Ping-Pong Highway
Driving in our city is becoming more and more dangerous. Thanks to the influx of Californians with horrendous driving skills ... WATCH OUT! There was ANOTHER one!
Anyways, I've decided to start keeping a list of some of the most dangerous items that are starting to litter the freeways in Reno. It seems that every day I have to dodge the effluvia that litters our roads. A few months back, a truck carrying round, cardboard tubes the size of an SUV broke a strap and the tubes began rolling toward a mass of rush hour traffic I was in. One bounced over the hood and roof of my car and wedged itself under the behemoth driving behind me. It's about time someone take stock of this. Here goes:
September 21, 2005 4:45 p.m.
Item: Several rolled up carpets flew off the top of a truck that looked like it had robbed Carpeteria.
Result: I swerve left, I swerve right, cuss the guy off and begin my list.
September 26, 2005 5:30 p.m.
Item: Sharp,jagged piece of scrap metal.
Result: I ran right over it. Flat tire a week later.
September 29, 2005 6:30 p.m.
Item: Dead motorcyclist; hit a truck.
Result: We sit in traffic for fifteen minutes before using my secret shortcut to bypass another 45 minutes to an hour of more traffic.
This post is depressing me...time to move on.
2 Comments:
Sure. It depends on who makes the greatest impact that day. See ya!
Great topic and very relevant! I'd like to add that last year, Brian and I had to swerve to avoid a full-sized airborne metal ladder that flew off a truck in front of us. And, last month, I witnessed a motorcyclist airborne after a car pulled out in front of his motorcycle. Other than broken bones and his nose being ripped off, he was fine.
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