[MBZ] Trucking Industry the Saga continues

[Tom Scordato]

Traveling on I-83 on my way to DC on business from Bellefonte PA.  Place in 
Harrisburg where you have to off ramp on I -83 to get back on I-83.  Ramp 
and up take to ramp are on a curve.  Well Traffic was stopped on the ramp. 
I saw this in time and slowed down and left my usual three car lengths.  As 
I slowed to a stop I looked in my rearview.  Here comes a full size semi 
doing what I estimate is at least 50-55 mph or better coming right at me and 
closing very, very fast.  So fast that I figured not only would I be dead 
(pulverized from the rear) but my car would be pool balled into the car 
stopped ahead of me.  No steel beauty 123 chassis was going to save me from 
this. No way instant death.  At the last nano second, I had about 6 feet of 
break down lane on my right and that three-car length space ahead of me I 
gunned it and moved into the break down lane.  He or she by some act of God 
made a swerve steering maneuver to his left, which made his load do a little 
dance, but missed me by 2 to 6 inches.  He keeps going in the left lane, 
which took you to some state road.  Like I said I would have been pulverized 
or vaporized instantaneously.  Few cars ahead would / could have been wasted 
too.


If it was a car that hit me it might have been survivable. The guy is 
driving a 100,000 lb (?) rig and flat out was not paying attention. That is 
the difference (the shear physics), which can never be overlooked.  An 
industry which should have the same safety standards as lets say the 
aerospace industry or maritime industry, is certainly lacking, big time, yet 
on a day by day basis affects as many if not more people.  It is truly out 
of control.  In my million plus miles of traveling this was the closest I 
have come to getting wasted.  Thanks Guardian Angel my dear!