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{"replyTo":"","text":"Well, I guess I'll be the one to start this.\n\nThis is not so funny, but it is true.\n\nThis dates back to 1977, my boss had purchased a 77 Kenworth W-900 and it was given to me, it was my first large car. The tractor was painted exactly like the KW in the first \"Smokey and the Bandit\" film. Needless to say it was the talk of the highway, especially around Georgia! \n\nAbout 5 months later I was running he11 bent for election west bound on I 20. The speedometer was showing the truck was doing about 75 or so, when the right steer tyre let go. I fought to keep the truck under control, but started to panic when I saw I was heading for a bridge abutment. I thought for sure I had bought it, I kept imagining the headlines in the newspaper with a photgraph of this KW smashed like an aluminum can against the bridge.\n\nI did get the truck stopped about 5 feet from the overpass. I sat in the seat shaking. Then a voice made me jump, a Georgia highway patrol officer was standing by the drivers side. He asked me if I was OK. I told him I was. He then told me he was planning on pulling me over and giving me a ticket for speeding, but when the tyre blew, he didn't have the heart to. He stayed with me until the wrecker got there. Before the patrol officer left, he turned to me and asked \"You going to slow down now?\" I told him YES!! \n\nThat is one experience I don't want to ever go through again!\n","replyToPid":0}

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613095 发表于 2019-08-12 21:05:18 Well, I guess I'll be the one to start this.\n\nThis is not so funny, but it is true.\n\nThis dates back to 1977, my boss had purchased a 77 Kenworth W-900 and it was given to me, it was my first large car. The tractor was painted exactly like the KW in the first \"Smokey and the Bandit\" film. Needless to say it was the talk of the highway, especially around Georgia! \n\nAbout 5 months later I was running he11 bent for election west bound on I 20. The speedometer was showing the truck was doing about 75 or so, when the right steer tyre let go. I fought to keep the truck under control, but started to panic when I saw I was heading for a bridge abutment. I thought for sure I had bought it, I kept imagining the headlines in the newspaper with a photgraph of this KW smashed like an aluminum can against the bridge.\n\nI did get the truck stopped about 5 feet from the overpass. I sat in the seat shaking. Then a voice made me jump, a Georgia highway patrol officer was standing by the drivers side. He asked me if I was OK. I told him I was. He then told me he was planning on pulling me over and giving me a ticket for speeding, but when the tyre blew, he didn't have the heart to. He stayed with me until the wrecker got there. Before the patrol officer left, he turned to me and asked \"You going to slow down now?\" I told him YES!! \n\nThat is one experience I don't want to ever go through again!\n

","text":"Good Story actually","replyToPid":177903}