Posted on 10/01/2011 10:56:13 AM PDT by Auntie Mame
Naturally, the worst curves offer the best views .. and I noticed in CA, where possible, they have those pull-overs for viewing at those points. Adding to the fun/excitement of a Western US mountain drive is that easily half of all vehicles are huge mobile homes.
We had a case like this one in my area a few years ago. Young guy was coming home one night along his usual route, went off the road next to a bridge, noses down into the bottom of the creek and the car flips over showing only the dark underside of the car. Guy drifts in/out of consciousness for a week before he comes to long enough to unbuckle himslef and crawl up the creek bank where he’s finally seen by a passing motorist.
His family had reported him missing right away, but cops said he’d probably gone out partying or chasing tail or ran off. If the people that had supposedly “looked” had acutally looked over the side of the bridge they’d have seen him.
He wasn’t missing in some wildnerness area, but right off US 295 near DC.
An acquaintance of mine was rushing to work on a Monday morning after a holiday, the company policy being no vacation pay if you miss the Monday afterward. The guy had perfect attendnace. Excellent worker. Long history with the company. He tried to be a freight train but lost the race. Left a wife and two children behind.
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