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Something else to worry about
Anybody seen the news.....
Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
Biker hurt, tub trashed.
I remember a safety article, (too many years ago), about something
called the
'Fridge Factor` - basically 'If somebody dropped a fridge in the
road,
are you going too fast too deal with it?`
Seems it finally happened.
MadDog
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Anybody seen the news.....
Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
Biker hurt, tub trashed.
I remember a safety article, (too many years ago), about something
called the
'Fridge Factor` - basically 'If somebody dropped a fridge in the
road,
are you going too fast too deal with it?`
Seems it finally happened.
MadDog
\\\\\\|/////
( @ @ )
-----------oOOo( )oOOo---------------
oooO Hangin` in there!
---------( )---Oooo----------------
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Re: Something else to worry about
<MadDogR75@yahoo . com > wrote in message
news:1176076979.035818.242030@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups . com ...
> Anybody seen the news.....
> Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
> a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
> Biker hurt, tub trashed.
>
> I remember a safety article, (too many years ago), about something
> called the
> 'Fridge Factor` - basically 'If somebody dropped a fridge in the
> road,
> are you going too fast too deal with it?`
> Seems it finally happened.
> MadDog
> \\\\\\|/////
No, that happened several years ago. I believe it was 2002. I was passing
slower traffic through Hartford, CT on (I-84?, from memory) headed
East-bound toward Boston. Came around a semi-blind corner to the left and
found a fridge blocking the entire left lane. Not far beyond it was a
pickup truck stopped in the same lane with a damaged tailgate. I was able
to do a quick merge to the right which is good, as I likely would have been
rear-ended if I had to stop. (that is, I would have stopped, but I doubt if
the guy behind me would have) It seems the fridge had been standing upright
in the pickup, but not secured properly, so it tumbled over the back and
dropped into the left lane of the freeway. Yikes.
Worse, the next winter, I was driving somewhere in Central MA (South of
Worcester somewhere, on 146, I believe) and came around a blind corner to
find a SNOWPLOW plowing my lane, headed right TOWARD me. It was one of
those big dump-truck ones with a blade as wide as a traffic lane. That was
the worst "oh shit" moment I've had with an unexpected obstruction in the
road. I had to cross the double yellow (WAY over it) to get around the
plow. Lucky for me, there was a clear spot in opposing traffic just wide
enough for me to squeeze through. -Dave
<MadDogR75@yahoo . com > wrote in message
news:1176076979.035818.242030@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups . com ...
> Anybody seen the news.....
> Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
> a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
> Biker hurt, tub trashed.
>
> I remember a safety article, (too many years ago), about something
> called the
> 'Fridge Factor` - basically 'If somebody dropped a fridge in the
> road,
> are you going too fast too deal with it?`
> Seems it finally happened.
> MadDog
> \\\\\\|/////
No, that happened several years ago. I believe it was 2002. I was passing
slower traffic through Hartford, CT on (I-84?, from memory) headed
East-bound toward Boston. Came around a semi-blind corner to the left and
found a fridge blocking the entire left lane. Not far beyond it was a
pickup truck stopped in the same lane with a damaged tailgate. I was able
to do a quick merge to the right which is good, as I likely would have been
rear-ended if I had to stop. (that is, I would have stopped, but I doubt if
the guy behind me would have) It seems the fridge had been standing upright
in the pickup, but not secured properly, so it tumbled over the back and
dropped into the left lane of the freeway. Yikes.
Worse, the next winter, I was driving somewhere in Central MA (South of
Worcester somewhere, on 146, I believe) and came around a blind corner to
find a SNOWPLOW plowing my lane, headed right TOWARD me. It was one of
those big dump-truck ones with a blade as wide as a traffic lane. That was
the worst "oh shit" moment I've had with an unexpected obstruction in the
road. I had to cross the double yellow (WAY over it) to get around the
plow. Lucky for me, there was a clear spot in opposing traffic just wide
enough for me to squeeze through. -Dave
Re: Something else to worry about
Dave wrote:
> Worse, the next winter, I was driving somewhere in Central MA (South of
> Worcester somewhere, on 146, I believe) and came around a blind corner
> to find a SNOWPLOW plowing my lane, headed right TOWARD me. It was one
> of those big dump-truck ones with a blade as wide as a traffic lane.
Seems to me I saw a movie something like that... Snow Day ?
