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From: "Sandy Posten" <>
Subject: Re: [CRF-L] Quote for today
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 16:07:41 -0500


Pat,
Where do you live????????
Sandy
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From: Pat Oneal <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [CRF-L] Quote for today


>Debbie Jo,
> Don't want to scare you, but just seeing a 16-yr-old driving a car for
>the first time is scarey enough. My gr'dau was driving on her permit,
>mother in front seat, 14-yr-old sister in back seat. They automatically
>buckled up. Gr'dau in backseat was eating Fr. Fries, etc, and unbuckled
>belt for more movement. Driving home on an 8-mile country, narrow road,
the
>car hit a long stretch of fresh mud that had run across the road from the
>bank on the upper side. Trees along the edge, and lovely home about 300
>yard back. Child lost control. Mud was as slick as driving on ice. Car
>went up bank, twirled back across road and finally hit a tree. Gr'dau in
>backseat had a gash in forehead. My dau and gr'dau driver were addled.
>They jumped out of car, and with car phone called 911. My dau tried to
give
>them directions, said they had to drive exactly 6 miles before turnoff.
>They waited and waited, emergency help got lost---went all the way to the
KY
>River.
> Gr'dau who was driving was very upset. Their new cadillac was
totalled.
>She is a very intelligent, dependable young lady, and when the police
>officer asked her age, thru tears, she meekly replied, "I'm 16, and I'm
>driving on my permit."
> The officer just smiled. I think he felt for her, saw her plight. She
>was not charged with anything. He knew it was the road conditions.
Anyway,
>child in backseat must have been thrown forward and hit her head on metal
on
>back of front seat, or possibly on door of car. If the tree hadn't stopped
>the car, it would have rolled and they could have all been killed.
> I can tell you this. That young driver learned real fast how easy it
is
>to lose control of a car, and how important it is to be a cautious driver.
>Nobody could have done better than she did under such conditions. The city
>had that road cleared of the mud by end of day. I was there a month later.
>It had just rained. We met city truck with road scrapers on same road. We
>figured they were headed to same site to make sure the road was clear.
> Pat
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <>
>To: <>
>Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 11:19 AM
>Subject: [CRF-L] Quote for today
>
>
>>The sun is always shinning. Even though clouds may come along and
>>obscure the sun for a while, the sun is always shining. The sun never
>>stops shining. And even though the earth turns, and the sun appears
>>to go down, it really never stops shining.
>>
>> ~ Louise L. Hay ~
>>
>>
>>Hello all! Today is my daughter's 16th birthday. We just got back from
>her
>>getting her permit, so I thought I'd let all know the roads aren't
>>safe......Connie, will be up in Muhlenberg County tomorrow night for a
>soccer
>>game, at M. South. Take care and everyone have a nice day.
>>Debbie Jo
>>
>>
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