Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Darksheare

Naw. These are just from the warmth of the air, which keeps the asphalt soft, and the rain, which lifts the oil off the soft asphalt. Folks tailgate, see tail-lights bright ahead and try to stop. They hydraplane on the lifted oil and smash the vehicle(s) in front of them.

They are the same ones who see rushing water over the road and say, “I’ve been down this street 1,000 times! Piece of cake!” And end up calling 911 about a mile downstream.

We (Las Vegas) try to educate the newcomers but they seem to think it doesn’t apply to them.

A change of seasons is no guarantee that road conditions are any safer than any other season.


905 posted on 12/20/2010 3:59:00 PM PST by Monkey Face (Wise men still seek Him.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 898 | View Replies ]


To: Monkey Face

“They are the same ones who see rushing water over the road and say, “I’ve been down this street 1,000 times! Piece of cake!” And end up calling 911 about a mile downstream.”

Thankfully we only have that happen once in a blue moon.
But they usually end up dead instead, especilly since they repeatedly ignore the instructions of the rescuers.
We had some flooding here awhile back, and a certain road had a creek end up a massie fire hose of water.
Well, this moron comes through to pick her daughter up from working the hotel, and she ignored the firemen because aftetr all she had a four wheel drive.
On her way back, she floored it around teh firemen again, and got swept off the road.
The firemen told her to stay in the vehicle, and she got out instead.

Short: She repeatedly did the opposite of what the firemen said.
Dummy daughter tried to sue because the firemen didn’t rescue her mom.
Yes, brilliant mom didn’t make it.


909 posted on 12/20/2010 4:08:11 PM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 905 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson