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Replying to: ruking1 (Jun 16, 2009 12:05 pm) And to be honest, I greatly prefer that driving to city driving. Concentrating on city driving is much more irksome. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 16, 2009 1:54 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 16, 2009 1:54 pm) I recall years back on a Saturday afternoon in Columbus on I71 all of a sudden there were large pieces of steel sliding on the roadway. A truck hauling scales like used for weighing sacks of feed for animals had lost one and it broke into parts at over 60 mph. Lots of dodging.
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jun 16, 2009 2:16 pm) |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 16, 2009 2:20 pm) A few years ago in my area they finally implemented a law to deal with unsecured lods. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 16, 2009 1:54 pm) Sometimes the "surprises" come from unexpected places and can't be seen. Several years ago my sister was driving in Colorado down a segment of interstate that was somewhat sunken below the area it was going through. All of a sudden a herd of elk jumped into the road right on top of her car. They never saw it coming.
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jun 16, 2009 7:11 am) I've seen stuff in the "Charm City" that would make a cage fighter cringe - especially on the inner loop beltway, topside towards the JFX (sorry for the local colloquialisms), I don't know how they derived these metro areas but I would say the "study" is more opinion than factual. As for New York City, given the sheer daunting monster amount of traffic with no room to spare, they're doing pretty good from my limited experiences in Manhattan and the boroughs.... New Yorkers are not mean, they're just very focused. If you start driving like a twit - they're going to let you know about it and then meet up later with you for a beer - nothing personal mind you...... |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 16, 2009 2:20 pm) About steel. Some years back, going into work (7-8 AM) eastbound on I90 and 3 lanes each way, was in left lane. Traffic flowing maybe 60-50, left to right. Eastbound has the rush traffic. Westbound traffic light in AM. In peripheral vision I notice Westbound long-bed dump truck semi with dump bed box at angle (60 deg perhaps) and apparently going up. The next thing I notice is dump box at vert and hitting and knocking down much of overhead support structure for road signs and signs. Perhaps I was half-block away when impact occurred. Fortunately there were no vehicles adjacent to the dump truck, nor immediately behind. Believe that debris stayed on pavement of Westbound lanes. In any event, median was wide enough that debris would not be a problem for we Eastbounders and we just continued on at speed. |
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jun 16, 2009 2:42 pm) This happened many years ago and was recounted to me by relative. Relative's buddy, in early 20's, had a newish car and with real bumpers in that era. Buddy was driving down alley in Chicago and saw a larger cardboard box ahead in his path. He merely wanted to hit it to bunt it out of the way. Turns out there was a safe hidden in it. Car was damaged and driver was just shaken and bruised up a bit. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 16, 2009 11:15 am) 
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