Oh yeah, I was two car lengths behind a PU on the Bay Bridge a few years
ago, fortunately in the adjacent lane, when the wind flipped a sofa (!) out
of the bed. The poor Accord right beside me had no choice but to plow into
it. Lucky for him it stayed on the tarmac, rather than catapulting onto the
hood. Still...
Did you catch yesterday evening's traffic report? Someone apparently tried
to do a U-turn on the Golden Gate Bridge at 6pm... "tried" being the
operative term.
Welcome to the Hotel California...
on 1/29/04 12:30 PM, James Harwood at james.harwood@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> If you are behind a truck that appears to have a load
> which is not properly secured, get completely away
> from the truck.
>
> Today, during my commute, I saw a door in the bed of a
> pickup get picked up by the wind, somersaulted and
> crash onto the center lane of I-280 SB leaving San
> Francisco. The door had two panes of glass, I heard
> the sound of broken glass. I was going northbound at
> the time - I cannot imagine the chaos that was to
> follow, there was a lot of traffic in all lanes.
>
> In some ways it was a relief that it hit the pavement
> and didn't go through someone's windshield, or hit a
> motorcyclist.
>
> I wonder if the driver of the truck even realized what
> happened, he may not have heard the crash.
>
> James
> 74 MGB
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'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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