How many Million Milers do we have?

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  1. fancypants

    fancypants Medium Load Member

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    2mil. one ticket speeding. one accident with no ticket. Car got under me in a rt hand turn.
     
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  3. 87Eagle

    87Eagle Bobtail Member

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    Just my opinion, but I think some of us old timers might agree...I think that tickets are "unsafe" so to me, a million safe miles means no accidents AND no tickets.

    Curious what the other million milers think.
     
  4. EZ Money

    EZ Money Road Train Member

    I'm reaching the 3 million mile mark by the end of the year.
    Never had an accident and only a couple speeding tickets....no tickets in the last 5 years though except for being 400 lbs over gross.....Freakin Virginia chicken house..
    I took on just a little too much fuel that day.
     
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  5. glynn1966

    glynn1966 Bobtail Member

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    been driving 27 years with no accidents so i guess i probably have a couple million lol :biggrin_2559:
     
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  6. bidwist

    bidwist Bobtail Member

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    Driving since 1972,no accidnts,less than 10 tickets total,as for miles,estimated at 3.5 may be more.
     
  7. bidwist

    bidwist Bobtail Member

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    driving since 1972,no accidnts,less than 10 tickets total,estmatd mi.,3.5 maybe more
     
  8. FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

    Over the 4,000,000 mile mark not sure of exact #
     
  9. fancypants

    fancypants Medium Load Member

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    I agree an dis agree.Questions is how many million milers.... not how many accident/ticket free million milers.My ticket was 17 yrs ago. accident 19 yrs ago.Want to be in the other club no accidents or tickets. Oh well ill just keep trying
     
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  10. PXI Incorporated

    PXI Incorporated Medium Load Member

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    I disagree, just because you received a ticket does not necessarily mean that you were being unsafe.

    A lineman climbs a utility pole and starts working with electricity which could kill him. Is that unsafe? Some may think it is, but with the proper training he makes what MOST consider unsafe, safe for him and others around him.

    I would use that here. With proper training and understanding, driving 70 in a 65 may NOT be unsafe for an experienced driver, but an inexperienced driver may be unsafe driving much slower then the posted limit. It all has to do with your experience and ability. By law Who would get the ticket, the experienced driver who created no unsafe condition, but who would have no tickets? I think that this question can't be simply answered as every situation can cause different results and it is very possible to do the most dangerous things in the safest of ways. IMHO
     
  11. FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

    Some TICKETS are just plain DUMB.

    I recieved 1 for removing a CHALK mark on my tire in a rinky dink little town in Northern Ontario that some BYLAW guy had put on to determine if I sat there too long. It was a whole $3.00.
     
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