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Related: About this forumClose call for semi truck driver in Michigan snow storm on 1/29/19
M-6 is also known as the Paul B. Henry Highway. It skirts around Grand Rapids so folks can avoid I-196 downtown & US-131 which is a nightmare.
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Close call for semi truck driver in Michigan snow storm on 1/29/19 (Original Post)
catbyte
Jan 2019
OP
Don't know. The driver may also have been trying to avoid going into the back of the truck that was
3Hotdogs
Jan 2019
#4
Didn't see any flashers or brake lights that tractor. Both drivers did a good job getting around him
marble falls
Jan 2019
#7
safeinOhio
(33,592 posts)1. Been on that road a lot this year.
Great way to miss those big curve, traffic and construction on 131.
thucythucy
(8,623 posts)2. Looks to me that the car passing the truck
was driving way too fast--not accommodating at all for the conditions.
Am I fair in calling that driver an idiot?
The trucker, on the other hand, seemed amazingly cool. I would have been screaming my head off during a near-crash like that.
3Hotdogs
(13,128 posts)4. Don't know. The driver may also have been trying to avoid going into the back of the truck that was
stopped.
3Hotdogs
(13,128 posts)5. On second view, yeah, idiot.
marble falls
(60,193 posts)7. Didn't see any flashers or brake lights that tractor. Both drivers did a good job getting around him
catbyte
(35,329 posts)6. Agreed. That idiot driving the car is lucky s/he didn't end up in the middle of the median.
UpInArms
(51,552 posts)3. That was one awesome driver
On a bad road with danger everywhere