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01-30-2011, 11:07pm | #1 | ||||||
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Why don't they...
[plow the truck runaway lanes?]
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01-30-2011, 11:08pm | #2 | ||||||
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what's a truck runaway lane?
pui? |
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The snow adds more resistance in the lanes I'm guessing though.
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By truck runaway lane are you describing the road shoulder? The breakdown lane?
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At the mid point or bottom of some of the bigger hills, there is a runaway truck ramp.
Its there in case an 18 wheeler loses its brakes. Its like a mini-exit on the right hand side and usually goes up and terminates in a sand pile. In the winter, the sand freezes like concrete so the snow is used to slow the truck down. |
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effin flatlanders.
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The only one near me is on the Mass Pike in the Berkshires. If you miss a downshift in an older truck, you'll never get the trans back in gear so that is another reason they are there since you'll overheat the brakes.
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