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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22186 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Both people inside the SUV sustained burns, but their injuries are not life-threatening But I bet their hearing will be "somewhat impaired" for some time to come Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 877 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8 |
Oops I think that the Port Authority should think about dredging that channel just a tad deeper. Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Oops Yes, enough to cover the tide at least. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Oops Or the Captains should keep their vessels in the channel. Grant Darwin NT |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22186 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Transport for London has announced a number of "safety improvements" for their buses - one of them caught my eye: features to alert other road users of the presence of buses; For those that aren't aware London buses are BIG and RED, but people still walk/drive/cycle into them... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
That's the most blatant insulting & sexist post you've made to date. There is no need for that crap in the Café thank you very much! |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
That's the most blatant insulting & sexist post you've made to date. There is no need for that crap in the Café thank you very much! +1 David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3207 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Southwest Research Institute continue working on ways to send alerts for wrong way drivers on the highways. Electronic research could help eliminate wrong-way driving Kevin Balke turned his SUV southeastward, checked his instruments and confirmed he was ready. Nearly a mile of concrete stood before him with plenty of room to run, but he wouldn't need all of it to prove his point — he'd be going the wrong way in no time. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Today there was a wrong way driver and passenger on a fwy, 3 or 4 people(sources aren't sure), the vehicles are a car and a motorcycle, 1 or 2 were slightly injured in the car, the 2 on the motorcycle are in critical condition, it could have been much worse. http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20170818/4-injured-in-motorcycle-chase-that-ends-in-wrong-way-diamond-bar-crash http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Wrong-Way-Driver-Diamond-Bar-Four-Injured-Two-Bicyclists--440986933.html The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Today there was a wrong way driver and passenger on a fwy, 3 or 4 people(sources aren't sure), the vehicles are a car and a motorcycle, 1 or 2 were slightly injured in the car, the 2 on the motorcycle are in critical condition, it could have been much worse. That was intentional, not accidental. Short of a device in a car/on a bike that takes out the driver/rider when they go the wrong way, nothing will stop people doing it intentionally. Grant Darwin NT |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
That was intentional, not accidental. And potentially quite Darwinian. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
That was intentional, not accidental. Yes, quite. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
The Waterloo one looked like badly set points - which should have been locked during the track work. Serious oopsie. But WTF happened at Paddington? How does the back end of a train derail before it even leaves the platform? I don't see any points (either on the station plan or google satellite view) until well outside the station. (for our American friends, points = switches) |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
The Waterloo one looked like badly set points - which should have been locked during the track work. Serious oopsie. And switches=turnouts, thanks Richard. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
The Waterloo one looked like badly set points - which should have been locked during the track work. Serious oopsie.That same day, a GNL train hit the buffers at Kings X. With the hundreds of journeys I've made into & from Kings X, never had a straight in approach. Have always been held in the tunnel just outside the station. Would say that oopsie was down to the driver letting his mind wander & too much speed. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30637 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
But WTF happened at Paddington? How does the back end of a train derail before it even leaves the platform?Vandals pulling spikes or tie plates? Thermal expansion, contraction? Since you use concrete sleepers, bad mix or missing rebar? If wood sleepers, termites? Metal fatigue? Failure to inspect track? Terrorism? Maintenance screw-up? |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65736 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
But WTF happened at Paddington? How does the back end of a train derail before it even leaves the platform?Vandals pulling spikes or tie plates? Thermal expansion, contraction? Since you use concrete sleepers, bad mix or missing rebar? If wood sleepers, termites? Metal fatigue? Failure to inspect track? Terrorism? Maintenance screw-up? In the US wooden ties/sleepers were covered in creosote, I don't know if this is true anymore or not, termites I think don't like creosote. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
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