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1 posted on 02/07/2018 6:21:15 AM PST by Pappy Smear
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To: Pappy Smear

Really? Wow! I get to see people die? I’m heading right over!

/s


2 posted on 02/07/2018 6:24:46 AM PST by Pravious
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To: Pappy Smear
The camera is pointing over a crest of a hill. So all these people popped over the hill, and there was the backup, so smashie, smashie.

The person that died was a bus driver that had a heart attack. He is not on this video, he was behind the camera. He didn't cause any accident, but had a heart attack after the accident--or so it is reported.

3 posted on 02/07/2018 6:25:47 AM PST by Pappy Smear
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This morning on I-65 I was cruising along at 75 where there were five lanes. Meanwhile, the far right lane was exiting to the Gene Snyder and a car in the lane next to it wanted in. There were no backups and there were lots of gaps between cars - and the exit was still at least a quarter mile away.

Well, this car came to a complete stop!

You know that scene in the first Cars movie where lightning McQueen navigates his way through the huge pileup on the track? That was me this morning. However, none of the cars actually touched this morning. But they were swerving all over the place, in and out of lanes. Fortunately traffic was light for rush hour.

But I wanted to go back to that car and ram them as far off the road as possible. They should not have a license.


4 posted on 02/07/2018 6:27:07 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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The big rig at 3:46 does an AMAZING job of avoiding the mess. The one right behind him at 3:49 almost as good but I think he clipped a couple of cars.


5 posted on 02/07/2018 6:35:21 AM PST by freedumb2003 (obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
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I can’t believe how fast some of them were going in those conditions. Wowsa.


6 posted on 02/07/2018 6:36:55 AM PST by GnuThere
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I thought the smart ones headed for the tall grass beyond the emergency lane but then came the semis barreling right through. Some of the vehicles didn’t even appear to brake at all.


7 posted on 02/07/2018 6:36:59 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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I’m old enough to remember when we used SALT on the roads to prevent this crap. But then that was before the Left took over.


8 posted on 02/07/2018 6:38:05 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart...I just don't tell anyone)
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OK, quick question for anyone that may know.
Do truckers not use the CB radio anymore?

I can’t understand how the first truck involved wouldn’t be broadcasting loud & clear telling others to slow down. Or what about the trucks passing the opposite direction? Can they not get on the CB & warn the other truckers?

Seems like if a couple trucks a mile or so back, slowed down, put on their hazards & impeded the flow of traffic, the amount of vehicles involved would be greatly reduced.


10 posted on 02/07/2018 6:44:54 AM PST by OneBob (Stay Frosty !)
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Watch and learn.


11 posted on 02/07/2018 6:46:21 AM PST by aspasia
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Wow is right! You have a two lane freeway with one lane totally snow covered, every single vehicle entering that video was going waaaaay too fast for conditions......

It's a testament to the structural integrity of today's vehicles that nobody was killed with the exception of the individual who had the heart attack.....

14 posted on 02/07/2018 6:53:47 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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"...multi-vehicle pile-up..."


Once all that metal, glass, plastic, and rubber is sliding all over the place...it is difficult to know where the safest place might be. Exiting your own stopped car puts you at risk, yet getting slammed by a speeding 18-wheeler is equally distressing. Tough call.

19 posted on 02/07/2018 6:57:46 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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I was in the 117 car pile up on 1-95 South in VA and this brings back some scary memories. The truck drivers simply drive way too fast.


24 posted on 02/07/2018 7:08:46 AM PST by DarthVader ("The biggeest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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http://mentalfloss.com/article/26053/6-worst-car-accidents-recent-us-history


25 posted on 02/07/2018 7:09:06 AM PST by DarthVader ("The biggeest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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Whoa. There were some lucky people, and some not-so-lucky people...and some real idiots.


34 posted on 02/07/2018 8:05:27 AM PST by moovova
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My takeaway from this is that it is just better to banzai into the ditch. Better to get an intact vehicle towed out of the ditch than a smashed vehicle on the freeway.


45 posted on 02/07/2018 5:34:57 PM PST by Pappy Smear
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Curling with cars.


46 posted on 02/08/2018 4:35:59 AM PST by opbuzz (Right way, wrong way, Marine way)
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