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Article #13085Daily gripe: almost 20 car pileup
From: Walt Horning
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 00:00
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Fortunately everyone was alert and all stopped in time. But it was the classic situation where the light turned green and the guy up front must have been asleep at the wheel. So everyone anticipated movement and when it didn't happen, about 10 cars all had to stop suddenly. There was not much excuse for this. The driver did eventually move, so it was not a broke down car. Also, if it was a stick shift and it stalled, then it was driver error. And if it was mechanical difficulty that caused a stall, the driver should have kept car maintained. The only excuse for not moving would have been mechanical failure of the sudden kind where maintenance does little or nothing to help.
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