Mrs. Mik
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Driving home from the store today, I happened to notice a Class A headed the other way on the highway . . . . not a big deal, as this a major east/west highway, but I'm thinking that they didn't realize their main slide was about 1 foot extended! There was no way I could turn around and catch him, so I only hope he realized before it fully deployed! 
Yikes! I've heard of things like that before, but never saw them myself!
I'll be keeping an eye on the local papers!
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coolbreeze01
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I saw a lady make a right turn onto a main street, and her drivers side rear door came fully open. Luckily nothing came flying out. Strange.
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We had a guy make a right turn some years ago on a freeway (Ramping from w/b to n/b and HE came out (Drunker than a skunk)
Then his truck, devoid of driver, did what vehicles are designed to do, IT went STRAIGHT, Blump-de-blump over the curb, Over the brem and ALLI-OPPS onto the freeway below.. Right on top of a car. Killing 2 people.
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Rubiranch
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Maybe they had to open it a bit so they could get to the bathroom. 
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OR, maybe it was jammed and they were fully aware of it.
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I'd go with probably not retracting fully and he bypassed the safety switch so he could get home or at least to a dealer.
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jrs1871
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Bet his MPG went right down the tubes with that extra drag and the aerodynamics all screwed up. I too opt for equipment problem and just trying to get home or to a dealer for repair. I would think that would really mess up your ability to use rear view mirrors on that side.
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The_Vintagers
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or it was the mechanice from the dealer doing a test drive to go to lunch and leave old food in the fridge
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BillB800si
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I remember the time we pulled off at a rest stop for lunch. Cleaned up and started out and saw our dinette slide was still extended. Scared the jeebees out of me. Now I do the once look over before jumping back in the pickup.
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Past Friday night we saw a motor home with it's front generator slide tray partially open. He pulled out from a side street and was going the same direction as us, so we slowed down. But he made a right turn before he got to us and there was nothing we could do.
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