And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Runaway Semi uses one of those escape ramps - and goes a long way up there.
That was a tremendous amount of energy to expend... Not a roller coaster I'd care to ride.... wow.
ReplyDeleteAmazes me we can't produce a reliable and redundant brake system for rigs/trailers. Not all areas have those escape ramps.
ReplyDeleteBrakes are reliable when properly maintained and inspected. Millions of trucks on the road yet escape ramps are rarely used.
DeleteIf you can't stop because you have no breaks, how do you keep from rolling back downhill once you stop on the runaway ramp?
ReplyDeleteThe ramps are pea gravel. The truck tires sink in.
DeleteMy great-aunt got one of those put in for McConnellsburg, PA. She lived on main street and was tired of having them go through town uncontrolled...
ReplyDeleteWB I-70 past the tunnels. I've never seen a truck go that far up any ramp. That is 3' deep pea gravel.
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