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Today I was riding the posted 45mph in heavy traffic down Blanding Blvd in Orange Park, FL. Anyone around here will vouch about the peril of Blanding Blvd.
I got in one of those sitches that we all face- the yellow light comes on just as I'm approaching the intersection. Do I stop or run? Because Clay County just recently erected cameras, I decided to stop. The minivan behind me didn't... at all. The minivan passed between me and the truck in the adjacent lane at 45 mph.
The driver in the car to the right rolled down her window and uttered her disbelief at what she just saw. The driver of the truck to the left motioned with his hands that the minivan missed me by 6 inches.
I am soooo glad that I adopted the practice of stopping at the edge of the lane instead of the middle. If I would have stopped anywhere in the middle of the lane, I would have been crushed.
Make it a habit to stop as far to the outside of your lane as you can so that drivers behind you will have an escape route. That habit may save your life someday too.
I got in one of those sitches that we all face- the yellow light comes on just as I'm approaching the intersection. Do I stop or run? Because Clay County just recently erected cameras, I decided to stop. The minivan behind me didn't... at all. The minivan passed between me and the truck in the adjacent lane at 45 mph.
The driver in the car to the right rolled down her window and uttered her disbelief at what she just saw. The driver of the truck to the left motioned with his hands that the minivan missed me by 6 inches.
I am soooo glad that I adopted the practice of stopping at the edge of the lane instead of the middle. If I would have stopped anywhere in the middle of the lane, I would have been crushed.
Make it a habit to stop as far to the outside of your lane as you can so that drivers behind you will have an escape route. That habit may save your life someday too.