2jakes
I'll Lock Up
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I will say, grey and silver vehicles are the hardest to see in certain light conditions. all the cars I have pulled in front of in recent years were one of those colors! I now sympathies with the driver that pulled in front of James Dean's silver 550 Spyder!
One time a friend who had just purchased a 911 Carrera with turbo engine
took me on the freeway. He was showing me how the engine could go
from start & in so many seconds accelerate to super fast speeds.
He told me not to worry about the traffic in front which was far away
from us.
I told him to slow down because the drivers ahead of us
were not aware that the 911 would be there within seconds,
putting us in direct path should they decide to change lanes.
With fatal results at the high speeds he was doing.
It was on a Thanksgiving Day this occurred & I was a very grateful
for many things that day, but especially that this turkey took
my advice to slow down.
I believe the color of Dean’s car, the time of the day,
and his assumption proved fatal.
I‘ve read that the surviving passenger said that
Dean’s last words were;
“That guy up there has gotta see us. He’s gotta stop.”
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