F-yeah! I posted something worthy of a temporary position at the top of the forum!
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So I rolled my car yesterday. Was going well under the speed limit and hit some black ice on a sharp curve in the mountains. Pulled a 360 and rolled it over the embankment, nearly going into a river. Ended up on the left side of the road. I'm fine, but the same can't be said for the car. I sat around in the snow for three hours eating rat-fu*king MREs and singing the Inspector Gadgit theme song before anyone called me in from a emergency phone box.
Then the trooper shows up and writes me a citation for "failure to stay in lane"! Talk about insult to injury...
Is this normal, or am I justified in my irate confusion?
To make things better, after a while, the Trooper obviously felt bad for me and offered me some MREs. One a month totally satisfies my monthly quota of masochism.
So I rolled my car yesterday. Was going well under the speed limit and hit some black ice on a sharp curve in the mountains.
Same thing happened to me in a brand new Cutlass about 20 years ago.
I was going from Shasta to Susanville, in the spring and hit some black ice that came out of nowhere (a dip in the road). Rolled the car over the embankment. Totaled the car but I was not injured at all.
Lots of cars stopped and asked if they could help. I said, "Who's going to Reno?" Someone said they were and I asked for a ride. Never saw the car again. I have a photo of it somewhere. If I find it, I'll post it.
Thanks GyJDIrwin, I'm quite lucky. I was travelling to do the color guard at the Boise State football game, so I'm a little bummed as that would be a cool gig. That's really the only way in which I was affected.
ipscone, that's pretty hardcore. I reserve a hatered for black ice that equals almost nothing else. If my car had been new (which it most definitely wasn't), I'd cry blood. Here's the difference in twenty years: I was stranded on a somewhat remote mountain pass and tried to wave down numerous cars before a trucker stopped and let me know he would call it in. I estimate 15-20 people passed me and offered me no help. When the Forest Service personnel showed up (they were the first), they confirmed that the trucker was the only one to call it in in three hours. Lame.
Sorry Dar, the dehydrated fruit is long gone. I used to eat it when I was a kid and my stepfather would bring it back from the field (I know I'm friggin' young). I just had the so called "yellow rice pilaf", "western-style beans", and some wheat snack bread and chocolate peanut butter. I regret it now. The alternative was some USAF shelf-stable meals. Bad stuff, as I'm sure many of you know.
King-V, Thank goodness your safe. I came upon a roll over a few months ago, and a young lady with a baby wasn't that lucky.
If you're in a car or truck, always wear your seat belt. If you're on a bike, always wear your leather and helmet. Here ends the safety lecture, liberty is sounded.
Anyone that "loves" MRE's hasn't eaten enough of them. I don't mind them, some of the new ones are actually quite tasty, but I damn sure don't love them.
Rolled twice, and was not written a ticket for either.
The first time, was a back road around 2 am. No one else around, had to hike a couple of miles to a gas station and call it in myself. A couple of other cars passed me that night while I was walking, I tried to wave them down but neither stopped. Might have been the new "blood & mud" colors on the shirt I was wearing...
The second time, I guess there was really no choice but for folks to call it in, as I was towing another vehicle and rolled both at the same time while exiting the interstate - once I rolled, both vehicles were still connected by the tow bar, and were upside down blocking the exit ramp.
If you're in a car or truck, always wear your seat belt. If you're on a bike, always wear your leather and helmet. Here ends the safety lecture, liberty is sounded.
But Gunny you forgot, "if you drink,don't drive,and if you drive,don't drink?
KV, glad you are OK. Why were you singing the inspector gadget song anyway? Since you are OK it puts a little funny spin on the whole thing.
Thanks for your concern. The Inspector Gadget theme song was an unfortunate case of the song being relentlessly entrapped in my head. Maybe it was the preservatives and nicotine. Possibly mild insanity from having slush-filled shoes..
Someone said they were and I asked for a ride. Never saw the car again. I have a photo of it somewhere. If I find it, I'll post it.
