How I ended my Shatnerball road trip

[heftylefty]

Foo take that sig pic off now! i really mean it!...........your making me hungry

[Timmee]

Originally posted by RobAGD
YOu know the kinda funny thing ?

I drive one of the biggest POS jeeps out there ( well what do you expect for $200 ). Did a 1000 miles this weekend and didnt have a issue over 4 days of rainy nasty driving. (knocking of woods vigoriously ).

Now a week ago was a whole nother story.

Tell your buddy not to punch the throttle when he is in a truck on wet pavement, I would be willing to bet he was screwing around when that happened. Glad no one was hurt.

Starbase - no doubt, on the way up I hit HEAVY HEAVY fog and slowed down to teh 30-35 mph range and there were idiot going 50-70 past me. I just hope Darwin catches up with them so they cant breed.

-Robert

Well, he wasn't punching the throttle. I had my eyes closed (I was too tired to keep them open, which is why he was driving), so I don't know how fast he was going, but if he'd revved the engine, I'd have heard it. He was issued a warning for driving too fast for conditions, though. The trooper estimates 5-10 miles too fast for the condition of the road at that time. We were coming off the highway, and he relies (too much IMO) on coasting to slow down on exit ramps. Apparently, coasting didn't slow us down enough, in relation to the sharpness of the curve.

[speeddemon]

The roads were wet right? If so your friend should go to court. Without skid marks, the cop has no idea how fast you were going, and I doubt the ticket would stand. At least that happened with a friend I know.

[Timmee]

Originally posted by speeddemon
The roads were wet right? If so your friend should go to court. Without skid marks, the cop has no idea how fast you were going, and I doubt the ticket would stand. At least that happened with a friend I know.

It wasn't a ticket he got, only a written warning. There's nothing that he has to pay, it just notes (in the state police computer) that he was warned about driving too fast for conditions. If it happens again within a year (which it won't in my truck ), then the warning comes into play and he could get a real nasty ticket.

[covadsucks]

That sucks about the truck, but what kind of friend drives like a retard in someone else's car?

[magman007]

WOW it seems that wyn not only jynxed him self, but you and Kev dupuis as well!

[wyn1370]

Originally posted by magman007
WOW it seems that wyn not only jynxed him self, but you and Kev dupuis as well!

I didn't jynx myself, jon did it with those damn stickers

[Looonatic]

Originally posted by covadsucks
That sucks about the truck, but what kind of friend drives like a retard in someone else's car?

Twas I driving Timmee's truck, and I wasn't driving like a retard. The warning for driving too fast for conditions was a 'duh', and I'm just grateful it wasn't a ticket. Nice cops are the exception, not the rule. (Timmee is also lucky he wasn't ticketed. He forgot his insurance card.) I obviously was driving too fast for conditions if the rear wheels started fishtailing. I've replayed it in my mind more than a few times. I wasn't going excessively fast, however. Otherwise, I would have been ticketed.

My mistakes:

As Timmee said, I use brakes very sparingly. On the curve, they would've made matters worse, but in hindsight, I should've braked a bit more on the straightaway leading into the curve. I could've always given a little gas if I slowed too much, and braking on straightaways is a good rule to follow on slick roads.

Also, when the truck started fishtailing, I regained control, but lost it again(thus spinning the opposite direction) when I swerved to avoid the jersey barrier on the other side of the ramp. I should've been able to regain control again. The second fishtail doomed us.

I flipped out a little after the accident. I was with Timmee when he bought that truck, and I know how much he likes it. Timmee was the cool head after the accident. For a change.

Not to deflect any blame from myself, but Timmee's truck's rear wheels had been acting odd all weekend. Timmee also fishtailed a little earlier that same day. ALso, the previous day, the truck's wheels spun out when making a left hand turn into a parking lot from a stop. The gas wasn't excessive, so it was odd that the wheels spun like that. I suspect there might be a problem we didn't know about. Hopefully, if there is, the dealer will find it when the truck gets fixed.

[davidb]

For future reference, always switch into four wheel drive when driving on wet roads to prevent fishtailing. Or load the bed up with stuff...