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PSA: Drivers and Parents of Drivers
Posted on 5/13/19 at 5:41 am
Posted on 5/13/19 at 5:41 am
TLDR: keep your head on a swivel and have an oh shite plan while driving
Last Thursday night was on my way from New Orleans airport to Saint Amant. Thankfully the rain was north and there were good driving / visibility conditions. Exit 1-10 at Airline and head north. Car ahead of me (maybe a tenth of a mile) all of a sudden hits breaks and makes an aggressive move right. Next thing I see is headlights or someone driving south on the northbound side of Airline. Given he is coming at say 50-70MPH (no idea) I had a split second to decide what to do. Fortunately he was in the northbound fast lane and I was in the right lane. Instinctively (because I had previously thought of the what if in the situation) I moved right but didn’t jerk to prevent heading into the canal/trees right off the shoulder. Driver proceeded to keep hauling arse southbound and I proceed to check to see if I shite myself. Moral of the story is to think about what you may do in a situation before it occurs.
Spoke with my kids about the risk of going left vs right If I was in the same lane as the approaching car. I know a lot of you travel ball parents spend a lot of time with Braxxxton in the car on the way to tourneys so you may want to spend that time teaching your kids some potential life saving trips.
CSB and always expect the unexpected.
Last Thursday night was on my way from New Orleans airport to Saint Amant. Thankfully the rain was north and there were good driving / visibility conditions. Exit 1-10 at Airline and head north. Car ahead of me (maybe a tenth of a mile) all of a sudden hits breaks and makes an aggressive move right. Next thing I see is headlights or someone driving south on the northbound side of Airline. Given he is coming at say 50-70MPH (no idea) I had a split second to decide what to do. Fortunately he was in the northbound fast lane and I was in the right lane. Instinctively (because I had previously thought of the what if in the situation) I moved right but didn’t jerk to prevent heading into the canal/trees right off the shoulder. Driver proceeded to keep hauling arse southbound and I proceed to check to see if I shite myself. Moral of the story is to think about what you may do in a situation before it occurs.
Spoke with my kids about the risk of going left vs right If I was in the same lane as the approaching car. I know a lot of you travel ball parents spend a lot of time with Braxxxton in the car on the way to tourneys so you may want to spend that time teaching your kids some potential life saving trips.
CSB and always expect the unexpected.
This post was edited on 5/13/19 at 5:55 am
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Posted on 5/13/19 at 5:51 am to CaptainJ47
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Spoke with my kids about the risk of going left vs right I was in the same lane as the approaching car.
From your kid’s prospective this sounds like Charlie Brown’s teacher.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 5:52 am to CaptainJ47
Why didn’t you accelerate and drive strait at him flashing your brights?
Dude wanted to play chicken and you folded, loser.
Oh and it’s “moral”, not “morale”. Yeah, I know, spellcheck.
Dude wanted to play chicken and you folded, loser.
Oh and it’s “moral”, not “morale”. Yeah, I know, spellcheck.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 5:56 am to tigerinthebueche
Hey man I thought they story had a good morale and positive outlook for the day since it was up so early. JK freaking spell check on damn phones.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 6:22 am to CaptainJ47
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hits breaks
Brakes
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:06 am to CaptainJ47
That was the initiation into OweO’s gang, the “HotWheelers” you witnessed.
You were lucky to survive. Most don’t.
They’re some really bad eggs.
You were lucky to survive. Most don’t.
They’re some really bad eggs.
This post was edited on 5/13/19 at 8:13 am
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:08 am to CaptainJ47
Defensive driving.
Always be aware of what’s going on around you.
Always be aware of what’s going on around you.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:12 am to CaptainJ47
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I know a lot of you travel ball parents spend a lot of time with Braxxxton in the car on the way to tourneys so you may want to spend that time teaching your kids some potential life saving trips.
This schtick is getting much overuse.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:20 am to CaptainJ47
Average reaction time from observing a dangerous situation to decision to action is 3.50 seconds
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:20 am to CaptainJ47
From the left lane drivers thread last week, applies here. Bought this last Wednesday
Marauder
Marauder
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:26 am to BestBanker
Came with the AKs?
Posted on 5/13/19 at 7:37 am to Nado Jenkins83
That was a completely unnecessary option. Got undercoating instead.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 8:19 am to BestBanker
Posted on 5/13/19 at 8:31 am to CaptainJ47
I’m raising my kids with enough sense to get out of the way no need for further discussion on that topic.
“Don’t run into stuff stupid”. Will be the lesson.
Problem is a whole lot of kids have never had any experience making any decisions as they never are challenged. Then parents just toss em the keys
“Don’t run into stuff stupid”. Will be the lesson.
Problem is a whole lot of kids have never had any experience making any decisions as they never are challenged. Then parents just toss em the keys
Posted on 5/13/19 at 8:40 am to CaptainJ47
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I know a lot of you travel ball parents spend a lot of time with Braxxxton in the car on the way to tourneys so you may want to spend that time teaching your kids some potential life saving trips.
Did this sentence make you feel cool?
Posted on 5/13/19 at 8:44 am to georgia
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Did this sentence make you feel cool?
Yeah dumbass could have left that out and spared us a whole carfull of travel ballers once they got taken out.
Now I gotta deal with Braxxxxxxxxxton and his truck nuts, tats and offspring for the rest of my life. FML
Posted on 5/13/19 at 10:17 am to CaptainJ47
A similar thing happened to me a few years ago. I was in the left lane on the interstate coming out of NO headed home to BR. It was late at night and everyone had their lights on. One part of the road has a rather sharp curve to the right. Since the road curves to the right, it appears that opposing traffic is in front of you. It is an optical illusion, so I didn't think much about it.
Thankfully, some of the oncoming cars were blinking their lights as they passed. Thinking there was a cop up ahead, I slowed a little and moved into the right lane. Less than ten seconds later, a car going fast the wrong way in the left hand lane passed me. I was pretty shaken up, and, like you had to go check my pants after that.
Thankfully, some of the oncoming cars were blinking their lights as they passed. Thinking there was a cop up ahead, I slowed a little and moved into the right lane. Less than ten seconds later, a car going fast the wrong way in the left hand lane passed me. I was pretty shaken up, and, like you had to go check my pants after that.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 10:49 am to CaptainJ47
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Instinctively (because I had previously thought of the what if in the situation) I moved right but didn’t jerk to prevent heading into the canal/trees right off the shoulder.
Everyone instinctively moves to the right whether you’ve thought about it before or not. If you go to the left, you’re more likely to get hit by the oncoming driver swerving right.
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