The villain of the piece was a redneck snowplow driver.
Sean Q
Dave wrote:
> Worse, the next winter, I was driving somewhere in Central MA (South of
> Worcester somewhere, on 146, I believe) and came around a blind corner
> to find a SNOWPLOW plowing my lane, headed right TOWARD me. It was one
> of those big dump-truck ones with a blade as wide as a traffic lane.
Seems to me I saw a movie something like that... Snow Day ?
The villain of the piece was a redneck snowplow driver.
Sean Q
Re: Something else to worry about
"Dave" <noway@nohow.not> wrote
> No, that happened several years ago. I believe it was 2002. I was
> passing slower traffic through Hartford, CT on (I-84?, from memory) headed
> East-bound toward Boston. Came around a semi-blind corner to the left and
> found a fridge blocking the entire left lane.
Several years ago I was northbound on I-215, just north of Perris, CA, when
I saw a Porta-Potti fall off the back end of a flatbed truck. Fortunately, I
saw it teetering in time and was able to change lanes well before the shit
hit the freeway.
"Dave" <noway@nohow.not> wrote
> No, that happened several years ago. I believe it was 2002. I was
> passing slower traffic through Hartford, CT on (I-84?, from memory) headed
> East-bound toward Boston. Came around a semi-blind corner to the left and
> found a fridge blocking the entire left lane.
Several years ago I was northbound on I-215, just north of Perris, CA, when
I saw a Porta-Potti fall off the back end of a flatbed truck. Fortunately, I
saw it teetering in time and was able to change lanes well before the shit
hit the freeway.
Re: Something else to worry about
>> No, that happened several years ago. I believe it was 2002. I was
>> passing slower traffic through Hartford, CT on (I-84?, from memory)
>> headed East-bound toward Boston. Came around a semi-blind corner to the
>> left and found a fridge blocking the entire left lane.
>
> Several years ago I was northbound on I-215, just north of Perris, CA,
> when I saw a Porta-Potti fall off the back end of a flatbed truck.
> Fortunately, I saw it teetering in time and was able to change lanes well
> before the shit hit the freeway.
Yikes. If you'd have hit it, I think the car would have been totalled, even
though the repair estimate would have been less than a thousand bucks.
After all, who would clean up THAT mess? You couldn't pay them
nough. -Dave
>> No, that happened several years ago. I believe it was 2002. I was
>> passing slower traffic through Hartford, CT on (I-84?, from memory)
>> headed East-bound toward Boston. Came around a semi-blind corner to the
>> left and found a fridge blocking the entire left lane.
>
> Several years ago I was northbound on I-215, just north of Perris, CA,
> when I saw a Porta-Potti fall off the back end of a flatbed truck.
> Fortunately, I saw it teetering in time and was able to change lanes well
> before the shit hit the freeway.
Yikes. If you'd have hit it, I think the car would have been totalled, even
though the repair estimate would have been less than a thousand bucks.
After all, who would clean up THAT mess? You couldn't pay them
nough. -Dave
Re: Something else to worry about
"Mike T." <noway@nohow . net > wrote in message
news:461b9503$0$97261$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews . net ...
>>> No, that happened several years ago. I believe it was 2002. I was
>>> passing slower traffic through Hartford, CT on (I-84?, from memory)
>>> headed East-bound toward Boston. Came around a semi-blind corner to the
>>> left and found a fridge blocking the entire left lane.
>>
>> Several years ago I was northbound on I-215, just north of Perris, CA,
>> when I saw a Porta-Potti fall off the back end of a flatbed truck.
>> Fortunately, I saw it teetering in time and was able to change lanes well
>> before the shit hit the freeway.
>
> Yikes. If you'd have hit it, I think the car would have been totalled,
> even though the repair estimate would have been less than a thousand
> bucks. After all, who would clean up THAT mess? You couldn't pay them
> nough. -Dave
I'm pretty sure they empty them before transporting
them... and never underestimate an insurance company,
they're experts at it.
__
Steve
'06 FXDI
KI5YG
#0627
.
"Mike T." <noway@nohow . net > wrote in message
news:461b9503$0$97261$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews . net ...
>>> No, that happened several years ago. I believe it was 2002. I was
>>> passing slower traffic through Hartford, CT on (I-84?, from memory)
>>> headed East-bound toward Boston. Came around a semi-blind corner to the
>>> left and found a fridge blocking the entire left lane.
