We were driving up the Coromandel on the Thames/Coromandel Town side. It's very narrow and curvy, with precious few turnouts. A propane (liquid gas, whatever) truck/lorry roared up on my tail, so I stopped sight seeing, and drove as fast as I felt safe (~70 KPH), and he kept tailgating me. FINALLY I was able to let him past (hard to pull over with something like that looming in one's rearview mirror). In no time flat he pulled far away from me, mostly by driving in the middle of the road. I kept waiting for him to crash and go boom. I realize he knew that road better than I, but still he was driving recklessly with such an explosive cargo.
On another road, I nearly got hit by a fuel truck that was halfway in my lane. If I hadn't been driving at a safe speed, I doubt I would have had time to avoid him. AND he had a line of cars tailgating, wanting to go even faster!
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