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.
That is epic! I watched at least 8 times. A lesson learned? Probably not, it will go back to texting in the new car it will get and our premiums will go up to cover for idiots like this. I agree with LL, the "bog" is a wicked, strange man. But he is funny in a warped sense.
Not even a flicker on the brake lights. Driving on the highway yesterday in about 10 minutes I encountered 3 Left Lane bandits (in a stretch posted with Left Lane for Passing Only, all going at the exact speed limit, all on cruise control, all looking at their phones, apparently oblivious to the hazard they were creating with traffic having to flow around them.
You don't have to be texting. About 5 decades ago, Two lanes to exit, three lanes thru. The driver across from me split the difference and center-punched the sand barrels protecting the concrete supports of the over-pass. Brake lights never came on.... It created just as big a mess. The barrels are a safety barricade that absorbs the energy of the impact. Water freezes in much of the U.S., so 1,000 pound + ice cubes would not be a very useful back-stop.
Sometimes you have to make up your mind and decide..... Texting doesn't help the situation, but running up the middle, between Left and Right, is nothing new. The barrels prevent the vehicle from going air-borne over the tapered ends of the guard rails.
Probably so.
ReplyDeleteNice engineering on the barrier.
ReplyDeleteYep. Didn't move it at all.
DeleteWhy does the 70's disco tune: "Goin' to the Car Wash" keep coming to mind?
ReplyDeleteYou're a wicked man, bogside, ;^)
DeleteThat is epic! I watched at least 8 times. A lesson learned? Probably not, it will go back to texting in the new car it will get and our premiums will go up to cover for idiots like this. I agree with LL, the "bog" is a wicked, strange man. But he is funny in a warped sense.
ReplyDeleteNot even a flicker on the brake lights. Driving on the highway yesterday in about 10 minutes I encountered 3 Left Lane bandits (in a stretch posted with Left Lane for Passing Only, all going at the exact speed limit, all on cruise control, all looking at their phones, apparently oblivious to the hazard they were creating with traffic having to flow around them.
ReplyDeletecan you even survive that?
ReplyDeleteit is known as the V-6 suppository with prestone irrigation.
DeleteYou don't have to be texting. About 5 decades ago, Two lanes to exit, three lanes thru. The driver across from me split the difference and center-punched the sand barrels protecting the concrete supports of the over-pass. Brake lights never came on.... It created just as big a mess. The barrels are a safety barricade that absorbs the energy of the impact. Water freezes in much of the U.S., so 1,000 pound + ice cubes would not be a very useful back-stop.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you have to make up your mind and decide..... Texting doesn't help the situation, but running up the middle, between Left and Right, is nothing new. The barrels prevent the vehicle from going air-borne over the tapered ends of the guard rails.
The other drivers reacted rather well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post.
Paul L. Quandt