[tcb] Mirrors
- From: <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:23:03 -0500
I just came in from driving from Wiesenhiemer Road and 610 here in the happy
town of Houston and I gotta tell you that, as I was crossing two lanes of
traffic in the friggin' dark, and everyone doing 90 while I am doing a brisk 65
and I'm having to force my way into lanes because...well, it's Houston, I
remembered fondly that in 1972 I was driving a 1960 bus that had these big
stable vertical mirrors, called California or truck mirrors. The only knock
I've ever heard about them was that you had to drill holes into you doors to
install them. Well, as I am looking into the passenger side elephant ears and
trying to will my brain into reading the wiggling distortion of headlights and
trying to decode the distance and speed of the hazardous asshole who won't let
me come over. I was hearing a voice in my head saying "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO
TOMORROW AND BUY SOME DAMN TRUCK MIRRORS SO YOU WON"T DIE IN A FLAMING ORGY OF
TWISTED METAL AND BROKEN GLASS!!!"
So? Go ahead all you purists and tell me how I am going to mess up what little
stock is left to my bus. I have always said that as long as the "new" stuff was
not an improvement, I wouldn't use it, but I am afraid that this is a safety
improvement that is undeniable. If I am going to drive my bus for the net 30 or
so days, many times, on major highways, I may need to improve the visability.
So, there.
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