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Originally Posted by Spuds
I believe the universal rule "yeild to tonnage" applies.
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When we drove the army 5 tons loaded with artillery shells, fuel pods or many other things that go boom we had 3' by 5' signs that said " Danger explosives keep back" on all sides. It did not deter people from tailgating, cutting us off, pulling in between trucks in convoy or any of the other crap people do. The fact that in the event of a bad crash everybody involved could be turned into a fine red mist in a microsecond seemed to be beyond their comprehension. I even had an Americian reporter in Eygpt run his Renualt 3' under the back of my fuel bowser when I had been stopped for 5 minutes waiting for some guy to get his donkey and cart out of the road. Yes just like they use for comic relief in many movies but in this case no watermelon stands were harmed.