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Article: Defensive driving. Wait, make that defensive flying.(Brief Article)
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- Flying Safety
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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Pacific Northwest. Mini-van rental. Rural two-lane road. Kids in the back. Wife beside me. Family vacation. A beautiful day.
"Honey, can you show me where we are on the map?" I turn my attention to my wife, and the map in her lap. We are both "heads-down."
My youngest son makes the call: "Daddy, the trees!" We're off the road, trees at our 12 o'clock. I spin the wheel to the left, gravel and dust take flight, and then we're back on the road. I'm a very humble man. I've just done something stupid. I almost killed us all--me, the wife and our two kids.
First, the obvious lesson: I have been driving for 26 years, but I can still do stupid things. ...