re: #248 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Got a mild scare yesterday on the interstate while driving back south from visiting my brother.

Semi a bit ahead of me had a tire on the trailer break up and suddenly there was a large strip of moving rubber and steel bouncing along my lane at speed. Had to go onto the shoulder to dodge it. (Luckily it had essentially stopped moving by the time I got to it.)

Car ahead of me had to do a much more drastic dodge since he was closer when things happened.

similar happened to me once on an electra glide with a passenger-du-jour
(years before mrsdm and i reincarnated)

50-60mph
truck in front of us drove over a whole tire lying in the road so i didnt see it till i did
and there was no time. it was I-95 lots of traffic and maybe i was a tad too close
no time to swerve and stay in the lane, and couldnt change lanes
i yelled hold on (cause that’s what you yell after you mutter “shit”)
i thought we were definitely going to hit it and fall

we rode right over it

it was a toy run or a poker run or something
we did some serious thankful drinking that day

another life lesson
expect anything. drive accordingly. fuck the traffic