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Runaway giant wire spool rolls down Pennsylvania highway
YouTube ^ | Jan 5, 2017 | Global News

Posted on 01/05/2017 5:26:10 PM PST by FreeReign

A giant wire spool fell off the back of a truck on a Pennsylvania highway and started to roll down the highway. Luckily, no cars were hit. See what it looks like in real-time, at 10x speed and slo-mo.

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To: MAexile

Yakety Sax makes everything better.


21 posted on 01/05/2017 6:02:07 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
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To: Zeppo
I got a charge out of it.

Wire you making jokes about something so series?

Don't resist

he has the capacity to do it.

22 posted on 01/05/2017 6:02:38 PM PST by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: Paladin2

I was driving at night in thick fog several years back, saw large eyes glowing at windshield level and slammed on the brakes. My car was completely surrounded by deer, peering in the windows. The fog was so thick you could barely see the street lights and I was really worried that I was going to get slammed into from behind by someone who couldn’t see me. So, I started blowing the horn which seemed to piss off the bucks. Though they were going to attack the car. But then, they all leapt off the roadway, almost in unison as if on cue. The horn didn’t do it. Whatever it was, I was glad to be able to get moving again.


23 posted on 01/05/2017 6:03:03 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: FreeReign; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...

DANG!


24 posted on 01/05/2017 6:05:24 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hey, New Delhi! What the hell were you thinking???)
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To: Paladin2

Around 1970 I saw a large tire and wheel fall off the back of a truck and roll into traffic. I was on a Troy team bus and all of us watched as it hit a car just about head on.

It really crushed the car. I never did hear what happened to the passengers but it was bad. The coach immediately told the driver to keep going.


25 posted on 01/05/2017 6:06:12 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: spokeshave
Don't resist

That induced a chuckle!

26 posted on 01/05/2017 6:11:27 PM PST by pa_dweller (Trump 290, Clinton 232 - The vote heard 'round the world.)
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To: SargeK
Odd that we all come from an unbroken set of lines of survivors, at least until the age of procreation.

What are the chances of that?

27 posted on 01/05/2017 6:11:29 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: FreeReign

I was waiting to see Harold Lloyd or Laurel & Hardy running down the street just 10 yards in front of the giant spool.


28 posted on 01/05/2017 6:12:34 PM PST by lee martell
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To: FreeReign

Yikes! I’ve always imagined something like this whenever I’ve seen such reels on the backs of trucks.


29 posted on 01/05/2017 6:15:37 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: Paladin2
What are the chances of that?

100%, otherwise you wouldn't exist. I understand what you're trying to express, though, that the likelihood of anyone being born to an unbroken line through famine, pestilence, disease and accidental death seems daunting. Maybe there's some other way to frame the question that would get at the nub of it. But, the chances actually are 100% for the question as asked.

30 posted on 01/05/2017 6:16:40 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: chopperman

Route 40 near Uniontown.


31 posted on 01/05/2017 6:21:38 PM PST by Montaignes Cat
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To: Paladin2
You should see what happens when a roll of steel sheet gets loose on the highway and starts unrolling...

I've seen them go straight up in the air on a temper mill. The experienced guys knew when to run like hell.

32 posted on 01/05/2017 6:22:47 PM PST by Stentor
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To: Stentor

Rolling mills are a whole ‘nother set of crazy events that could happen.


33 posted on 01/05/2017 6:29:29 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: FreeReign

Stuff like this is my nightmare.


34 posted on 01/05/2017 6:30:26 PM PST by jocon307
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To: SargeK

“Both from trucks overturning on the PA Turnpike.”

PA is the WORST, why, why is that?

You are lucky and I pray you remain lucky!


35 posted on 01/05/2017 6:32:08 PM PST by jocon307
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To: InvisibleChurch; MAexile; GreenLanternCorps
You all will love this

The dog owner installs a camera This dog is forbidden to get into bed, but look what he does when left alone

36 posted on 01/05/2017 6:40:25 PM PST by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: dainbramaged
Raises hand proudly!

Just out of school, living one address a year before moving. Easiest piece of furniture to move ever devised.

37 posted on 01/05/2017 6:40:57 PM PST by 11Bush
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To: yarddog

Over the years I have seen numerous wheels with tires come off trucks, buses and cars and flying down and across the freeways. One I saw came off a bus, went over the center divider and hit a car head on and bounced over it and kept on going. This was in the Los Angeles area and traffic was not moving but maybe 10-15mph.


38 posted on 01/05/2017 6:41:36 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: FreeReign

Once on I-78 something strapped to a pallet jumped out of the back of a pickup and came down right in front of me. Fortunately, it skittered off to the right and ended up on the shoulder and nobody hit it.

The moron kept going for a while before he realized that something was missing, and the last I saw of him he had pulled onto the shoulder, and was in reverse. He had about a mile to go.

I hope his cargo was destroyed, and it cost him a bundle.


39 posted on 01/05/2017 6:46:40 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Paladin2

I seen one fall off a truck and when it hit it telescoped out about a 100 ft... taking out a few cars with it! No one got hurt but was a thrill to see!


40 posted on 01/05/2017 6:47:53 PM PST by sit-rep
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