>>
>> Several years ago I was northbound on I-215, just north of Perris, CA,
>> when I saw a Porta-Potti fall off the back end of a flatbed truck.
>> Fortunately, I saw it teetering in time and was able to change lanes well
>> before the shit hit the freeway.
>
> Yikes. If you'd have hit it, I think the car would have been totalled,
> even though the repair estimate would have been less than a thousand
> bucks. After all, who would clean up THAT mess? You couldn't pay them
> nough. -Dave
I'm pretty sure they empty them before transporting
them... and never underestimate an insurance company,
they're experts at it.
__
Steve
'06 FXDI
KI5YG
#0627
.
Re: Something else to worry about
"Mike T." <noway@nohow . net > wrote
> Yikes. If you'd have hit it, I think the car would have been totalled,
> even though the repair estimate would have been less than a thousand
> bucks.
Car? What car? We don't need no steeking cars! This is Reeky!
"Mike T." <noway@nohow . net > wrote
> Yikes. If you'd have hit it, I think the car would have been totalled,
> even though the repair estimate would have been less than a thousand
> bucks.
Car? What car? We don't need no steeking cars! This is Reeky!
Re: Something else to worry about
MadDogR75@yahoo . com wrote:
>Anybody seen the news.....
>Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
>a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
>Biker hurt, tub trashed.
>
>I remember a safety article, (too many years ago), about something
>called the
>'Fridge Factor` - basically 'If somebody dropped a fridge in the
>road,
>are you going too fast too deal with it?`
>Seems it finally happened.
I once failed a clothes drier test. It was, fortunately for me, while
driving a van rather than a bike, however. I had been too closely
following a car who was too closely following a pickup truck ahead of
it when the car suddenly swerved to the right. This revealed a drier
that had fallen off the truck and was now immediately in my path. I
hit the drier and pushed it into the oncoming traffic's lane where it
got hit and pushed back across the center line and hit yet again! Nobody
got hurt and the property damage was relatively small considering the
number of collisions!
--
========================================================================
Michael Kesti | "And like, one and one don't make
| two, one and one make one."
mrkesti at hotmail dot com | - The Who, Bargain
MadDogR75@yahoo . com wrote:
>Anybody seen the news.....
>Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
>a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
>Biker hurt, tub trashed.
>
>I remember a safety article, (too many years ago), about something
>called the
>'Fridge Factor` - basically 'If somebody dropped a fridge in the
>road,
>are you going too fast too deal with it?`
>Seems it finally happened.
I once failed a clothes drier test. It was, fortunately for me, while
driving a van rather than a bike, however. I had been too closely
following a car who was too closely following a pickup truck ahead of
it when the car suddenly swerved to the right. This revealed a drier
that had fallen off the truck and was now immediately in my path. I
hit the drier and pushed it into the oncoming traffic's lane where it
got hit and pushed back across the center line and hit yet again! Nobody
got hurt and the property damage was relatively small considering the
number of collisions!
--
========================================================================
Michael Kesti | "And like, one and one don't make
| two, one and one make one."
mrkesti at hotmail dot com | - The Who, Bargain
Re: Something else to worry about
>
> I once failed a clothes drier test.
Next time push the start button AFTER loading the clothes into it. :)
> It was, fortunately for me, while
> driving a van rather than a bike, however. I had been too closely
> following a car who was too closely following a pickup truck ahead of
> it when the car suddenly swerved to the right. This revealed a drier
> that had fallen off the truck and was now immediately in my path. I
> hit the drier and pushed it into the oncoming traffic's lane where it
> got hit and pushed back across the center line and hit yet again! Nobody
> got hurt and the property damage was relatively small considering the
> number of collisions!
>
I hope it was a brand new clothes drier before it fell off the truck. -Dave
>
> I once failed a clothes drier test.
Next time push the start button AFTER loading the clothes into it. :)
> It was, fortunately for me, while
> driving a van rather than a bike, however. I had been too closely
> following a car who was too closely following a pickup truck ahead of
> it when the car suddenly swerved to the right. This revealed a drier
> that had fallen off the truck and was now immediately in my path. I
> hit the drier and pushed it into the oncoming traffic's lane where it
> got hit and pushed back across the center line and hit yet again! Nobody
> got hurt and the property damage was relatively small considering the
> number of collisions!
