STUMPING ON THE INTERSTATE
WRECK-LESS DRIVING©
by Gunther Doerfert, Auto Safety Columnist
STUMPING ON THE INTERSTATE
LAREDO, TX: Howie X. was driving on I-35 after a quick trip across the Rio Grande to get some truly hot salsa. He saw what could have been his own crash about to happen. There was an ancient auto stopped in the right driving lane and several young men were outside the vehicle looking at a tire.
It is absolutely foolhardy to stop on a busy highway unless the vehicle simply will not move another inch. On Interstates, vehicles are not permitted to stop on the roadway except in dire emergency. If your auto breaks down, move it off the road to the service lane. Raise the hood or tie a white cloth on the door handle or antenna. Stay inside your locked auto until reliable help arrives.
A woman alone invites real danger by using the CB radio to call for help. Every kook within hearing could go looking for her. Does anyone except truck drivers use a CB anymore? A cell phone on a minimum cost contract is an inexpensive safety device for all drivers. I carry an old retired cell which, by law, is allowed free connection to only 911. Be aware, cell phones do not "connect" everywhere – esp. outside of civilization in the wide open West.
Finally, do not walk along the service lane to obtain help. Stay put! Each year more than 90,000 pedestrians are hit by autos. About 5,500 of them die from the injuries.
GHD162 all rights reserved
by Gunther Doerfert, Auto Safety Columnist
STUMPING ON THE INTERSTATE
LAREDO, TX: Howie X. was driving on I-35 after a quick trip across the Rio Grande to get some truly hot salsa. He saw what could have been his own crash about to happen. There was an ancient auto stopped in the right driving lane and several young men were outside the vehicle looking at a tire.
It is absolutely foolhardy to stop on a busy highway unless the vehicle simply will not move another inch. On Interstates, vehicles are not permitted to stop on the roadway except in dire emergency. If your auto breaks down, move it off the road to the service lane. Raise the hood or tie a white cloth on the door handle or antenna. Stay inside your locked auto until reliable help arrives.
A woman alone invites real danger by using the CB radio to call for help. Every kook within hearing could go looking for her. Does anyone except truck drivers use a CB anymore? A cell phone on a minimum cost contract is an inexpensive safety device for all drivers. I carry an old retired cell which, by law, is allowed free connection to only 911. Be aware, cell phones do not "connect" everywhere – esp. outside of civilization in the wide open West.
Finally, do not walk along the service lane to obtain help. Stay put! Each year more than 90,000 pedestrians are hit by autos. About 5,500 of them die from the injuries.
GHD162 all rights reserved
posted by WRECK-LESS at Saturday, April 07, 2007
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