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DC: don't take 295!
Serious warning to all drivers in the metro DC area, do not take 295
through DC from US-50 south unless you drive a truck or a car with lots of ground clearance! They have ground off the top layer of the road surface and there's lots of manhole covers sticking up and I saw at least one loose manhole cover just hanging out in the right lane. They're tall enough to do serious damage; I saw a Jetta in the left lane suddenly start trailing lots of smoke; when it pulled over I pulled in ahead of it to see if the driver needed a fire extinguisher, here what had happened was she hit "something in the road" (I assume one of the manhole covers) and it was enough to bend the RF rim and half-flatten the tire; it also ripped off the belly pan and the bottom of the oil pan. Not Good! Fortunately (if anything could be considered fortunate) she had a cell phone and the car didn't actually catch fire, and she wanted to stay with the car until someone showed up with a tow truck, so I left. nate PS - also watch out for assclowns on Harleys; my good mood at having done my good deed for the day quickly wore off right after I merged onto the Beltway at the Wilson Bridge. I had merged in early as someone had left a hole for me; a white Mustang went ahead and passed everyone in the acceleration lane. Fair enough, I left space for him to merge in. I had to slow when I saw a Harley literally less than a front wheel's distance off his bumper, trying to get an advantage. I hit the horn to let him know that I'd just seen him do a dickhead move; what I didn't see was his buddy who was now on the shoulder next to me, also expecting to merge in ahead of me. Said buddy proceeded to ride the shoulder next to me and yell into the window how I was "endangering his life" - here's a free clue, assclown, you and your buddy were riding like a-holes and you know it; if you expect others to not "endanger your life" try riding like you care. |
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N8N wrote:
> Serious warning to all drivers in the metro DC area, do not take 295 > through DC from US-50 south unless you drive a truck or a car with lots > of ground clearance! They have ground off the top layer of the road > surface and there's lots of manhole covers sticking up and I saw at > least one loose manhole cover just hanging out in the right lane. > They're tall enough to do serious damage; I saw a Jetta in the left > lane suddenly start trailing lots of smoke; when it pulled over I > pulled in ahead of it to see if the driver needed a fire extinguisher, > here what had happened was she hit "something in the road" (I assume > one of the manhole covers) and it was enough to bend the RF rim and > half-flatten the tire; it also ripped off the belly pan and the bottom > of the oil pan. Not Good! Fortunately (if anything could be > considered fortunate) she had a cell phone and the car didn't actually > catch fire, and she wanted to stay with the car until someone showed up > with a tow truck, so I left. I remember during a widening project on Interstate 79 in West Virginia, they forgot to add some asphalt from the milled pavement to the widened bridge, which was set higher. Let's just say while it didn't kill the tires on our SUV, you had a line of vehicles on the shoulder immediately after with broken vehicles... > nate > > PS - also watch out for assclowns on Harleys; my good mood at having > done my good deed for the day quickly wore off right after I merged > onto the Beltway at the Wilson Bridge. I had merged in early as > someone had left a hole for me; a white Mustang went ahead and passed > everyone in the acceleration lane. Fair enough, I left space for him > to merge in. I had to slow when I saw a Harley literally less than a > front wheel's distance off his bumper, trying to get an advantage. I > hit the horn to let him know that I'd just seen him do a dickhead move; > what I didn't see was his buddy who was now on the shoulder next to me, > also expecting to merge in ahead of me. Said buddy proceeded to ride > the shoulder next to me and yell into the window how I was "endangering > his life" - here's a free clue, assclown, you and your buddy were > riding like a-holes and you know it; if you expect others to not > "endanger your life" try riding like you care. Let him ride in the shoulder and see how far it gets him. I've had it with motorcycles being dickheads and driving like they own the road, as if they expect the larger automobiles to just bend over and cater to them 100%. Case in point, three motorcyclists were wanting to race, and each proceeded to block each lane (three lanes). They slowed traffic to 40 MPH before they accelerated. A car and a tractor-trailer about hit them, and if something did happen, you can guess who's going to come out the victor. Or what about the time the motorcycle was weaving in and out of traffic? At a traffic light, the motorcyclist was trying to cut down the middle of two lanes at a traffic signal, when a car cut him off by just inching his car over. The motorcycle had to slam on his brakes and he fell off of the bike. I couldn't resist laughing, then when I had to assist in giving a police report, the biker was given a ****load of citations. I couldn't stop laughing there either. |
