+Dan-oh Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 I was headed back down the hill from the Soledad Splendor urban cache in San Diego and saw this: Being in construction, I have a good idea just how much work is involved here...empty dirt, crane truck, re-load dirt into new truck, deal with spilled fuel, on and on. The driver noticed me shooting and asked me not to take his picture. I think I'd feel the same if it happend to me so I blurred him out. A bad day at work defined! Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 hmmm...downhill, sharp right turn, heavy truck. It must be the city's fault for poor road design. You know he'll probably sue! Quote Link to comment
+RainbowCache Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Just be glad you were searching for a cache hidden behind the third large rock by the wall. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Only time I've ever seen something like that the guy got out his window and I heard him muttering "Bad corner, that's the second time..." or something like that. Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Scariest Truck accident I have ever seen was a tractor trailer where the trailer had caught fire. Held up a stretch of the 401 near toronto for 30+ KMs. Quote Link to comment
+Sissy-n-CR Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 There's a spot in a nearby town where two major roads come together, but it's on a four lane highway. One road is straight, the other hooks into the other at a light. On the other side of the light is a Waffle House. One day I come across a log truck turned over with all of the logs in the restaurant's parking lot. Good thing it was mid afternoon and no one was parked out front! CR Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 I was driving through Tennessee and a flatbed carrying steel girders tipped over about a half-mile ahead on the interstate. With nowhere to turn around, we were stopped there for three hours. I had never played football on a freeway before. What was funny was a couple hours in when people started sneaking into the woods along the highway to do their business... Quote Link to comment
+Johnnie Stalkers Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 (edited) Tractor Trailer experinced a load shift in front of me about 3 years ago. I was about 1/4 mile behind him and the trailer starts to rock and then tips left. The truck and trailer ended up on its driver side spanning 3 lanes of highway. Another driver and I pulled the truck driver out. (he was spilling diesel at a rather alarming rate) Luckily no one was injured. As we stood there and trafic bottle necked into the right lane, people kept driving by flicking cigs out of their windows. Hmmmm smoldering cig butts and a growing puddle of diesel. Edited November 20, 2003 by Johnnie Stalkers Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Worst one I seen was on I-80 in PA during the holidays... I was 9-10pm and a stationwagon carrying a few children (unseatbelted) were illegally towing another car without any lights on the rear car. An 18 wheeler didn't see the towed car and ran right over it crushing it and the father of the family in the station wagon. The wagon spun out and rolled ejecting the children and all of the luggage and presents which were in the car. The scene looked like a plane crash with all the debris strewn about. Took 3 stat-flight choppers to fly out the wounded to local hospitals. I believe all the children survived. Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 As we stood there and trafic bottle necked into the right lane, people kept driving by flicking cigs out of their windows. Hmmmm smoldering cig butts and a growing puddle of diesel. That's one of the nice things about diesel fuel...you can extinquish a match in a puddle of it. Much safer than gasoline. Quote Link to comment
+Dan-oh Posted November 20, 2003 Author Share Posted November 20, 2003 Gadzooks! There's some nasty sounding crashes. I didn't intend for this to be the 5 o'clock traffic report. Quote Link to comment
+astrojr1&GGGal Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 We found this horse trailer almost in the creek. Wild wacky stuff. Quote Link to comment
+Webfoot Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 As we stood there and trafic bottle necked into the right lane, people kept driving by flicking cigs out of their windows. Hmmmm smoldering cig butts and a growing puddle of diesel. Could have been a candidate for the Darwin Awards had a conflaguration started. Quote Link to comment
+chikn' huntn' Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Just be glad you were searching for a cache hidden behind the third large rock by the wall. lol that would be my luck Quote Link to comment
+jeff35080 Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Hmmmm smoldering cig butts and a growing puddle of diesel It would be almost impossible for the cig butts to ignite the diesel fuel. It's possible, but unlikely. If it were gasoline, however, that would be a different story Quote Link to comment
+Johnnie Stalkers Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Yes, knowing how unlikely it was that the diesel would ignite and being comfortable standing in a puddle while people flick butts at me are two different things. Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Yes, knowing how unlikely it was that the diesel would ignite and being comfortable standing in a puddle while people flick butts at me are two different things. I think I can safely say that I would be unconfortable with people flicking butts at me no matter what I was standing in! Quote Link to comment
btouch Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 hmmm...downhill, sharp right turn, heavy truck. It must be the city's fault for poor road design. You know he'll probably sue! Did anyone else think it odd that it appears the truck was turning left and ended up rolling over on its left side. Maybe I'm missing something, but I would have expected the load shift from a left-hand turn to cause the truck to roll to its right. Quote Link to comment
+oneeyesquare Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 I see tire tracks indicating a right turn... Either a very LATE right turn or a right turn with too much entry speed... Quote Link to comment
+CacheCreatures Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 (edited) Considering it was a right turn, its amazingly fortunate that no one was waiting at that stop sign, or no pedestrian was on the side walk or crossing the road... So if the cache was behind that wall, would that mean it was in violation of the cache placement rules? No buried caches... Edited November 25, 2003 by CacheCreatures Quote Link to comment
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