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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
[Re: dbraune]
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10/16/22 09:18 PM
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Douglas J
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This was the last bad head on I made in my career, it was at LBJ and Jupiter. Drunk POS was in the Tahoe that was wrong way and was still alive and was complaining as we had to cut him out of the Tahoe. The mother and her children were extricated first and sadly the mom did not make it. Still pisses me off terribly to this day! Story
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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
[Re: dbraune]
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10/16/22 09:28 PM
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Uncle Zeek
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The place where I encounter this far too regularly is on I-45 southbound through Houston. Don't know if there's something weird about their onramps & offramps down there or what.
Definitely have to change my underwear after a close pass from one of them
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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
[Re: dbraune]
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10/17/22 12:22 AM
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Space
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A bunch happened on a toll road. It makes me crazy to think someone could get on a tollroad going the wrong direction
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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
[Re: Space]
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10/17/22 12:27 AM
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Dave-0
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A bunch happened on a toll road. It makes me crazy to think someone could get on a tollroad going the wrong direction Does the tollway pay them, then? I might have to check into that.
Laws won't fix a sin problem. What this world needs is a revival, change of the heart. ~The Skipper
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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
[Re: Space]
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10/17/22 02:18 AM
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Uncle Zeek
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A bunch happened on a toll road. It makes me crazy to think someone could get on a tollroad going the wrong direction Well, we have some 'reversible' toll lanes here in DFW. I-35E, the toll lanes are open southbound at one time of day, northbound at another. I suppose that a malfunction could leave an entry point open for the wrong direction.
"Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries --but it is a force stronger than crime" ~ Robert A. Heinlein Artim Law Firm, PLLC Estate planning & tax attorney AND 07/02 FFL 2250 Morriss Road, Suite 205, Flower Mound, Texas 75028 972-746-0758 mobile zac@artimlegal.com
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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
[Re: dbraune]
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10/17/22 04:42 AM
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otay michael
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We live on the freeway and last night sounded like there was a head on, at least two or three cars involved and tons of police at midnight. 20 some years we’ve heard a lot of wrecks this was the worst.
They ought to put those metal strips down to flatten everyone’s tires if they’re going the wrong direction. Maybe every mile or so. Would be easy to do, save a lot of lives over the decades.
Last edited by otay michael; 10/17/22 04:44 AM.
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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
[Re: otay michael]
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10/17/22 08:28 AM
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lanman71
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They ought to put those metal strips down to flatten everyone’s tires if they’re going the wrong direction. Maybe every mile or so. Would be easy to do, save a lot of lives over the decades.
That’s not a bad idea, or something along those lines.
What a maroon!
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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
[Re: dbraune]
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10/17/22 08:47 AM
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Monty Wright
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Wrong way drivers are my biggest fear. I drive 60 miles from Montgomery to Downtown Houston. In the 6 years I've been doing it, I've only encountered 1 but we read about them often.
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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
[Re: dbraune]
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10/17/22 02:39 PM
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patriot07
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Usually liquor, and very often the driver has prior DUI/DD infractions of some kind and if the system took these offenses seriously then these issues would go away 90%+. Same reason I think it's dangerous to legalize mj - until we prove we can enforce alcohol effectively then make the situation worse shouldn't even be on the table.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Soren Kierkegaard
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Re: Wrong way drivers!!!
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10/17/22 03:03 PM
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Emit R Detsaw
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One-way street in a new city full of them got me one time before GPS was standard on everything. No accident, no ticket, just some honks, yelling and me feeling like an idiot. Town where my grandparents lived, and I went to college, caught me once. Went back after about 10 years. They had changed the streets one block over from Main Street to one ways for the 6 blocks of the business district. I was taking grandma downtown. After about 2 blocks of not seeing another car my grandmother calmly asked if I had noticed that they had changed the street to a one way.
May you be treated the way you treat other people, today and everyday!
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