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Sharksbaja
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Screw the insurance company. If that truck hadn't acted to warn and protect you and approaching cars you could have had a deadly accident being
stopped there like that. Personally I would have driven that thing off the road one way or another. Glad it all worked out in the end though. The
truck gods were smiling on you that night.
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Aventurera
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Personally I would have driven that thing off the road one way or another. |
Honestly, we drove on for a few minutes, but we had no idea where the next place to pull off would be...no idea it was 7 km up the road until the
insurance adjustor got there. From the shoulder of the road, the ground just sloped down a good 15 to 20 feet, so we would have had to push the car
off the road and let it roll down the slope. I suggested leaving the car and moving ourselves off the road and down the slope, but my boyfriend
informed me that there were likely scorpions and snakes just waiting for my flip-flop-clad feet. So, yeah, the options were limited. Luckily, as
those who drive on Mexican roads know, one is always prepared for the odd broken down car, slow-moving vehicle, or random pedestrian strolling down
the highway, so the vehicles that did go by did so very safely.
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bajaguy
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And that's why you should carry full or empty (I prefer full) Tecate cans in the trunk!!!!
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vacaenbaja
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You know it would not be a bad idea to note where there are shoulders big enough to pull a car into along mex 1.
When you find yourself in the position of needing to get
you and your car out of harms way it would be nice to know
just how far away such a place is from where you broke down. This is especially true of the portions of the road that
wind up and down hills. I think that i will start to note the estblished turnouts on my nexts few trips down.
The road edges are very dangerous and unforgiving.
Especially those weed hiiden blocks of 1foot high cement
found at dips and culverts. Trailer tires will usually hit them when the towing vehicle doesn't because often they track wider than the tow vehicle.
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Martyman
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I'd like a map with all the taco stands listed. Oh yeah and make me a map where I can buy lobsters that have been taken illegally too!!
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
I'd like a map with all the taco stands listed. Oh yeah and make me a map where I can buy lobsters that have been taken illegally too!!
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What lobster?? :They are always legal, just ask the vendor.
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