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   Walter Bushell to John F. Eldredge   
   Re: Science fiction   
   27 Aug 13 22:27:05   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
    "John F. Eldredge"  wrote:   
      
   > When I was 16, and first learning to drive, I almost T-boned an elderly   
   > female driver.  She moved over to the right-hand lane, signaled a right   
   > turn, started to turn to the right, then apparently realized that she   
   > really needed to make a left turn.  So, she abruptly went left instead of   
   > right, directly across my path, without giving any indication that she   
   > was going to do so.   
      
   Oh, yes. I had a driver turn left entering the left lane and then   
   right in front of me into a driveway that is an extremely wide turn on   
   a two lane road with no signal. I almost T-boned him|her because I   
   though he was turning left and I speeded up.   
      
   You know some people drive to grandma's house over the river and   
   through the woods, even though that is not the way the road goes, it's   
   just the way they drive.   
      
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