[fabsroman]

I have absolutely no idea what a dirty mary, crazy larry is, but I will assume that it is something stupid involving the use of a car.

At night, it is really easy to out drive the range of your headlights (i.e., once you see something you do not have the ability to stop in time). For instance, if a car is going 100 mph and needs 350 ft. to go from 100 to 0, but the headlights only shine out to 200 ft., you will be in big trouble when you see that train at 200 ft. Essentially, you will be 150 ft. short of stopping when you hit the train. With greater speed comes greater stopping distances and higher impact speeds at night.

When we are young, we tend to think we are invincible. I did things with my Mustang when I first got it that I wouldn't even attempt to do now. Heck, I did things with my first car, a 1980 V-8 Cougar that I wouldn't do now. Luckily I survived the incidents. Sad thing is that not everybody does. I almost believe it is a matter of luck. For me, I got lucky a couple of times, but it might have involved a slight bit of skill too.