Fiery Crash Collapses California Freeway - Page 3

Kevy Baby · 04-30-2007, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Every driver in NoCal exceeds the speed limit. And if you don't join them, they get all pissy at you.

Northern California does NOT have an exclusive on this - you see it all the time in Southern California.

And on the I-5 in the middle of the night too.

Alex · 04-30-2007, 09:09 AM

Everybody goes through there faster than the posted speed limit unless traffic is bad.

Saw it in person this morning. They've already cleaned up a bit but it is still an impressive sight (and site).

Kevy Baby · 04-30-2007, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Everybody goes through there faster than the posted speed limit unless traffic is bad.

That's the case in a lot of places in California. The way I look at it, for all the time we spend stuck in traffic, we have to go 90 MPH the rest of the time to get an overall average of 65 MPH.

Alex · 04-30-2007, 09:59 AM

It's also an unusually low speed limit (50 mph). Its a long arcing stretch on a slope. Kind of fun to take at speed in a car. A lot more fun in a tanker truck, I imagine.

lashbear · 04-30-2007, 02:24 PM

We went across that bridge on our SoNapa Tour. How bizarre to arrive home to this news !

Capt Jack · 04-30-2007, 02:41 PM

much better to be reading it from there than experiencing it first hand I would think.

Capt Jack · 04-30-2007, 03:56 PM

one would think that a reasonable exception to this 'nothing exceeds like excess' rule would be the one whose a$$ is on the line driving around with 10,000 gallons of explosives a mere foot or two behind him.

aparrently not.

Alex · 04-30-2007, 04:06 PM

Yeah, but when you drive 10,000 gallons around every day, five days a week, 50 weeks a year, you probably get over that "oh my god" feeling after a while.

CoasterMatt · 04-30-2007, 06:29 PM

I just want to say for the record, I was nowhere near that bridge at the time of the accident, and damn - I missed a 200ft. tall FIREBALL!?!?

Kevy Baby · 04-30-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

I just want to say for the record, I was nowhere near that bridge at the time of the accident, and damn - I missed a 200ft. tall FIREBALL!?!?

My thoughts exactly

04-30-2007, 09:09 AM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Everybody goes through there faster than the posted speed limit unless traffic is bad. Saw it in person this morning. They've already cleaned up a bit but it is still an impressive sight (and site).
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04-30-2007, 09:59 AM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It's also an unusually low speed limit (50 mph). Its a long arcing stretch on a slope. Kind of fun to take at speed in a car. A lot more fun in a tanker truck, I imagine.
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04-30-2007, 02:24 PM	#5
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	We went across that bridge on our SoNapa Tour. How bizarre to arrive home to this news ! __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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04-30-2007, 02:41 PM	#6
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	much better to be reading it from there than experiencing it first hand I would think. __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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04-30-2007, 03:56 PM	#7
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	one would think that a reasonable exception to this 'nothing exceeds like excess' rule would be the one whose a$$ is on the line driving around with 10,000 gallons of explosives a mere foot or two behind him. aparrently not. __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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04-30-2007, 04:06 PM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yeah, but when you drive 10,000 gallons around every day, five days a week, 50 weeks a year, you probably get over that "oh my god" feeling after a while.
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04-30-2007, 06:29 PM	#9
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	I just want to say for the record, I was nowhere near that bridge at the time of the accident, and damn - I missed a 200ft. tall FIREBALL!?!? __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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