You never know what you'll see when you take a day off.

gcassidy

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I took today off. Coming home from an errand I saw something unusual right before our street.

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We live a half block off of Rt 28, a major east/west 2-lane route through upper MoCo. I parked and walked back with my camera.

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Our street is on the right just before the yellow sign down the road.


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The window is still open and the wipers still going.

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Looks like under my car after my spin in the mud at VIR.

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I talked with the driver. He was going slow and pulling onto the shoulder because of a fire truck behind him. Except there's no shoulder. The truck just fell over. Scared him to death.

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Since our street is a horseshoe that connects to Rt 28 at both ends, the police routed all of the traffic through our neighborhood during the cleanup. Four hours of stopped rush hour traffic on our street. Good thing I didn't need to go anywhere.

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A couple hours later I walked back down to get more pics, and the batteries died after just ths one. :shrug:

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Everything back to normal now, except 80,000 lbs of trash were late for where ever they were going. :bash:
 

SVTORANGE

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That must have been spooky to see that massive truck on its side like that in person Greg??:??:
 

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Sweet, nice and easy to work on when it's on it's side like that...lol.

I bet that scared the driver, probably anyone behind or in front of him too.
 

TeddyKGB

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Gotta give that driver props...he laid that son of a bitch down perfectly on its side.

I bet he couldnt do that again if someone paid him.
 

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Gotta give that driver props...he laid that son of a bitch down perfectly on its side.

I bet he couldnt do that again if someone paid him.
Umm, I don't think he had anything to do with how perfectly it ended up on its side.......

That'll put a damper on your day....
 

gcassidy

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It just proves my old adage, "Trucks just fall over".

Doesn't matter if it's the beltway, I-95, or your own back yard. :nonono:
 

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