Easy to be judgmental at a later date, especially since I wasn't there,
however what I generally do in that situation is kinda gradually slow down
until the idiot behind me has no choice but to go around.  I have had
truckers flip me off at 15 mph as they go around me, but I do think it is
the safest solution.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: Sean O'Neil <soneil@NS.SYMPATICO.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: Tail lights 'n gators (vent)

> 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? Remember, it was a
pitch black
> moonless night and the trucker obviously felt it was ok to blind me as
well as `push`
> me as closely as he could.
>
> Maybe you had to be there.
>
> Larry Hamm wrote:
>
> > Sean O'Neil wrote:
> >
> > > We are talking nighttime on roads in New
> > > Brunswick with a pulpwood truck  -right up our ass- for twenty or
thirty miles.
> > > This is a very dangerous situation folks as the roads are two lane,
curving up
> > > and down hill in every kind of weather.
> >
> > Sean,
> > Perhaps you should consider pulling off and letting the truck pass.
> > Allowing a situation such as this exist for more than a few miles is
> > foolhardy. Then to make matters worse, you blind him momentarily??
> > Doesn't seem like the best solution in this situation.
> > Larry
>