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When storm blocks
driving vision its time
to say, 'let there be light'
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DS "My pet gripe," said the
old-timer, "is against all
too Many drivers who have
developed bad driving and
maintenance habits."
This old-timer says 'he
found himself trapped on
.a fine, broad turnpike by
a sudden and severe bad
weather condition.
"I say `trapped' because
traffic was heavy and too
many motorists were high-
balling far above the 55-
mile speed limit when the
storm broke.
"Naturally, I turned on
my lights immediately, I
wanted the car behind me "
to realize I was ahead of
him, no matter how badly
forward vision was impair-
ed by the mounting dark-
ness and the foglike mist
created by the heavy rains. ,
Too many failed
' "But too many •others
failed to do likeWise (why,
I will never know) 'which
meant that frequently all
you saw ahead of you that
might be a motor vehicle
was a slightly darker
shape in the wet gloom.
'Meanwhile, if the giiy,
in back of you didn't have
some light showing for-
ward, you'd have to strain
to make sure he , -wasn't
engaged in dangerous
tailgating.
on. Seconds after I stop-
ran into my rear end. Check tires if mercury drops
stop-
ped, the car behind me
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- ble to turn off the turn-
pike with any degree of
safety — turnoffs were
'lammed and motorists
were speeding by.
• "Another hazard was
ears that had run out of
gas or had encountered
some mechanical difficulty
which forced them to stop
at roadside. Then, in a
Misguided effort to save
their batteries, they didn't
even show parking lights—
• Never a breakdown
I've never, during all of my driving in good
Weather and bad, had to
stop because of a mechan-
ical breakdown, or being out of 'gas,
"This 100 per cent per-
formance I attribute to
the fact that every car I'Ve
ever owned has been taken in for a tune-up and a
complete check of all safe-
ty features at every 10,000 Miles that shows on my odometer.
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drive during a vision
destroying storm safely
htil, off the turnpike and
v,ellinear mY home, I wag !te,Plaed by a red trait Aga at
the bottOin of a littie hill,
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eavily and My lights, ant and back ) Were still
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