[larryweikartsr]

While we're on the safety issue I'll tell you about a good lesson I learned a few years ago and forgot. I pulled on the berm of I-10, (the reason to pull over can be numerous, but I just had to use the John and wasn't sure I could make it to a more appropriate area) When I returned to the drivers seat and got ready to pull back on the road, I checked my rearview mirror and saw a solid line of traffic, almost all of which were semi's, but quite a distance back I could see about 3 ft. of a oversized mobile home being towed to its new home, all 3 ft. being over the white line of berm. As I watched it come, I was certain I would be feeling the full impact. A trucker must have saved my day with his cb as I watched the driver of the tow vehicle swerve into the passing lane at the very last moment. He surely missed me by more than it looked like, but it wasn't a bunch. Thank heaven for the passing lane being open at that moment of very heavy traffic. I never stopped on the berm after that experience!