>
I hope it was a brand new clothes drier before it fell off the truck. -Dave
Re: Something else to worry about
On Apr 8, 6:02 pm, MadDog...@yahoo . com wrote:
> Anybody seen the news.....
> Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
> a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
> Biker hurt, tub trashed.
>
> I remember a safety article, (too many years ago), about something
> called the
> 'Fridge Factor` - basically 'If somebody dropped a fridge in the
> road,
> are you going too fast too deal with it?`
> Seems it finally happened.
Not a bad way of looking at it. I passed the rolling-propane-tank
test a few years ago, but the following distance rule wouldn't have
helped me. The tank fell off the trailer just as I was closing on the
vehicle, overtaking it to pass on a 2 lane highway.
On Apr 8, 6:02 pm, MadDog...@yahoo . com wrote:
> Anybody seen the news.....
> Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
> a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
> Biker hurt, tub trashed.
>
> I remember a safety article, (too many years ago), about something
> called the
> 'Fridge Factor` - basically 'If somebody dropped a fridge in the
> road,
> are you going too fast too deal with it?`
> Seems it finally happened.
Not a bad way of looking at it. I passed the rolling-propane-tank
test a few years ago, but the following distance rule wouldn't have
helped me. The tank fell off the trailer just as I was closing on the
vehicle, overtaking it to pass on a 2 lane highway.
Re: Something else to worry about
In article <1176140036.963088.111280@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups . com >,
"Road Glidin' Don" <d.langkd@gmail . com > wrote:
> Not a bad way of looking at it. I passed the rolling-propane-tank
> test a few years ago, but the following distance rule wouldn't have
> helped me. The tank fell off the trailer just as I was closing on the
> vehicle, overtaking it to pass on a 2 lane highway.
I failed the test a few years ago.
Post-birthday party drive home (minivan) after dark in the rain on an unlit
section of freeway. Thought for a second I was having a 'Viagra moment' -
had an image of something vaguely blue in the center of my lane ahead.
Couldn't focus on it or determine its distance - couldn't gauge whether it
was a hazard or not. When my headlights finally started to register on it -
it was too late.
I swerved HARD to the right, nearly putting the Caravan on two wheels, but
I still clipped it - my left headlight tagged the edge of a six foot wide
blue plastic water tank (a carnival dunking tank) turned on its side for
transport on a small utility trailer.
The pin that held in the removable trailer hitch to the neck on the front
of the trailer had fallen out, leaving the hitch and neck on the ball, and
the trailer free to get away and eventually come to a rest in the left lane
of the freeway.
The pickup that was towing it was backing up on the shoulder to retrieve
it, but I didn't notice them until I was trying to recover from the swerve
and not run off the shoulder to the right following tagging it with my left
headlight.
Very happy I wasn't on a bike this time.
Moral of the story: ALWAYS PERSONALLY make sure the driver of whatever the
item dropped off of has current insurance.
I let the LEO called to the scene gather the info, and he allowed the
driver to get away with showing him a letter/receipt that stated he paid
the bill - not the required mandatory insurance card. It was a fake.
My insurance company (State Farm) decided it was not worth pursuing, and
paid for the repairs (though I'm out the deductible).
Ride safe...
Mike G.
-
In article <1176140036.963088.111280@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups . com >,
"Road Glidin' Don" <d.langkd@gmail . com > wrote:
> Not a bad way of looking at it. I passed the rolling-propane-tank
> test a few years ago, but the following distance rule wouldn't have
> helped me. The tank fell off the trailer just as I was closing on the
> vehicle, overtaking it to pass on a 2 lane highway.
I failed the test a few years ago.
Post-birthday party drive home (minivan) after dark in the rain on an unlit
section of freeway. Thought for a second I was having a 'Viagra moment' -
had an image of something vaguely blue in the center of my lane ahead.
Couldn't focus on it or determine its distance - couldn't gauge whether it
was a hazard or not. When my headlights finally started to register on it -
it was too late.
I swerved HARD to the right, nearly putting the Caravan on two wheels, but
I still clipped it - my left headlight tagged the edge of a six foot wide
blue plastic water tank (a carnival dunking tank) turned on its side for
transport on a small utility trailer.
