Sean O'Neil wrote:
>
> Larry, I would have done that -but- that section of road, that year, had just been
> repaved. There were no dividing lines and no indication of where the shoulder of the
> road started or the cliffs began. IMO it was just as dangerous to try and pull off
> the road as it was to try and outrun the truck until I reached some properly marked
> piece of highway. Since the truck would not let me outrun him than I had no choice
> but to try and repel him.
>
> What would you have done under those circumstances?

Sean,
Those are tough circumstances and each driver has to deal with them the
best way he can. I probably would have tried my emergency flashers
first, to see if that would warn him off. If that got no results, I
would slow down to a crawl, forcing him to back off or pass. If he hit
you then, at least it wouldn't be at full speed. I'll give you points
for innovation, though. In a more powerful vehicle, you could have tried
the old slam on the brakes then hit the gas before he hit you routine,
but in that car you would have just run away from him. The best solution
would have been a rear mounted Sidewinder missile, but they are so hard
to explain to the patrolmen.
Larry