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Semi tries to outrun train -video

Old 08-11-2008, 06:48 PM
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can he make it across the tracks before the fast moving train roars by???
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Old 08-12-2008, 12:20 PM
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If that guy lived it was only by about a second. That was a lot of lateral G's regardless and the human body can't withstand very much.
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how can you misjudge by that much
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Old 08-12-2008, 12:31 PM
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Way back when I was a salesman in NJ. Pre 9/11 (way pre- 1985) I used get my lunch and pull up next to the tracks and watch the trains go by. It was in an open area between NY and PHL. If you were close to the tracks and your "angle off" was small it looks as if the train is barely moving-then ZOOM!- it's there. Honestly, if you go around crossing bars, I think you might be helping improve the gene pool. Not that that helps the engineers.
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Yikes, I have to agree. This might be the gene pool cleansing itself.
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Natural selection, at it finest.
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Old 08-13-2008, 10:26 AM
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Maybe he forget he had something under tow
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Guess it brings home the whole point of "being hit like a freight train" into perspective!
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I wonder how he makes a living now......
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Originally Posted by OldAg84 View Post
I wonder how he makes a living now......
Ninety days (and $90K) later, he's now a regional FO at well-known US bottom feeder...
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