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One of the main reasons I got rid of my Cobalt SS Sedan, well that and it was always in the shop getting fixed because of horrible quality control. I went thru a period in 3 months were I was almost killed by people texting 4 times, all of them would have been head on collisions on backroads where the speed limit is 45 and above. The worst one though was on a 4 lane road and I was in the far right lane and a teenage boy was coming the opposite direction in the far right lane and I could see him from about 100 yards out and his head was down and his car just started drifting out of his lane into the left lane and then into the oncoming traffic left lane and barreling right at me going 55mph. I swerved off the road and he looked up at the last minute and jerked the car back across 3 lanes before hitting me. Would have been a front left driver to driver head on collison. As soon as i could get back on the road I was turned around going after him ready to beat the shit out out of him, luckily for him I got caught at a light and he made it thru. Probably for the best that i didn't because almost dying because of some idiot not paying attention will set off the hulk in you! That was the 4th and scariest incident involving a texter. All of them happened during the day and it is an epidemic far worse than drunk driving. At least with DD I know my odds of getting hit by one go up at night but with a texter it could be anytime. I knew if i got hit in that Cobalt i was a dead man and combined with the constant state of problems with the car i sold it and bought a Charger. Probably would still be dead in the same type of wreck but would have a better chance in the Charger plus with kids in the car with me often times I couldn't take the chance in the Cobalt anymore.
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