[SmithL]

200 feet is a long way to contemplate your fate.

[org.whodat]

The driver, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead.

Was his name Yoder???

[Julia H.]

Ugh. As if I needed any more reasons to be afraid of driving.

[beaversmom]

[Flash Bazbeaux]

Along this stretch, at least on the top deck, there is no heavy barrier — just a low piece of “jersey wall” and some see-through fencing. I’ve driven in the outside lane in my van, and you get a spectacular, but scary, view. I’m not surprise a big truck went over — there’s nothing to keep it on the road surface.

This is not the first truck that lost it here. A friend of mine was stuck behind the last one — for four hours.

They should have had, and now had better have, a big, big -ass warning sign in both directions, telling trucks that they need to take it REAL slow, or they’ll get killed.

[NativeNewYorker]

There have been more than 42 crashes in the curved area since it opened Sept. 8...

WTF?

Obviously the design/signage/speed rating is WRONG.

Doesn't California have experience with highways?

[jessduntno]

“200 feet is a long way to contemplate your fate.”

I wonder if we could install a huge picture of W just before the S curve on a huge billboard with him smiling and waving...the number of San Francisco socialists then entering the curve with only one hand on the wheel, the other busy giving him the bird...well, just a thought...

[wardaddy]

spilling about 30 to 40 gallons of diesel fuel

which I guarantee caused more grief amongst citizens there than the poor man's death....most papers would not even mention a pissant 30-40 gallons of frigging fuel...good lord...a bathtub full...folks out there are insane.

[tubebender]

This is what you get when a bridge is designed by a group of Community Organizers and not bridge engineers...

[Third Person]

The stimulus package at work...

[nutmeg]

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[RightField]

The Coronado Bridge in San Diego is a thrill, too. The side barriers are less than 36" high, and there is a sweeping curve on the Coronado Island side. The view in any direction is awesome. I was told once that the center section is not permanently attached, so as to permit easy removal in event of war. There was concern that if the bridge were destroyed and fell into the bay the Navy ships behind it would be trapped. So, apparently the center section can be removed easily. Now that's gravitas!

[dfwgator]

I still have nightmares from remember the 1980 Sunshine Skyway disaster when a barge hit the bridge and about 6 cars and a bus dropped into Tampa Bay. I used to have to drive over that bridge and I dreaded it every time.

[clintonh8r]

shovel ready project!

[runningbear]

AP - The crumpled remains of a big rig lie beneath the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday, in San Francisco, following an early morning crash. The truck's driver died after losing control on the bridge's temporary S-curve and crashing to the ground several hundred feet below.

and

AP - Skid marks line the slow lane of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday, in San Francisco. A truck driver died earlier in the morning after losing control on the bridge's temporary S-curve and crashing to the ground several hundred feet below.

[anglian]