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She is lucky to be alive
Here in Portland, a woman yakking it up on her cell phone while crossing a
bridge tried changing lanes on wet grating. This despite huge signs telling drivers specifically not to do that because the grating is slippery when wet. Her SUV started sliding, hit the guardrail at maybe 35-40 pm, smashed through, and plunged 60 straight down into 55 feet of muddy water. She escaped the car after it hit bottom and was able to swim to the top, with only cuts and bruises. Her insurance is billing her $5k for repairing costs to the grating, plus whatever the cost of dredging her car off the bottom. She swears she was not speeding and wasn't distracted. Maybe the guardrail jumped up and bit her car, then parted so she could drive through. Here's the story--you decide: http://www.oregonlive.com/search/ind...oregonian?fpfp |
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"fbloogyudsr" > wrote in message
... > "Skip Elliott Bowman" > wrote >> Here in Portland, a woman yakking it up on her cell phone while crossing >> a bridge tried changing lanes on wet grating. > > You're a little slow; we've been discussing this for 3 days in the: > "So much for hands-free cellphones" thread. It's not that I'm slow, Floyd; it's that you aren't very descriptive in your subject titles. |
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"Skip Elliott Bowman" > wrote
> "fbloogyudsr" > wrote >> "Skip Elliott Bowman" > wrote >>> Here in Portland, a woman yakking it up on her cell phone while crossing >>> a bridge tried changing lanes on wet grating. >> >> You're a little slow; we've been discussing this for 3 days in the: >> "So much for hands-free cellphones" thread. > > It's not that I'm slow, Floyd; it's that you aren't very descriptive in > your subject titles. Uhh, it wasn't *me* that wrote the subject title. Please pay a little more attention. Floyd |
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"fbloogyudsr" > wrote in message
... > "Skip Elliott Bowman" > wrote >> "fbloogyudsr" > wrote >>> "Skip Elliott Bowman" > wrote >>>> Here in Portland, a woman yakking it up on her cell phone while >>>> crossing a bridge tried changing lanes on wet grating. >>> >>> You're a little slow; we've been discussing this for 3 days in the: >>> "So much for hands-free cellphones" thread. >> >> It's not that I'm slow, Floyd; it's that you aren't very descriptive in >> your subject titles. > > Uhh, it wasn't *me* that wrote the subject title. Please pay a > little more attention. I never said you wrote that particular one, Floyd. Pay attention yourself. |
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>>>> You're a little slow; we've been discussing this for 3 days in the: >>>> "So much for hands-free cellphones" thread. >>> >>> It's not that I'm slow, Floyd; it's that you aren't very >>> descriptive in your subject titles. >> >> Uhh, it wasn't *me* that wrote the subject title. Please pay a >> little more attention. > > I never said you wrote that particular one, Floyd. Pay attention > yourself. It sure looked to me like you accused Floyd of not being descriptive. I suppose "Gee, you're right - sorry!" was too hard to say? |
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:31:47 GMT, "Skip Elliott Bowman"
> wrote: >Here in Portland, a woman yakking it up on her cell phone while crossing a >bridge tried changing lanes on wet grating. This despite huge signs >telling drivers specifically not to do that because the grating is slippery >when wet. Her SUV started sliding, hit the guardrail at maybe 35-40 pm, >smashed through, and plunged 60 straight down into 55 feet of muddy water. >She escaped the car after it hit bottom and was able to swim to the top, >with only cuts and bruises. > >Her insurance is billing her $5k for repairing costs to the grating, plus >whatever the cost of dredging her car off the bottom. She swears she was >not speeding and wasn't distracted. Maybe the guardrail jumped up and bit >her car, then parted so she could drive through. Here's the story--you >decide: > >http://www.oregonlive.com/search/ind...oregonian?fpfp > > > Your narrative and the story you link to do not agree. Where did you get your information? -- Bill Funk Change "g" to "a" |
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"Big Bill" > wrote in message
... > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:31:47 GMT, "Skip Elliott Bowman" > > wrote: > >>Here in Portland, a woman yakking it up on her cell phone while crossing a >>bridge tried changing lanes on wet grating. This despite huge signs >>telling drivers specifically not to do that because the grating is >>slippery >>when wet. Her SUV started sliding, hit the guardrail at maybe 35-40 pm, >>smashed through, and plunged 60 straight down into 55 feet of muddy water. >>She escaped the car after it hit bottom and was able to swim to the top, >>with only cuts and bruises. >> >>Her insurance is billing her $5k for repairing costs to the grating, plus >>whatever the cost of dredging her car off the bottom. She swears she was >>not speeding and wasn't distracted. Maybe the guardrail jumped up and bit >>her car, then parted so she could drive through. Here's the story--you >>decide: >> >>http://www.oregonlive.com/search/ind...oregonian?fpfp >> >> >> > Your narrative and the story you link to do not agree. > Where did you get your information? Sorry Bill--I posted the follow-up article instead of the initial article. My source is the Oregonian, Oregon's largest daily newspaper. Here's the original story: http://www.oregonlive.com/search/ind...oregonian?lcps And here is another follow-up in today's paper: http://www.oregonlive.com/search/ind...gonian?EXCLUDE While the guardrail on this bridge has done it's job for the past 30 years (the last time someone drove through it), I doubt the design allowed for a 2.5 ton vehicle traveling at 35-40 mph (speed limit on this bridge is 35 mph; few drivers stick to that limit). I've also been following the story on the TV news. |
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:31:47 GMT, Skip Elliott Bowman , one of an
infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters said the following in rec.autos.driving... > Here in Portland, a woman yakking it up on her cell phone while crossing a > bridge tried changing lanes on wet grating. This despite huge signs > telling drivers specifically not to do that because the grating is slippery > when wet. Her SUV started sliding, hit the guardrail at maybe 35-40 pm, > smashed through, and plunged 60 straight down into 55 feet of muddy water. > She escaped the car after it hit bottom and was able to swim to the top, > with only cuts and bruises. <snip> Sounds all too familiar. The woman in your story was damn lucky. Some people aren't so lucky. (see: http://tinyurl.com/3jzmp and http://tinyurl.com/3ugpd) IMO, that steel grating used on some bridges is too dangerous and I can see why she lost control of her vehicle, on the phone or not. |
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