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Oh, are they?
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Carmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: '22 MACH-E; '74 Austin Mini
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Rumor has it that said BMW driver above was otherwise pre-occupied on her phone. But that's just what I heard.
Austin American Statesman: Austin woman dies in wreck while talking on cell phone Friend on other end of call hears the crash Friends said 29-year-old Sarah Polkowski of Austin often talked on her cell phone while she was driving. In the midst of a conversation Friday with her best friend, she lost control of her red BMW on a rain-slick road, swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a commercial truck. Her friend "heard her intake of breath, like a startle," said her husband, Stephen Polkowski, "and then something that sounded like the start of a crash before the call ended." Austin police, who were still investigating the cause of the noon wreck on RM 2222, said witnesses saw the westbound BMW veer into the eastbound lanes. snip... |
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gone riding...
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: 2024 Tesla Model Y LR
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heh... how stupid! I hope more Austin motorists read this story and start using headsets or a bluetooth phones, or just wait until they get home to talk.
--Andrew
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Carmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: '22 MACH-E; '74 Austin Mini
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wrong place at the wrong time too. slippery roads probably didn't help. :-(
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Jaded
Join Date: Mar 2004
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What's the difference between a Farm to Market road VS. a Ranch Road?
Yes, Texas is super sized. 4 digit road names are kewl... have to repeat it a couple times to remember when ya first hear it. But that's just me. |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: 2016 BMW M3
Location: Dallas, TX
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gone riding...
Join Date: Oct 2003
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I bet you can buy a ranch out there cheap 20 years ago!
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Imagine how nice of a race track you can build in the Hill Country East and West of 360. It's like you can build a Nurburgring in Austin. 15 mile track, 60 turns, with elevation changes as much as 30 stories. Perfectly smooth pavement, with perfectly clean red and white strips at each apex, turn in, and track out points. Just gotta fench the entire place down so there won't be any deer or cowz hangin out. |
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