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The Unfortunate Wreck at WTD

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Old 08-19-2008, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Sobe_Death,Aug 19 2008, 01:20 AM
WTF!!! If I were on that bike the trucker would probably have been thrown over the side.

A good investment would be to buy 2 custom signs to put on 129 at each end of the dragon saying ABSOLUTELY NO SEMIS. DANGEROUS SWITCHBACKS AHEAD!. and sneak up there one night and put them up in place of the CAUTION TO SEMIS signs.
Problem with that is that there is no place to turn around at the NC end of the Dragon.... at the TN end, they could use the last gravel lot....

And coming from one way or another, once they saw the signs they would have to backtrack 50-100 miles to go around....

At that point... the trucks would probably just try and go thru!
Old 08-20-2008, 11:52 PM
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In that case, weight activated spike strips!


Seeing things like that pisses me off to no end. I seriously feel for the guy that had the accident at WTD because I know how it would feel if it were my car.
Old 08-21-2008, 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Sobe_Death,Aug 21 2008, 03:52 AM
In that case, weight activated spike strips!


Seeing things like that pisses me off to no end. I seriously feel for the guy that had the accident at WTD because I know how it would feel if it were my car.
Me too. My wife says I'm too attached to me S.
Why would she feel that way when I get upset and pissed off at the bugs who end their lives on my front end?
Since I got the S, I am in better shape because I park far away from other cars in the parking lot.Much more walking and that's good.
Old 08-25-2008, 09:16 PM
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^ i hear you on being attached to the S. my friends sometimes get mad because as one put it "you don't park near civilization!" but i don't like thinking about people parking and driving next to me while i shop!

sucks about the car... it's weird. usually semi drivers are pretty thoughtful and overall good drivers.
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