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2 dead, many injured after bus, Ride the Ducks boat collide on Aurora Bridge
Seattle PI ^ | September 24, 2015 | LYNSI BURTON & LEVI PULKKINEN

Posted on 09/24/2015 12:14:37 PM PDT by jazusamo

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To: Mac n Jac

Luckily I already have my deuce and gama goat registered to drive in TX.

can you post links to what those are?


41 posted on 09/24/2015 2:10:39 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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To: RetSignman
During the three years I lived in Darien (GA), I drove once a quarter to the Trader Joe's across the new Ravenal Bridge. That was a nice drive.

An acquaintance of mine in Georgia told me about the bridge's earlier incarnation and said it was the scariest drive of his life.

42 posted on 09/24/2015 2:11:30 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: jazusamo

Rode the Seattle duck tour earlier this year. Tons of fun, but no road safety equipment like seat belts. Just life vests in overhead racks.


43 posted on 09/24/2015 2:20:21 PM PDT by Hoffer Rand (Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
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To: Publius

[...it was the scariest drive of his life.]

Tell me about it, it was a coming and going two lane bridge and shook like crazy.


44 posted on 09/24/2015 2:25:33 PM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: rockrr

Yikes!

That’s a good 4 lane bridge. Improperly divided into 6 lanes.


45 posted on 09/24/2015 2:35:55 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: rockrr

the vehicles used on those tours are now custom built for them, the old WW2 ones were retired. The ones I have been on look to be heavy steel now, definitely going to win a collision with a bus.


46 posted on 09/24/2015 2:53:36 PM PDT by orionrising
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To: Aria

If it is the Aurora Bridge, then it is not I-5. Look W when crossing Lake Union from I-5 and you see the Aurora Bridge.


47 posted on 09/24/2015 2:57:16 PM PDT by RainMan (Liberals are first and foremost, jealous little losers who resent anyone who has anything they dont)
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To: RainMan

Yes, I know it isn’t I-5 but I can see why you might have thought that is what I meant.

It’s just that I do a lot of driving and still that bridge worries me.


48 posted on 09/24/2015 2:59:12 PM PDT by Aria
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To: chaosagent

The DUCK tours are FUN!! And this bridge is not nearly as scary as the FLOATING BRIDGE over Lake Washington!!!


49 posted on 09/24/2015 3:12:18 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: jazusamo
Have the Washington libtards started screaming for more gun control yet?
50 posted on 09/24/2015 3:34:30 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: hoagy62
and the speed limit on the thing is 45.

It's 40 but then again, who is counting? I drive back and forth on that bridge every day and it really is dangerous but you try not to think about that. The city buses take two lanes when crossing the bridge. And there is nothing to protect you from head on crashes.

51 posted on 09/24/2015 3:41:02 PM PDT by John123 (US$ - I owe you nothing. Euro - Who owes you nothing.)
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To: arbitrary.squid

The deuce is a M35A2 2.5 ton truck and the Gama Goat is a 6 wheel drive articulating 3/4 ton truck.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gama_Goat

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M35_2%C2%BD-ton_cargo_truck


52 posted on 09/24/2015 3:44:13 PM PDT by Mac n Jac (www.vetsfightingms.org)
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To: vetvetdoug

The libtards here in WA never give up on gun control and Seattle is the worst, they’re infested with libs and commies. I live in southern WA where there’s a lot more sane people.


53 posted on 09/24/2015 3:45:34 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: rockrr
Should be 2 lanes each way with a Jersey barrier. Poor traffic engineering.
54 posted on 09/24/2015 3:56:03 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Mac n Jac

The Gama Goat looks like a lot of fun.

I really want a Unimog.


55 posted on 09/24/2015 4:29:52 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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To: arbitrary.squid

Unimog - I second that


56 posted on 09/24/2015 5:09:52 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: vetvetdoug
"Have the Washington libtards started screaming for more gun control yet?"

No but guess who already banned the Ducks from their streets?

San Francisco.

It is illegal to have a driver be a "narrator", so banned they got.

57 posted on 09/24/2015 6:43:20 PM PDT by boop (Do you want to take a shower? NO!)
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To: jazusamo

Ripley entertainment bought this company Ride the Ducks only last December. Ripley is the company started by Robert Ripley of Ripleys believe it or not fame. What the hell were they thinking giving rides during a storm?


58 posted on 07/21/2018 3:47:49 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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To: jazusamo

Oh damn, I thought this was about the drowning, this is about the accident on the brige


59 posted on 07/21/2018 3:48:59 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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