Philip - I must admit you have many good points. "As a closing thought, if there were 99 trucks (or cars, for that matter) that were driving sensible and then along came 1 lunatic - would you remember the 99, or just the 1?" That is quite true. I have seen more crazy 4 wheel drivers than 18 wheel ones, it is just that usually I can get further from the 4 wheel ones and they seem less threatening. In the 4 years I worked as an EMT the score was '0' big rig drivers [and yes, they could have caused some of the 4 wheelers to go belly up] and lots of 4 wheelers needing extrication and such. As a rule I agree that truckers have been the best mannered and most adept drivers around. If we could just get rid of the rest of them ... Big rig and 4 wheelers both. BillR Jacksonville FL 1981 300SD EM 270k
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fmiser Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:33 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] 240 vs SD Go Trucks rumor has it that Tom wrote: > Bill R said > "almost blown off the road by an 18 wheeler. About as scared as I ever got" > > > Spout off time... Now for the other side... For reference, I have logged over 300,000 miles in a big truck. I have driven nearly 1,000,000 total.
