August 31, 2006:
MTTS 11 – bad weather and a near miss
Todays drive was recommended to travel Ohio River Byway 52 – more interesting than the highway. But long and with few passing places, and little chance to see the river …
Unfortunately, the weather deteriorated as we approached Charleston …
And suddenly a bad driver travelling with no lights and hassling us too closely, loses control and spirals towards Georges GP in front of me – thankfully he spotted her and braked, avoiding most of the impact, suffering just a split in the front bumper!
So everyone’s fine, but we were very glad to reach the hotel tonight!
(see the Gallery for more pics)
Posted by GPMINI at 04:35 pm |
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LePew (2006/08/31 @ 4:43 pm)
So glad to hear that you are safe and that the damage was not worse. We ran that same by-way at night while on One Lap — it was one of the few route decisions we also regretted.