The pin that held in the removable trailer hitch to the neck on the front
of the trailer had fallen out, leaving the hitch and neck on the ball, and
the trailer free to get away and eventually come to a rest in the left lane
of the freeway.
The pickup that was towing it was backing up on the shoulder to retrieve
it, but I didn't notice them until I was trying to recover from the swerve
and not run off the shoulder to the right following tagging it with my left
headlight.
Very happy I wasn't on a bike this time.
Moral of the story: ALWAYS PERSONALLY make sure the driver of whatever the
item dropped off of has current insurance.
I let the LEO called to the scene gather the info, and he allowed the
driver to get away with showing him a letter/receipt that stated he paid
the bill - not the required mandatory insurance card. It was a fake.
My insurance company (State Farm) decided it was not worth pursuing, and
paid for the repairs (though I'm out the deductible).
Ride safe...
Mike G.
-
Re: Something else to worry about
On Apr 8, 5:02 pm, MadDog...@yahoo . com wrote:
> Anybody seen the news.....
> Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
> a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
> Biker hurt, tub trashed.
Moral: Never closely follow any vehicle hauling furniture.
I never had anything worse than a baby carriage come
back at me, but take a good look at the creative ways
some people tie down mattresses, furniture, christmas
trees etc. You really want to be right behind them ?
On Apr 8, 5:02 pm, MadDog...@yahoo . com wrote:
> Anybody seen the news.....
> Seems a 70 Yr. old biker was following a pick-up when
> a bath tub fell off the back of the thing.
> Biker hurt, tub trashed.
Moral: Never closely follow any vehicle hauling furniture.
I never had anything worse than a baby carriage come
back at me, but take a good look at the creative ways
some people tie down mattresses, furniture, christmas
trees etc. You really want to be right behind them ?
Re: Something else to worry about
On 9 Apr 2007 17:41:35 -0700, "Rob Kleinschmidt"
<Rkleinsch1216128@aol . com > wrote:
>Moral: Never closely follow any vehicle hauling furniture.
>
>I never had anything worse than a baby carriage come
>back at me, but take a good look at the creative ways
>some people tie down mattresses, furniture, christmas
>trees etc. You really want to be right behind them ?
That goes double for trucks hauling sand or gravel!
On 9 Apr 2007 17:41:35 -0700, "Rob Kleinschmidt"
<Rkleinsch1216128@aol . com > wrote:
>Moral: Never closely follow any vehicle hauling furniture.
>
>I never had anything worse than a baby carriage come
>back at me, but take a good look at the creative ways
>some people tie down mattresses, furniture, christmas
>trees etc. You really want to be right behind them ?
That goes double for trucks hauling sand or gravel!
Re: Something else to worry about
Blazing Laser wrote:
>
> That goes double for trucks hauling sand or gravel!
>
....fertiliser, stock and logs can be added to that list!
I caught up to a truck carting chickens on the way to work this
morning.... . it 's all good to take in the smells of the country, but that
one stunk!
Blazing Laser wrote:
>
> That goes double for trucks hauling sand or gravel!
>
....fertiliser, stock and logs can be added to that list!
I caught up to a truck carting chickens on the way to work this
morning.... . it 's all good to take in the smells of the country, but that
one stunk!
Re: Something else to worry about
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:52:16 +1200, BrianNZ <brian@itnz.co.nz> wrote:
>Blazing Laser wrote:
>
>>
>> That goes double for trucks hauling sand or gravel!
>>
>
>
>....fertiliser, stock and logs can be added to that list!
>
>I caught up to a truck carting chickens on the way to work this
>morning.... . it 's all good to take in the smells of the country, but that
>one stunk!
Here in California we have a law against anything falling off a truck.
The two exceptions are (1) clear water and (2) feathers! Because
large chicken farms have always had a lot of political power here.
8^)
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:52:16 +1200, BrianNZ <brian@itnz.co.nz> wrote:
>Blazing Laser wrote:
>
>>
>> That goes double for trucks hauling sand or gravel!
>>
>
>
>....fertiliser, stock and logs can be added to that list!
>
>I caught up to a truck carting chickens on the way to work this
>morning.... . it 's all good to take in the smells of the country, but that
>one stunk!
Here in California we have a law against anything falling off a truck.
The two exceptions are (1) clear water and (2) feathers! Because
large chicken farms have always had a lot of political power here.
8^)
