tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post9125108323189867957..comments2024-03-28T20:51:58.818-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with AM: Beauty and Death at Fancy Gapbookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-38930988030069429442013-04-04T14:08:41.481-04:002013-04-04T14:08:41.481-04:00You bring up a lot of legit concerns and contribut...You bring up a lot of legit concerns and contributing factors to such horrible instances. I feel drivers are the key to this. If you can't see, for Pete's sake, CRAWL along. No destination is worthy dying to get there. It will be still be there in hours or days.Carolina HeartStringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292841944812910360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-3599143698845327882013-04-03T04:08:09.476-04:002013-04-03T04:08:09.476-04:00Great post. Driving respectfully with due care and...Great post. Driving respectfully with due care and attention appears to be something that happened in the 70's and 80's in the UK. People should be made to get in simulators to see what the consequences of their actions are. It might deter them !!Anita-Clare Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034226126624572256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-76463250525539818912013-04-02T21:46:28.515-04:002013-04-02T21:46:28.515-04:00There are few things as scary as a fog where you c...There are few things as scary as a fog where you can't see. I suppose the Easter Sunday incident hit home because we had been on this stretch of road (hundreds of miles from where we live) just mere weeks before. But these kinds of collisions are never far from my mind if we hit heavy fog. I know someone who commutes from Syracuse to Binghamton (New York) to her job, and hits that kind of fog several times a year.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-80018316325696784462013-04-02T21:42:58.761-04:002013-04-02T21:42:58.761-04:00Sometimes it is just being in the wrong place at t...Sometimes it is just being in the wrong place at the wrong time - that is one chilling accident you describe.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-29222991910269492362013-04-02T21:42:02.556-04:002013-04-02T21:42:02.556-04:00No, what your father taught you wasn't overkil...No, what your father taught you wasn't overkill. It was truth! He was a wise man and you were wise for teaching that same lesson to the next generation. We taught that to our son, too, when he learned to drive.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-90786089912781569292013-04-02T21:40:40.597-04:002013-04-02T21:40:40.597-04:00I totally agree. I suspect excessive speed was the...I totally agree. I suspect excessive speed was the main cause of one of the initial accidents- and then physics took over. So sad.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-77780048640673660302013-04-02T21:20:26.585-04:002013-04-02T21:20:26.585-04:00Interstate 64 over Afton Mountain has had similar ...Interstate 64 over Afton Mountain has had similar problems. It's also in Virginia and connects Richmond to Staunton. Sometimes VDOT closes I-64 when the fog gets really bad. The state has done studies on I-64 and I-77 and has made some improvements such as warning lights and lane lights but when the fog happens suddenly, the situation is very dangerous.<br /><br />I was caught in the fog on I-64 once. We got off at at exit on top of the mountain and found it was even scarier because suddenly we couldn't see the side of the road. I slowed way down and prayed that no truck came up behind me going fast! Whew!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09763547174099448920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-337489058654191912013-04-02T18:32:14.691-04:002013-04-02T18:32:14.691-04:00I live in a small town - we don't even have tr...I live in a small town - we don't even have traffic lights! But there is dangerous stretch of road through the desert and a few years ago a bus went over the edge :( The driver was overtaking another bus and misjudged the width. Some accidents are obviously caused by driver error, but it seems to be just bad luck that some people get involved - or is it?Isobelhttp://becomeyourvision.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-12767039560243548842013-04-02T18:30:31.889-04:002013-04-02T18:30:31.889-04:00When my dad taught each of us kids to drive, he wo...When my dad taught each of us kids to drive, he would say over and over "You are driving a two-ton bullet, and it's even more dangerous than a bullet out of a gun, because you can kill lots of people with it if you're not very careful." I've always thought about that, and I encourage my own kids with the same message. It may seem overkill, but you can't be too careful when so many factors are out of your control.AmyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10016393315360502122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-23328266089704224852013-04-02T18:24:41.468-04:002013-04-02T18:24:41.468-04:00Hi Alana... I live in Southern California. With th...Hi Alana... I live in Southern California. With that said, most of our roads are pretty much on the dangerous side. Speed limit on the freeways average 65 to 70. High speeds + freeways = accidents. Doesn't matter if there is fog or not. <br /><br />We have some dangerous side roads in the area - but I avoid them at all costs. <br /><br />The Virginia accident was surely a tragedy. People need to drive with common sense. Slow down - cuz not getting there is worse than getting there late.<br /><br />Eydie :)Eydie Stumpfhttp://www.terramediamarketing.comnoreply@blogger.com