Sad HWY accident
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swimmy
An honest tune with a lingering lead
I was literally on that same stretch the day before coming home from Sheridan, WY.
Tragic indeed.
Doesn't take a wreck to cause that anymore.
Awful and sad.
I can’t remember being taught how to drive in blackout conditions. I think I’d pull over or go super slow and hope someone doesn’t cream me from behind. I wouldn’t blame the victim(s) though. That doesn’t seem right.
Dust from farm fields—Is no one taught how to grow food without discing dry fields in windy conditions? Millenias’ worth of beautiful topsoil, carried away by the wind and depleting the future productivity of our farmlands for our children—it’s another kind of crying shame.
I can’t remember being taught how to drive in blackout conditions. I think I’d pull over or go super slow and hope someone doesn’t cream me from behind. I wouldn’t blame the victim(s) though. That doesn’t seem right.
Dust from farm fields—Is no one taught how to grow food without discing dry fields in windy conditions? Millenias’ worth of beautiful topsoil, carried away by the wind and depleting the future productivity of our farmlands for our children—it’s another kind of crying shame.
I was also on that stretch on the 90 the day after…
As I was driving into NYC yesterday, it was dumping rain so hard they closed the hwy two hours after I got off…crawling at 15 mph, some cars, mostly small sedans, just pulled off into the shoulder to wait it out. I was in a slightly lifted jeep…so no problemo…Is no one taught anymore how to and at what speed to drive in a sand storm??
Common sense people…common sense.
I was in Ohio a few years ago. We got rained on . It came down so hard that the wipers couldn't keep the windshield clear. I pulled under an overpass and waited it out.
I heard about that wreck but didn't read about it. I usually pull over in heavy fog or blowing sand. But sand will blow for weeks after it has been plowed and seeded, after all it is new dirt.
I heard about that wreck but didn't read about it. I usually pull over in heavy fog or blowing sand. But sand will blow for weeks after it has been plowed and seeded, after all it is new dirt.
FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
As a kid we traveled thru sandstorms in Nevada, Arizona, and the Mohave Desert in the early 70s.
Back then the advice was…
* SLOW WAY THE HELL DOWN…crawling speed
* DO NOT STOP!!…not even to pull over
* DRIVE BY BRAILLE…back then, the highways had super-sized highway bumps and reflectors. Not sure if they do now…. seems to me everyone went to the divot style markers with reflectors imbedded (to save on marker replacements/longer life)…and that may be the problem in itself right there!!
These days…
High rates of speed, and lack of decency to one another and common sense, and poor road planning/cost cutting are the recipe for these multi-car pileups that lead to tragedy.