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Semi Hits College Van, Killing 5 (and solution to the problem)
CNN.com ^ | Thursday April 27 | AP

Posted on 04/27/2006 5:14:22 AM PDT by Flightdeck

MARION, Indiana (AP) -- A semitrailer crashed through a median on Interstate 69 and collided with a college van Wednesday night, killing five people, police said.

The collision peeled open the side of the van, and several occupants were ejected, said state police Sgt. Rodger Popplewell. The semi driver was among five injured.

About 2 miles of interstate in Grant County, midway between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, were closed.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: monorail; motorspeedway; sheblyville; taylor; tayloruniversity
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To: Flightdeck

the words "Crack" and "pot" occur to me.

if magnetic levitation was that simple, we'd have been there already.


41 posted on 04/27/2006 6:03:46 AM PDT by camle (Keep your mind open and somebody will fill if full of something for you.)
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To: camle

"the words "Crack" and "pot" occur to me.

if magnetic levitation was that simple, we'd have been there already."

The word 'ignoramus' comes to me. We already are there, McFly

http://www.o-keating.com/hsr/maglev.htm


42 posted on 04/27/2006 6:05:10 AM PDT by Flightdeck (Longhorns+January=Rose Bowl Repeat)
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To: gas0linealley
solution ...lower speed limits and alot less horsepower.

The fatality rate tok a large step down when the oh-so-correct 55 national limit disappeared.

43 posted on 04/27/2006 6:05:20 AM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them OVER THERE than here.)
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To: gas0linealley

The highway on which this accident occurred is four lane concrete, limited access, straight and flat.


44 posted on 04/27/2006 6:07:16 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Flightdeck

Uncle Joe would have it all worked out. You just give the Executive plenary powers and he decrees the solution. Directing all the necessary resources to that solution will, of course, have no effect on the economy.


45 posted on 04/27/2006 6:08:27 AM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them OVER THERE than here.)
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To: sinkspur

Among traffic fatalities, there are suicides and homicides and a very small number of fatal accidents. Irrational behavior, rather than the inability to control the auto, is at the heart of most fatalities. Many of these injuries would result from some other cause if automobiles were controlled by others. More bar fights, more jumpers, more overdoses.

Plus, I like to drive around the block once in a while just to get a better look at that babe at the bus stop.


46 posted on 04/27/2006 6:09:26 AM PDT by anton
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To: Blueflag

Sure. I was referring to the condition of some of those packages when they finally reach their destination.

I got a piece of mail from the USPS which happened to be half of the outer page of a several page brochure. Surprisingly, the stamp made the trip, cancelled of course. They made sure they didn't lose that. The USPS enclosed it in a plastic bag which had an apology printed on it "in case the condition in which I received the mail caused any inconvenience".


47 posted on 04/27/2006 6:09:31 AM PDT by azhenfud (He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
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To: metmom

Those futures did not materialize because they were not the futures of human beings as independent actors, but rather the futures of peons who somehow manage to produce as effectively as free men.


48 posted on 04/27/2006 6:11:08 AM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them OVER THERE than here.)
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To: Willie Green

Electromagnetic Ping


49 posted on 04/27/2006 6:11:57 AM PDT by kanawa
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To: Flightdeck
Okay, so how do farmers drive their tractors to the field? Or in the field? How about their grain trucks that need to get in there too, and possibly move around once there? Are you really going to lay a grid over every acre of farm land?

How about ATVs and motorcycles that can leave the roads behind? What are they powered by?

50 posted on 04/27/2006 6:12:03 AM PDT by patricktschetter
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To: arthurus

What exactly would offend you about a corporation building a transportation system for profit and to the vast benefit of the user? Would it impede on your right to drive like a lunatic, perhaps?


51 posted on 04/27/2006 6:12:40 AM PDT by Flightdeck (Longhorns+January=Rose Bowl Repeat)
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To: azhenfud

USPS and UPS are worlds apart.

REM: I spoke of FedEX and UPS ;-)


52 posted on 04/27/2006 6:12:54 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: patricktschetter

"Okay, so how do farmers drive their tractors to the field? Or in the field? How about their grain trucks that need to get in there too, and possibly move around once there? Are you really going to lay a grid over every acre of farm land?
How about ATVs and motorcycles that can leave the roads behind? What are they powered by?"

I didn't propose to ban gasoline for crying out loud.


53 posted on 04/27/2006 6:14:01 AM PDT by Flightdeck (Longhorns+January=Rose Bowl Repeat)
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To: Flightdeck
If it weren't the collision of autos in vehicular travel, it would be the collision of atoms in molecular transporting because someone inevitably would be tailgating.
54 posted on 04/27/2006 6:14:17 AM PDT by azhenfud (He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
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To: Flightdeck
Oh please!

Some of us are truly INTO cars and trucks. Driving a great vehicle on a good stretch of road is an exhilarating experience.

I have real problems with someone who wants to take away someone else's pleasurable pastimes "for their own good/safety/whatever"

They'll get MY truck when they pry my cold dead fingers from the steering wheel....

55 posted on 04/27/2006 6:15:02 AM PDT by Crispus Attucks Patriot (The first to give his life for your liberty was a Black man!)
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To: Flightdeck

The AP article was posted at 1:12 a.m. EDT and it states the accident occurred "Wednesday night." The accident appears to have been caused by the semi crossing the median, colliding with the passenger van. Given the time of the accident and its nature, I suspect it was probably caused by the semi's driver falling asleep at the wheel and losing control of his vehicle. The high number of fatalities most likely resulted from the fact that passenger vans, like the one here, are not particularly good at protecting their occupants in crashes.


56 posted on 04/27/2006 6:15:09 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: Flightdeck
what about gravel roads in the country are those of us that do more than travel in major population areas going to have to have two cars?
57 posted on 04/27/2006 6:15:46 AM PDT by sticker
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To: halfright

I can't remember ever seeing an auto ad on TV which stressed fuel economy. It's always more horsepower.

So many folks, truck drivers included, drive as though a few minutes are more important than their life. Take away the needless acceleration ability of the vehicles and the driving safety would be greatly improved.


58 posted on 04/27/2006 6:15:56 AM PDT by gas0linealley
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To: Flightdeck

A corporation will do just that when it comes to pass that there actually is a reasonable prospect of profit in the venture. The fact that it is not being done is ipso facto evidence that it would require the consumption of greater resources than the present system, i.e. would be less efficient and more expensive (a tautology, I know).


59 posted on 04/27/2006 6:16:39 AM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them OVER THERE than here.)
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To: Crispus Attucks Patriot

Maybe that is why people here are getting pissed. Nobody said you couldn't drive you damn truck as fast as you want, you just can't do it on the EM tracks.

And I suggest flying planes if you want exhilaration. Driving a car just can't cut it in comparison.


60 posted on 04/27/2006 6:18:57 AM PDT by Flightdeck (Longhorns+January=Rose Bowl Repeat)
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