I worked in emergency service on the bridges in northern California ( office
at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge) for about 28 years, and I have seen
probably and average of 5 accidents per shift for all 6 bridges, day in and
day out. All the bridges have posted limits of 50 or 55 mph depending on the
bridge.
Probably the # 1 cause of accidents is speeding. Also remember when
someone runs out of fuel on the bridge, myself and my employees drive out to
the
location and stop their vehicle ( Tow trucks with red lights and sirens) and
dump a gallon of gas in the stalled car, or pull in front and hook them up and
tow them off. Now if you are driving across the bridge at an excessive
speed, it make life much more dangerous for us. We average 1 truck a month
getting hit while stopped on the roadway. We really hate folks who speed. One
of
my best employees got hit and killed by a speeder at the Carquinez Bridge a
couple years ago, the errant drive got 6 years in jail.
The second most popular cause of accidents is following too close, which is
usually caused by an impatient speeder. And don't even get me started on
cell phones.. We had an expression called opto-rectitus, which means you
can't
see to drive when you have your head up your rump..
So folks they make the speed limits for a reason, If you want to go fast go
to a track, please remember all the folks who play in the roadway for a
living and slow down for us.. and if you get caught, pay the fine and slow
down,
it is amazing how much more relaxed you are driving when you do the posted
limits..
(Jumping off the soap box now..)
tom N6AJR
And I don't know what this has to do with Ten Tec either..:)
In a message dated 7/3/2005 5:54:10 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
n4lq@insightbb.com writes:
thanks to all for advice.3 things come to play 1.yes antennas vibrate at
> speed my hf antenna is almost 13 feet long. 2.i was going over the
> limit.my
> truck was reading 55 and is off by 2 or 3 mph so i was going 52-53. he
> wrote the ticket for 58 in a 35 zone. 3. the zone was 45 but he wrote it
> for
> a 35 zone
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
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