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I've been driving so much highway for the last 15 years, I've seen so much, I've reached the point where I'm desensitized too most of it. Except for this one about 3 months ago.
Typical morning commute driving to work. The highway has the information billboards which typically will just broadcast depressing data on how much your ride is going to suck that particular day. Well this day was different. The board read...and I'm not lying.
"Logs on Highway. Expect Delays. Seek Alternate Routes"
I'm thinking to myself, this can't be good. No sooner did I see the board, I saw the line of brake lights and there was no escaping it.
As I'm crawling through traffic and getting closer to the accident scene. I can a logging truck on the opposite side of the highway and it's jammed into the cement median. Among the see of cruisers, I begin to see all of the carnage that had occurred. The fully loaded logging truck slammed into the median and had sent the majority of it's 6' long x 18" diameter logs into both lanes of traffic. Well if you can think about the physics of a vehicle impacting a log at highway speeds. It's not pretty.
There were 2 Camry's with the complete front under carriage removed,no tires or suspension. Just laying in the road with it's face down and A$$ up. There was a Comcast van that was impaled, leaving the log in the cargo area with the rear wheels 2 feet of the ground. There was also a Dodge 2500 diesel that managed to loose a front wheel and was left hobbled in the middle of the road.
Amazingly enough, there were no fatalities.
That had to be the weirdest I've seen so far. However, tomorrow is another day.
Typical morning commute driving to work. The highway has the information billboards which typically will just broadcast depressing data on how much your ride is going to suck that particular day. Well this day was different. The board read...and I'm not lying.
"Logs on Highway. Expect Delays. Seek Alternate Routes"
I'm thinking to myself, this can't be good. No sooner did I see the board, I saw the line of brake lights and there was no escaping it.
As I'm crawling through traffic and getting closer to the accident scene. I can a logging truck on the opposite side of the highway and it's jammed into the cement median. Among the see of cruisers, I begin to see all of the carnage that had occurred. The fully loaded logging truck slammed into the median and had sent the majority of it's 6' long x 18" diameter logs into both lanes of traffic. Well if you can think about the physics of a vehicle impacting a log at highway speeds. It's not pretty.
There were 2 Camry's with the complete front under carriage removed,no tires or suspension. Just laying in the road with it's face down and A$$ up. There was a Comcast van that was impaled, leaving the log in the cargo area with the rear wheels 2 feet of the ground. There was also a Dodge 2500 diesel that managed to loose a front wheel and was left hobbled in the middle of the road.
Amazingly enough, there were no fatalities.
That had to be the weirdest I've seen so far. However, tomorrow is another day.
