I've always appreciated how fast the Eclipse can go but it wasn't until yesterday when I learned to really appreciate how quickly it can stop. Following a line of cars turning left, the car in front had barely crossed the crosswalk when the driver suddenly decided that he wanted to make another left across the double yellow lines into some strip mall parking lot on the left-hand side -- traffic laws and other drivers be damned!
The car behind him stopped in time but I didn't see her until the last second and therefore had to slam on the brakes. The Eclipse hauled to a standstill mere inches away from the other car, leaving me to wipe my sweaty brow and give the clueless driver a dirty look...
Caroline Pardilla, Production Editor
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