hwy 46 for a wine tasting stop in Paso Robles. I had just past I-5 headed west and saw a car (later identified as a Gen II Durango w/dual pipes indicating that it had be modified) charging up hard from behind.
Hwy 46 is a narrow 2 lane road and passing is completely prohibited by barriers and double double yellow lines through much of it's length. The reason for this has a lot to do w/it's dubious past and it's previous nickname - "Blood Alley." However, there were no barriers in this part of the road.
Anyway, I was already driving 75-80, when I came up on a long line of about 6 cars, who were going about 70 mph. I knew the guy in back was in a hurry so I left a large gap for him to get into in front of me, but apparently that wasn't good enough for him.
The driver just blew past me at about 100 mph into on-coming traffic and cut into the 3rd car in front of me with only a few feet to spare in front of the terrified driver coming the other way. He continued to cut in and out of the line of traffic (like he was riding a motorcycle) until he found some open road. :stupid:
All I could think about after that performance was how stupid that driver was and wonder what was so important that he had to risk his life and the life of others to drive so recklessly. :dontknow:
This thought was further emphasized when I passed the junction of Hwy 46 and Hwy 41, where James Dean met his end on September 30, 1955, as a result of driving recklessly along that same stretch of road.
My guess is that driver in the Gen II Durango will eventually end up the same way James Dean did over 50 years ago and that the world will be a safer (albeit, given the untold loss to the arts after Dean's death, not necessarily an otherwise better) place because of it.:flybye:
I was driving back home to San Francisco in my QC from the GTG in Bakersfield via Hwy 46 for a wine tasting stop in Paso Robles. I had just past I-5 headed west and saw a car (later identified as a Gen II Durango w/dual pipes indicating that it had be modified) charging up hard from behind.
Hwy 46 is a narrow 2 lane road and passing is completely prohibited by barriers and double double yellow lines through much of it's length. The reason for this has a lot to do w/it's dubious past and it's previous nickname - "Blood Alley." However, there were no barriers in this part of the road.
Anyway, I was already driving 75-80, when I came up on a long line of about 6 cars, who were going about 70 mph. I knew the guy in back was in a hurry so I left a large gap for him to get into in front of me, but apparently that wasn't good enough for him.
The driver just blew past me at about 100 mph into on-coming traffic and cut into the 3rd car in front of me with only a few feet to spare in front of the terrified driver coming the other way. He continued to cut in and out of the line of traffic (like he was riding a motorcycle) until he found some open road. :stupid:
All I could think about after that performance was how stupid that driver was and wonder what was so important that he had to risk his life and the life of others to drive so recklessly. :dontknow:
This thought was further emphasized when I passed the junction of Hwy 46 and Hwy 41, where James Dean met his end on September 30, 1955, as a result of driving recklessly along that same stretch of road.
My guess is that driver in the Gen II Durango will eventually end up the same way James Dean did over 50 years ago and that the world will be a safer (albeit, given the untold loss to the arts after Dean's death, not necessarily an otherwise better) place because of it.:flybye:
I bet he thought his pipes sounded cool or something. It pisses me off when assholes drive like that, too. I am glad everyone made it out of there unscathed. 
