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Western Railroad Discussion > 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!!Date: 09/14/21 08:48 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: GenePoon It didn't fit...
https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/joplin-news-first/rv-too-tall-to-clear-train-trestle-at-racine/  Date: 09/14/21 08:55 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: livesteamer Surely a case of "can't fix stupid!
Marty Harrison Knob Noster, MO Date: 09/14/21 08:59 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: tomstp Uhh, maybe he wanted his insurance company to buy it?????
Date: 09/14/21 10:12 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: HomerBedloe tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Uhh, maybe he wanted his insurance company to buy > it????? Based on the angle of that roof at the front of the RV, he should have backed it into the bridge. Date: 09/14/21 10:43 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: Spoony81 Someone needed to take the keys away from the rich grandpa
Date: 09/14/21 10:44 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: PHall Definitely a case of more money then brains...
Date: 09/14/21 13:39 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: SP4360 He'll sue for the bridge being too low.
Date: 09/14/21 13:49 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: exhaustED Probably distracted by reading an Alexandre Dumas novel at the time...
Date: 09/14/21 14:00 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: jst3751 What the H is a 83 year old man doing driving a very large vehicle?
Date: 09/14/21 14:04 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: exhaustED jst3751 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What the H is a 83 year old man doing driving a > very large vehicle? He's looking for an accident to happen... Date: 09/14/21 14:50 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: GeneL His senility is now being taken care of in total care place.
Date: 09/14/21 15:01 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: koloradokid She was 93, so likely he was about the same age. I hate to say it, but a driving test for the older drivers needs to be enacted. My father in law gave his up in the mid 70s because he knew he could/should no longer drive. Our bodies just won't hold up forever, and the loss of the skills to drive can fade so subtly, that we don't realize we are putting others and ourselves in danger. If they don't ticket him, then I am ashamed of that law enforcement group.
Robert Date: 09/14/21 15:34 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: dash944cw Maybe she said: "...gitta run at it , hohney!!"
Date: 09/14/21 15:55 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: railstiesballast All joking aside it looks like it was almost a double fatality.
I wonder if a GPS navigation app gave them directions with the assumption they were in an automobile. Date: 09/14/21 17:04 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: Spoony81 koloradokid Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > She was 93, so likely he was about the same age. > I hate to say it, but a driving test for the older > drivers needs to be enacted. My father in law > gave his up in the mid 70s because he knew he > could/should no longer drive. Our bodies just > won't hold up forever, and the loss of the skills > to drive can fade so subtly, that we don't realize > we are putting others and ourselves in danger. > If they don't ticket him, then I am ashamed of > that law enforcement group. > > Robert He was 83 according to the article. He liked older women :-) Posted from iPhone Date: 09/14/21 17:28 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: howeld It didn’t fit.....the first time.
Date: 09/14/21 20:53 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: E25 Amazing how poorly those rigs are constructed to protect the occupants from lateral forces. 'Might as well be wheeling a four-cornered shed down the road.
Greg Stadter Phoenix, AZ Date: 09/15/21 04:58 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: colehour koloradokid Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > She was 93, so likely he was about the same age. > I hate to say it, but a driving test for the older > drivers needs to be enacted. My father in law > gave his up in the mid 70s because he knew he > could/should no longer drive. As a person who is exactly in his mid-70s, I agree. I try to monitor my own driving skills and try to follow all the good driving practices that we all know but sometimes don't follow. I am now living in a senior living center and have seen a few people who should not be on the road. Fortunately, this is a very rural area, so the risks are somewhat smaller than living in an urban environment. When I lived in the Phoenix area, we would see an increase in erratic driving when the "snowbirds" arrived. Most were fine, but there were some who definitely should not have been on the road. Date: 09/15/21 05:20 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: PlyWoody Arrest them for obstructing interstate railroad traffic. What happed to the railroad bridge?
Date: 09/15/21 06:02 Re: 13 foot RV under 9’9” train trestle at Racine, MO??!! Author: cjvrr Agreed, but I doubt the designers expect a driver to play limbo with an imovable steel bridge beam.
They are very lucky to not have decapitated themselves. E25 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Amazing how poorly those rigs are constructed to > protect the occupants from lateral forces. > 'Might as well be wheeling a four-cornered shed > down the road. |