Comments on: Truck Crash http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gary B http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-201362 Gary B Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:07:33 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-201362 For those who've never driven a "high profile vehicle" in high winds, they can be blown over while parked to avoid high winds, regardless of amount of load. I seriously doubt that this driver left the roadway and tried to recover at speed, only because the vehicle is on the roadway instead of in the ditch. Had the driver tried to recover after leaving the roadway the rollover would have occurred when overcorrecting and put the truck in a corn field. For those who’ve never driven a “high profile vehicle” in high winds, they can be blown over while parked to avoid high winds, regardless of amount of load. I seriously doubt that this driver left the roadway and tried to recover at speed, only because the vehicle is on the roadway instead of in the ditch. Had the driver tried to recover after leaving the roadway the rollover would have occurred when overcorrecting and put the truck in a corn field.

]]> By: Dedication http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-200068 Dedication Sun, 11 May 2008 01:40:57 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-200068 If the trailer was empty and the winds were high...well that is a 13 foot 6 inch billboard driving down the road. Shame he could have pulled over rather than have this happen. Regards If the trailer was empty and the winds were high…well that is a 13 foot 6 inch billboard driving down the road. Shame he could have pulled over rather than have this happen. Regards

]]> By: Anti_weasel http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-199735 Anti_weasel Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:49:53 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-199735 it must be the road...... that road is very narrow and could be the wind too..... but i dought it. it must be the road…… that road is very narrow and could be the wind too….. but i dought it.

]]> By: gokhan http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-199711 gokhan Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:58:47 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-199711 This is definitely Jim Palmer. My buddy’s dad drove for them many years. I could tell it was a Palmer truck from the thumbnail. This is definitely Jim Palmer. My buddy’s dad drove for them many years. I could tell it was a Palmer truck from the thumbnail.

]]> By: varen http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-141020 varen Thu, 03 May 2007 16:16:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-141020 this must be a drunk driver who was driving tha truck this must be a drunk driver who was driving tha truck

]]> By: Gary Powell http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-136289 Gary Powell Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:13:01 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-136289 I drive for Jim Palmer Trucking. We are based in Missoula, Mt. Yes that (sadly) is one of our trucks. It was blown over by winds in excess of 180kph. The driver was not hurt. I drive for Jim Palmer Trucking. We are based in Missoula, Mt. Yes that (sadly) is one of our trucks. It was blown over by winds in excess of 180kph. The driver was not hurt.

]]> By: Rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-135565 Rob Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:18:49 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-135565 What's weird is that if you scroll south and go to hybrid view, the road map starts to bear very little relation to the satellite photo: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=46.757269,-100.802457&spn=0.007115,0.019763&t=h&om=1 See at the top left where Cheshire and Hampshire Drives just do not exist? OK, that could be an old image, but what about the other roads which seem to fall in between the existing roads on the ground? Maybe a dirt-road neighbourhood that has since been swallowed up by suburbia? :( What’s weird is that if you scroll south and go to hybrid view, the road map starts to bear very little relation to the satellite photo:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

See at the top left where Cheshire and Hampshire Drives just do not exist? OK, that could be an old image, but what about the other roads which seem to fall in between the existing roads on the ground? Maybe a dirt-road neighbourhood that has since been swallowed up by suburbia? :(

]]> By: Steve in Abq http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-134396 Steve in Abq Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:12:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-134396 We also call them "18-wheelers," "semi trucks," "rigs," etc. Check out the song "Mama Hated Diesels" by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. We also call them “18-wheelers,” “semi trucks,” “rigs,” etc. Check out the song “Mama Hated Diesels” by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.

]]> By: Jel http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-134378 Jel Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:24:07 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-134378 The rig was probably already swaying from the corner he just took: if you track the road back westwards, it runs out into nothing likely to have been a feeder, therefore he had probably just taken the turn not far back. Fair dos to the guy, then, to have kept it going against a fairish risk of jack-knifing that far. Reminds me of the time someone went over exiting Marble Arch in London - for our cousins on the far side of the ditch, that's a bit like doing it on Canal and Bowery... The rig was probably already swaying from the corner he just took: if you track the road back westwards, it runs out into nothing likely to have been a feeder, therefore he had probably just taken the turn not far back. Fair dos to the guy, then, to have kept it going against a fairish risk of jack-knifing that far.
Reminds me of the time someone went over exiting Marble Arch in London – for our cousins on the far side of the ditch, that’s a bit like doing it on Canal and Bowery…

]]> By: infinity http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-134312 infinity Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:58:16 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/03/19/truck-crash/#comment-134312 Also I wonder if there was a fence close to the road on the northern side? seems like the big tow truck for righting the trailer and eventually taking it out of the way is on the wrong side of the truck.. Also I wonder if there was a fence close to the road on the northern side? seems like the big tow truck for righting the trailer and eventually taking it out of the way is on the wrong side of the truck..

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