Highway speeds - Keep your distance!
It always amazes me how close people follow going highway speeds. They seem to think it's OK to follow 4 car lengths at 110K / 70MPH... Yesterday afternoon, returning from a day trip to the Banff /...
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In my younger days I would sometimes, on my lunch break, stand on a bridge and watch freeway traffic in Detroit, and count the seconds between the passing of the back bumper of one car and the front of the next One thous... And that was all. Later we had remotely operated cameras same half second was not uncommon.
I like to do 4 seconds (2 is recommended minimum)
One day we got calls about a stove in the road. Camera found a Gas Range, 2nd lane, South Bound I-75 2 miles north of where the callers said it was... I zoomed out so we could watch approaching traffic.
The cars always came down in the 2nd lane (law says use right but hey, we don't mind more entainering this way) Last second the 1st car changed lanes and the two tailgaters.... underwear I suspect.
Finally 3 cars and a pickup
First car.. last second as above
2nd Underwear I suspect
Rather sure #3 tagged the bumper on #2
Pick up did now stop. swerve, Slow down, or hit the brakes.
He place kicked that stove a good quarter mile or more and onto the shoulder.
I turned the troopers around, Called the county road commission dispatcher back and told him to re-schedule for daylight pickup and the new location
He ask if Troopers moved it (They never got there.. They were on the way but never arrived)
Did some kind citizen stop (No he did not stop.. he did however move it)
Then called the post in case they needed witnesses for the accident reports.nobody ever reported..
I like to do 4 seconds (2 is recommended minimum)
One day we got calls about a stove in the road. Camera found a Gas Range, 2nd lane, South Bound I-75 2 miles north of where the callers said it was... I zoomed out so we could watch approaching traffic.
The cars always came down in the 2nd lane (law says use right but hey, we don't mind more entainering this way) Last second the 1st car changed lanes and the two tailgaters.... underwear I suspect.
Finally 3 cars and a pickup
First car.. last second as above
2nd Underwear I suspect
Rather sure #3 tagged the bumper on #2
Pick up did now stop. swerve, Slow down, or hit the brakes.
He place kicked that stove a good quarter mile or more and onto the shoulder.
I turned the troopers around, Called the county road commission dispatcher back and told him to re-schedule for daylight pickup and the new location
He ask if Troopers moved it (They never got there.. They were on the way but never arrived)
Did some kind citizen stop (No he did not stop.. he did however move it)
Then called the post in case they needed witnesses for the accident reports.nobody ever reported..