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N8N wrote: > PS - also watch out for assclowns on Harleys; my good mood at having > done my good deed for the day quickly wore off right after I merged > onto the Beltway at the Wilson Bridge. I had merged in early as > someone had left a hole for me; a white Mustang went ahead and passed > everyone in the acceleration lane. Fair enough, I left space for him > to merge in. I had to slow when I saw a Harley literally less than a > front wheel's distance off his bumper, trying to get an advantage. I > hit the horn to let him know that I'd just seen him do a dickhead move; > what I didn't see was his buddy who was now on the shoulder next to me, > also expecting to merge in ahead of me. Said buddy proceeded to ride > the shoulder next to me and yell into the window how I was "endangering > his life" - here's a free clue, assclown, you and your buddy were > riding like a-holes and you know it; if you expect others to not > "endanger your life" try riding like you care. Are you are sure the bike was a Harley? I have yet to encounter anybody on a Harley that rides like the fools that ride crotch rockets. -- John in the sand box of Marylands eastern shore. |
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> John R Cambron wrote:
> > N8N wrote: > > > > PS - also watch out for assclowns on Harleys; my good mood at having > > done my good deed for the day quickly wore off right after I merged > > onto the Beltway at the Wilson Bridge. I had merged in early as > > someone had left a hole for me; a white Mustang went ahead and passed > > everyone in the acceleration lane. Fair enough, I left space for him > > to merge in. I had to slow when I saw a Harley literally less than a > > front wheel's distance off his bumper, trying to get an advantage. I > > hit the horn to let him know that I'd just seen him do a dickhead move; > > what I didn't see was his buddy who was now on the shoulder next to me, > > also expecting to merge in ahead of me. Said buddy proceeded to ride > > the shoulder next to me and yell into the window how I was "endangering > > his life" - here's a free clue, assclown, you and your buddy were > > riding like a-holes and you know it; if you expect others to not > > "endanger your life" try riding like you care. > > Are you are sure the bike was a Harley? I have yet to encounter > anybody on a Harley that rides like the fools that ride crotch > rockets. Several members of the ship here ride Harleys, plus I know several others, including some friends of mine, back in Norfolk who do the same. All of them are responsible riders and have taken a number of safety courses. The OP probably just ran into some bad apples... Froggie | Underway onboard USS McInerney (FFG-8) | http://www.ajfroggie.com/roads/ |
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"N8N" > wrote in message
ups.com... > Serious warning to all drivers in the metro DC area, do not take 295 > through DC from US-50 south unless you drive a truck or a car with lots > of ground clearance! They have ground off the top layer of the road > surface and there's lots of manhole covers sticking up and I saw at > least one loose manhole cover just hanging out in the right lane. Yeah, they had I295 all torn up around mea dn more north too a while back. Now that they ahve resurfaced the road and widened it in places as well as extended several acceleration and decelleration lanes they have alos dropped the speed limit from 65 MPH to 55 MPH. |
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N8N wrote: > Serious warning to all drivers in the metro DC area, do not take 295 > through DC from US-50 south unless you drive a truck or a car with lots > of ground clearance! They have ground off the top layer of the road > surface and there's lots of manhole covers sticking up and I saw at > least one loose manhole cover just hanging out in the right lane. > They're tall enough to do serious damage; I saw a Jetta in the left > lane suddenly start trailing lots of smoke; when it pulled over I > pulled in ahead of it to see if the driver needed a fire extinguisher, > here what had happened was she hit "something in the road" (I assume > one of the manhole covers) and it was enough to bend the RF rim and > half-flatten the tire; it also ripped off the belly pan and the bottom > of the oil pan. Not Good! Fortunately (if anything could be > considered fortunate) she had a cell phone and the car didn't actually > catch fire, and she wanted to stay with the car until someone showed up > with a tow truck, so I left. > > nate Just an update; I took 295 this AM as I had to go to a job site - big mistake. Northbound has been repaved and is OK to travel but southbound hasn't been touched since I posted the original message, and now the milled pavement has started to break up and peel away down to the original concrete. If you must take 295 southbound stay out of the passing lane at all costs, that's where the problem is. Of course, I heard about this on the radio this AM *AFTER* I'd already been through the area and nearly got rear-ended as I did the brake/accelerate thing to "pop" my car over the yawning cavern in front of it. Oil pan still intact. *whew* nate |
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N8N wrote: > > N8N wrote: > > Serious warning to all drivers in the metro DC area, do not take 295 > > through DC from US-50 south unless you drive a truck or a car with lots > > of ground clearance! They have ground off the top layer of the road > > surface and there's lots of manhole covers sticking up and I saw at > > least one loose manhole cover just hanging out in the right lane. > > They're tall enough to do serious damage; I saw a Jetta in the left > > lane suddenly start trailing lots of smoke; when it pulled over I > > pulled in ahead of it to see if the driver needed a fire extinguisher, > > here what had happened was she hit "something in the road" (I assume > > one of the manhole covers) and it was enough to bend the RF rim and > > half-flatten the tire; it also ripped off the belly pan and the bottom > > of the oil pan. Not Good! Fortunately (if anything could be > > considered fortunate) she had a cell phone and the car didn't actually > > catch fire, and she wanted to stay with the car until someone showed up > > with a tow truck, so I left. > > > > nate > > Just an update; I took 295 this AM as I had to go to a job site - big > mistake. Northbound has been repaved and is OK to travel but > southbound hasn't been touched since I posted the original message, and > now the milled pavement has started to break up and peel away down to > the original concrete. If you must take 295 southbound stay out of the > passing lane at all costs, that's where the problem is. Of course, I > heard about this on the radio this AM *AFTER* I'd already been through > the area and nearly got rear-ended as I did the brake/accelerate thing > to "pop" my car over the yawning cavern in front of it. > > Oil pan still intact. *whew* Heard on the radio this evening that the contractor was paving on both the north and southbound sides. -- John in the sand box of Marylands eastern shore. |
