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Old 08-07-13 | 06:21 PM
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Old 08-07-13 | 07:02 PM
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Old 08-07-13 | 07:54 PM
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To bad you weren't going the other way, you could have drafted him.
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Old 08-07-13 | 08:57 PM
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Chicken! You should have kept riding full speed until HE pulled over.
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Old 08-07-13 | 08:59 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep6y2bvdAj0 This is a one-lane bridge, but vehicles do wait on each other, too!
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Old 08-07-13 | 10:40 PM
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I think I would have pulled off as well, BUT on the drivers side, so to make sure the driver could see me as he passed.
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Old 08-07-13 | 10:42 PM
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How do you know it wasn't wrong side drive?
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Old 08-08-13 | 12:27 PM
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To bad you weren't going the other way, you could have drafted him.
If you'd ever drafted a garbage truck...

well, you wouldn't try to do it again.
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