Miata Mailing List: January 1995, Message #85
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   From: jturner@ringer.cs.utsa.edu ( John M. Turner)
Subject: New Year's Resolution
   Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 10:17:01 -0500

and I thought that 1994 was a pretty good year...

It all started when I swerved to avoid a car who had pulled out into 
the middle of an intersection, so I could make a left turn.  Unbeknownst to
me was the fact that there was a median with curbing just past the car.
Summarizing:  Merry Christmas to me, $200 for 2 new tires plus repair on
a steel wheel. (one blown sidewall, one severely bulging sidewall)

Then, this last Thursday, I was driving to work.  I pulled away from a
stop sign only to find a Cadillac in the middle of the intersection.  I 
received minor damage (rather scratched up nose, both turn signals 
broken, nose pushed in about 1/4 inch on one side, with resulting slight
misalignment of the bonnet.)  No airbag deployment, even the tow hooks
were undamaged, headlights open and retract fine... the car is prefectly 
driveable (just not very pretty).
Funny thing, the first thing the lady said after jumping out of her car
and running over to mine was "I'm a single parent".  I wasn't in the mood
to hear about someone's marital problems at the time.

Yesterday, (I know, it's 1995 now), I get THREE rocks in the windscreen 
within the space of 2 minutes, two of them in my line of vision.  I'm sure
they came from the opposing traffic lanes, since there was no-one in front
of me at the time.

My New Year's Resolution is:  Don't run into things!

John "J.T." Turner
jturner@ringer.cs.utsa.edu