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Driver Survives 70-foot Plunge Off Wisconsin Interchange
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| 2/9/2021
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Posted on 02/09/2021 1:43:06 PM PST by Eddie01
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Sue the heck out of Milwaukee. Set for life.
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:43:06 PM PST
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
Wow. Bet he can’t do that again.
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:47:45 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
To: Eddie01
What kind of shocks did he have?
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:48:13 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: Eddie01
Maybe it’s the angle, but it doesn’t look like there is much of a guard rail on the driver’s right hand side.
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:49:57 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: Eddie01
Landing feline-style, nice work!
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:52:18 PM PST
by
Buttons12
( )
To: DannyTN
It said he survived, it failed to mention he’s four inches shorter
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:53:16 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
To: DannyTN
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:54:16 PM PST
by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
They have the same types of high curvy bridges in Fargo.
What gets me is that there is a ton of land. There is no reason to build those high bridges like that. Especially in locaations that don’t have all that traffic.
I swear to this: The day my car goes over a bridge, is the day I stop driving.
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:56:32 PM PST
by
BarbM
(FU Pence. You refuse to be alone with a woman, but have no compunction in screwing the USA)
To: Eddie01
the inside of the truck probably smells like crap...
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:59:05 PM PST
by
heavy metal
(your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
To: Eddie01
Wow! I would have never believed it.
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posted on
02/09/2021 1:59:58 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Arm Up! They Have!)
To: DannyTN
I saw a post about this on Jalopnik earlier today. One of the commenters mentioned there that when bridges get plowed, the snow accumulates along the guardrails and basically assumes the shape of a ramp. And of course it can freeze overnight. That might have contributed here.
To: BarbM
The day my car goes over a bridge, is the day I stop driving. :D Don't be too sure! Two of my ancestors did that, one in the 1920's, the other in the 1940's. Both survived.
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posted on
02/09/2021 2:01:15 PM PST
by
Buttons12
( )
To: BarbM
The day my car goes over a bridge, is the day I stop driving.There's a good chance you'll stop breathing too.
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posted on
02/09/2021 2:01:17 PM PST
by
Obadiah
To: Eddie01
Well, there ya go. Just goes to show how useless guard rails are. This should save tons of taxpayer dollars.
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posted on
02/09/2021 2:04:53 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: BarbM
What gets me is that there is a ton of land. There is no reason to build those high bridges like that. Especially in locaations that don’t have all that traffic.
Not as much land if you want to place your connecting interchanges in cities like Milwaukee that were largely built before the modern highway system.
We don't have that problem here in Phoenix.
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posted on
02/09/2021 2:05:27 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Eddie01
I wish that didn't happen.
What if he had his full-fat yogurt, berries and fried eggs for breakfast that morning (along with Vitamin D3)?
I think things would have ended differently.
Likely he had Cocoa Puffs and Pop Tarts for breakfast.
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posted on
02/09/2021 2:09:34 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
To: Eddie01
I hope he is okay. He was going somewhere. Pick up his wife, work, emergency. Any manner of things. Prayers up.
To: SamAdams76
What if he had his full-fat yogurt, berries and fried eggs for breakfast that morning (along with Vitamin D3)? I think things would have ended differently.
Likely he had Cocoa Puffs and Pop Tarts for breakfast.
LOL!
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posted on
02/09/2021 2:14:11 PM PST
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
To: DannyTN
Maybe it’s the angle, but it doesn’t look like there is much of a guard rail on the driver’s right hand side.They're the same thing we have around here in NM. It's high enough to prevent semis from going over. The design forces the front wheels back into the lane and away from the barrier. The problem here is that there was snow piled up inside the barrier that negated the safety aspects of the barrier. The driver drove up the snow and over the barrier.
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posted on
02/09/2021 2:16:52 PM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: Eddie01
Were they Illinois Nazis? Because I hate Illinois Nazis.
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posted on
02/09/2021 2:16:59 PM PST
by
The Chid
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