Eastern Railroad Discussion > Distracted Driver Breaks Though Gate Protection (link& video)

anybody see this video ... RR crossing gates aren't the only type of gate protection a driver can drive right through ... this is a video of a florida guy who was fumbling with his GPS while driving and went right through the down gate protection of a open draw bridge and did a Dukes of Hazard "General" jump over the open bridge span and landing bumper first on the other side of the draw bridge ...

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7706228

..and to think that TV Land just took the "Dukes of Hazard" episodes off line because of current events. 

Oh to be young and innocent.  (that was me back in the '70's)

Steve

I saw the video clip on the Today Show.

OCV

TRACKENGR Wrote:
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> ..and to think that TV Land just took the "Dukes
> of Hazard" episodes off line because of current
> events. 
>
> Oh to be young and innocent.  (that was me back
> in the '70's)
>
> Steve


Too bad that guy wasn't driving the General Lee instead.

John Miller
Conestoga, PA

Did he roll down his window and shout YEEEEEEEE-HAAAWWWWWW!!!!!

All I'll say is that he is a lucky SOB!

> Too bad that guy wasn't driving the General Lee
> instead.

Even the General wouldn't have made this one. Note the center of rotation of the spans. When one end of the spans (at the center of the bridge) go up, the other ends go down. That's what the SUV crashed into.

Hmm ... higher speed might have gotten him back to level road, though like the Chargers used the t.v series (and other Hollywood productions), the SUV's front suspension would've collaped on landing and not been driviable afterward.

* JB *