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Old 08-23-03 | 02:49 PM
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blwyn
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From: Green Bay, WI

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I agree with the the need for training/testing for driving anything larger than a minivan. If they can successfully parallel park the behemoths in a tight space, then they can get a licence to drive them.

Last month I was sitting in the middle lane of a three lane exit from a grocery store (one right turn exit lane, one left exit, and one entrance). A young buck in a decked out over size pickup was turning into the entrance lane and managed to nearly hit me in my lane and clip the curb at the same time. Of course he yelled at me to move out of his way. As he pulled on by, I yelled back that he should get a small vehicle to match his driving ability. He took exception to my advise and tried to turn around his truck to come back towards me, but in his oversized PU his U turn became a 5 point turn which backed up traffic in every direction. By the time he got straighten out I was a block away and he never bothered to follow-up on our "conversation"!
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