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John R Cambron wrote: > N8N wrote: > > > > N8N wrote: > > > Serious warning to all drivers in the metro DC area, do not take 295 > > > through DC from US-50 south unless you drive a truck or a car with lots > > > of ground clearance! They have ground off the top layer of the road > > > surface and there's lots of manhole covers sticking up and I saw at > > > least one loose manhole cover just hanging out in the right lane. > > > They're tall enough to do serious damage; I saw a Jetta in the left > > > lane suddenly start trailing lots of smoke; when it pulled over I > > > pulled in ahead of it to see if the driver needed a fire extinguisher, > > > here what had happened was she hit "something in the road" (I assume > > > one of the manhole covers) and it was enough to bend the RF rim and > > > half-flatten the tire; it also ripped off the belly pan and the bottom > > > of the oil pan. Not Good! Fortunately (if anything could be > > > considered fortunate) she had a cell phone and the car didn't actually > > > catch fire, and she wanted to stay with the car until someone showed up > > > with a tow truck, so I left. > > > > > > nate > > > > Just an update; I took 295 this AM as I had to go to a job site - big > > mistake. Northbound has been repaved and is OK to travel but > > southbound hasn't been touched since I posted the original message, and > > now the milled pavement has started to break up and peel away down to > > the original concrete. If you must take 295 southbound stay out of the > > passing lane at all costs, that's where the problem is. Of course, I > > heard about this on the radio this AM *AFTER* I'd already been through > > the area and nearly got rear-ended as I did the brake/accelerate thing > > to "pop" my car over the yawning cavern in front of it. > > > > Oil pan still intact. *whew* > > Heard on the radio this evening that the contractor was paving > on both the north and southbound sides. Good news, it is a fairly useful road. Just curious, has anyone noticed that the repaved northbound sections aren't nearly as smooth as the newly repaved sections of the Beltway? Any ideas why that would be? nate |
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> Good news, it is a fairly useful road. > > Just curious, has anyone noticed that the repaved northbound sections > aren't nearly as smooth as the newly repaved sections of the Beltway? > Any ideas why that would be? > > nate > Yeah, it's called lowest bidder WINS. Someone cheaper must be in the area now. -Dave |
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N8N wrote: > N8N wrote: > > Serious warning to all drivers in the metro DC area, do not take 295 > > through DC from US-50 south unless you drive a truck or a car with lots > > of ground clearance! They have ground off the top layer of the road > > surface and there's lots of manhole covers sticking up and I saw at > > least one loose manhole cover just hanging out in the right lane. > > They're tall enough to do serious damage; I saw a Jetta in the left > > lane suddenly start trailing lots of smoke; when it pulled over I > > pulled in ahead of it to see if the driver needed a fire extinguisher, > > here what had happened was she hit "something in the road" (I assume > > one of the manhole covers) and it was enough to bend the RF rim and > > half-flatten the tire; it also ripped off the belly pan and the bottom > > of the oil pan. Not Good! Fortunately (if anything could be > > considered fortunate) she had a cell phone and the car didn't actually > > catch fire, and she wanted to stay with the car until someone showed up > > with a tow truck, so I left. > > > > nate > > Just an update; I took 295 this AM as I had to go to a job site - big > mistake. Northbound has been repaved and is OK to travel but > southbound hasn't been touched since I posted the original message, and > now the milled pavement has started to break up and peel away down to > the original concrete. If you must take 295 southbound stay out of the > passing lane at all costs, that's where the problem is. Of course, I > heard about this on the radio this AM *AFTER* I'd already been through > the area and nearly got rear-ended as I did the brake/accelerate thing > to "pop" my car over the yawning cavern in front of it. > > Oil pan still intact. *whew* > > nate Thank goodness they are finally starting to work on that road. It is embarrasing (and hard on wheels) when the nations capital has a major highway that looks like something from a third world country. Unfortunately I have learned to keep my expecations low when it comes to road repairs in the district. The repairs will probably take 2x as long and be substandard quality. BTW, all you Metro D.C. residents avoid the greater Wilson bridge area on both sides at all costs this weekend. It will be down to one lane of traffic and miles of backups are projected. |
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