In my 30’s I thought I could beat the train. The 18-Wheeler in front of me thought the same. When he realized, he wasn’t going to make as the cab was close to the track and made a hard left 180 The train het him between the trailer and back of cab.
Rule # 1, I agree anyone should be able to take any risk’s their heart desires as long as it’s put no one, living thing or others property at risk. Once there is somebody else who joins in you has lost control over the situation. Now your situation no risk to others goes out the window and negates rule # 1.
Good health is safety related. In November some men grow mustaches and/or beards to promote awareness of men's health issues.
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“No Shave November” is a trend where men put down their razors and don't shave for the entire month of November. But now there's a purpose behind that. The American Cancer Society wants to use this trend to raise awareness about prostate cancer.
Many men avoid doctor visits and medical tests until their condition is well advanced, often making treatment less effective, or too late. Many of us would rather just ignore a problem and wait (hope) for it to get better rather than talk to a doctor about it. That is sad, because many health issues such as cancers, coronary disease, and mental health can be treated and cured or mitigated.
Get checked for prostate cancer:A blood test for PSA and if the number comes back high or shows a significant increase from previous tests, get an exam with a urologist.
Get an annual physical exam. Get to know your healthcare and develop a relationship with your healthcare professional. Establish a baseline of your health and know when things change. Ages 18-39: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007464.htm, 40-64:https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007465.htm, 65 and up? I expect you know the routine better than I. Anything you'd like to share?
About the time I turned 50 I had a GI bleed from taking heavy doses of NSAIDs long term. Instead of seeing a doctor I waited for it to get better. A few days later I was pale and weak. My wife convinced me to visit ER. They gave me seven units of blood and told me that if I had waited a little longer I would have been dead. I try to take preventative health more seriously now. I'm just learning to drive a car on the track now and hoping for many years of track time ahead. Good health is key.
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I can't really add to anything that hasn't already been said other than to hopefully reinforce rexcramer's comments. Street racing is just plan stupid (sorry MARTHA) but sometimes you just have to be blunt. It's not always easy to be the bigger man when challenged but that's what we have to strive to do especially when dealing with something that can kill you. If you want to race AX or track it, period.
My newer cars automatically lock the doors when I start driving, my 986s do not. I never cared much for self locking doors, but some recent events changed my mind and I intend to keep my doors locked now.
It has become a popular technique to steal items from an unlocked car while the driver is refueling. It happens fast and often goes undetected.
Even worse, in the last week there were a few car-jackings and a hostage situation. I took the perpetrator of one of the car-jackings to the hospital. He had been in a police chase and wrecked his car. He jumped into another car (car-jacked) and drove off for a second chase. The second chase ended when he entered a ditch at high speed and rolled the car. ...at least he was wearing a seat belt.
Don't be an easy target. Keep your doors locked. Keep alert.
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Not sure I want to resurrect the thread, but figured it's a good place for a holiday season reminder. I expect that most of you are skilled and sober drivers, but plenty of the people on the road tonight are not.
Here's my view from a couple hours ago. These are not Christmas lights.
A teenage driver, unrestrained and high speed. Three patients, two were flown from the scene. Traffic was completely stopped for at least 30 minutes. Be safe and expect the unexpected.
This is the front of the truck, it hit a pole and some other things. Kind of hard to sort out what's what in the picture, bumper is an inverted V at the bottom, brake booster and reservoir at the right center...
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Are we sure Martha isn't a troll, just trying to bait us. If so, he's the master.
I remember Martha's first posts as she bought an '07 from what is my local dealership and we exchanged PMs about car care. There may be a few embellishments in her posts, but I expect that she is for the most part a true character... and quite a character.
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I am saddened that she felt like she needed to withdraw from the forum. My guess is anybody on this forum can recount a tale (or more) of street racing gone bad. Stay alert through the holidays and remember shiny side up.
Walk around an insurance auction and you'll see quite a few vehicles that you know someone had to die in. The worse porsche I've seen was a 996 cab that was so wrecked that only the brake calipers were salvageable. Somebody let 4 teenage boys take their 996 for a spin. The 18 year old driver was the oldest. They got T-boned by a dump truck doing 140mph. At least that's what the speedometer was stuck at. Last I heard only the 14 year old front passenger survived.
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