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Thanks to all for paying attention to this thread.
This fool pulled into the Pahoa bound lane way ahead of the oncoming drivers giving plenty enough time for all the cars to get out of the way.
One day he will meet someone as nuts as he is... and that will be the end of it.
I'm not going to challenge this moron though.
I was driving a venicle twice the size.
They must be high on Ice or something.
One Thing I can always be sure of is that things will never go as expected.
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If there is any pattern to the times and places this idiot is driving someone needs to go see the local police commander and have a chat. If there is any competence at all with the PD the commander will assign someone to sandbag this guy.
Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.
Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.
Good idea to warn your friends, relatives, co-workers etc ...
A little backround and mental prep will help them deal with this guy if they see him.
Try as I might, I just could not find the clip ...
Anyone remeber the end of Vanishing Point ?
aloha,
pog
I agree with those who suggest getting on top of this thing. If there is a pattern, great. If not, go to the police, each one of you who has personally witnessed this menace, get them to understand it is an ongoing problem and hazard, not a one time thing. Ask them to respond to it as an urgent situation if you see him. Make a plan with them, insist on something being done. Then anyone who sees him, do not drive away simply glad you weren't killed this time. Pick up the cell phone (lol) and report an attempted vehicular homicide and reckless endangerment and demand they get off their arse and find this car. I mean, this is a distinctive color and make. It cannot be that hard, not like there's a hundred clones of it.
Also write the Mayor and tell him some maniac in Puna is deliberately targeting tourists and trying to run them out of the area, and point out just how bad that is considering the investment the County has in the draw of the lava viewing area and this island's overall interest in maintaining aloha for visitors.
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I thought we had this taken care of last time around.....see previous thread. License plate, phone calls, etc. The prosecuting attorney's office was on it and said it was taken care of. Obviously NOT. I doubt anything will ever change around here. SOS. Just stay very alert on the roads in Puna. Seems that is all we can do.
well, I have found that when I go back and say something that was promised taken care of was not, I have gotten results the second time. It is worth giving it another go, don't you think? Now you have assurances that were given, which you can point to, and say look, I trusted this was going to be dealt with and now I almost got killed AGAIN. That sort of thing gets their attention. Now they are being negligent (IMHO) and will bear some blame if someone gets killed, because they dropped the ball.
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In a head-on collision the determining factor is the combined speeds of the two vehicles.
You can't influence the speed of the other vehicle so what I would advise is to slow down as much as possible while still maintaining enough speed to switch lanes (on your side of the road) if the oncoming vehicle switches lanes.
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I was just about in a "head on" a 1/2 hr ago on Hwy 132. Thank goodness for 2 3 things. I was designated driver so I didnt drink at party. I was driving our Bronco and not used to it so I was going really slow and full frame under it so I would have been safer than in my little car if I had been hit.
The dumb a&& was passing around the curve going uphill right below Nanawale. A little car, couldn't see the color.
