Re: Bus crash in Atlanta blamed on exit design?!!
- From: Ashton Crusher <Hello@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:33:19 -0700
On 4 Mar 2007 10:48:46 -0800, "MLOM" <grvan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 4, 10:41 am, tetraethylleadREMOVET...@xxxxxxxxx (Brent P)
wrote:
In article <KKidnWTPrZcidXfYnZ2dnUVZ_tunn...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 223rem wrote:
The driver was very probably asleep. How can you not realize that you're
SUDDENLY CLIMBMING a fairly steep slope? Also note the absence of skid
marks.
Crappy DOT headlamps?
But now it is the highway designers that are put on trial, not
the man directly responsible for the crash. Does everything in our
society has to be made 100% idiot proof?!
Left side on/off ramps should not exist IMO, but that has nothing to do
with crashes like this
Considering the time in which the crash occurred, I have doubts that
the replacement driver was as "fresh" as necessary. A lot of left
exits/entrances are of older design (1960s/70s IIRC).
The story said he's only been driving for an hour. Another story I
read indicated there have been several accidents at this ramp. Sounds
like poor design was at least part of the problem.
A society that thrives on making people idiots will of course make.
attampts to idiot-proof everything, or else file tons of lawsuits and
go for more government oversight (as if it isn't bad enough as it is).
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