Posted by Goose on October 14, 2011 at 14:50:48 from (173.190.237.126):
Was on a level stretch of U.S. Highway 6 east of Friend, NE yesterday with my cruise set on the legal 60 mph.
As I approached an intersection, I saw a grain truck coming down the side road from the left and slowing. It appeared he had all intentions of stopping for the stop sign. When he got down to about 5 or 10 mph, he all at once kicked it in the butt and shot out onto the highway. I missed him, but I swear there was no more than 6 inches between the left side of my car and his front bumper.
I looked in my mirror, and he just drove out into a field and went about his business. There was a slight rise in the highway, and coming over the rise was a State Trooper. Another three seconds, and the Trooper would have seen the whole thing.
I can sympathize with farmers 'cause I've been one, but I swear many farmers get so wrapped up in their own affairs they totally forget there are other people on the road who have just as much right to use the road as they do.
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