Rich,
LOL Fortunately, I never had to use one. There are only two states in the US that I never drove a truck in, Maine and RI. What I used to get a big kick out of and many others drivers on the CB, was to come up on a truck runaway ramp and see a sign that said ''closed''...yeah right! In some parts of CA. Their port of entry (which is the scale house) would be half way down the grade and if You pulled in there with your brakes smoking, they would put you out of service and go over your truck with a fine tooth comb....sneaky...lack of a better word ...guys! Lucky if you could get out of there without paying some kind of fine.
''Happy New Year'' Richie.
Take Care!
Frank
zstripe Rich, LOL Fortunately, I never had to use one. ''Happy New Year'' Richie.
LOL Fortunately, I never had to use one.
"Happy New Year" Frankie.
Richie
Alton Junction
richhotrain Enzoamps Vaguely related. Something I never saw before driving in West Virginia was the escape lanes for trucks. On long steep downhill highways, there were occasionally what looked like exit ramps to nowhere. If a truck lost its brakes, it could steer up one of these to come to a stop. there were sand barrels at the end just in case. Do we know when that started? Nearly 47 years ago, engineers developed the "runaway truck ramp", also known as a trust arrester bed, that allow drivers to stop their vehicles even if their brakes fail. Rich
Enzoamps Vaguely related. Something I never saw before driving in West Virginia was the escape lanes for trucks. On long steep downhill highways, there were occasionally what looked like exit ramps to nowhere. If a truck lost its brakes, it could steer up one of these to come to a stop. there were sand barrels at the end just in case. Do we know when that started?
Vaguely related. Something I never saw before driving in West Virginia was the escape lanes for trucks. On long steep downhill highways, there were occasionally what looked like exit ramps to nowhere. If a truck lost its brakes, it could steer up one of these to come to a stop. there were sand barrels at the end just in case. Do we know when that started?
Nearly 47 years ago, engineers developed the "runaway truck ramp", also known as a trust arrester bed, that allow drivers to stop their vehicles even if their brakes fail.
Rich
I'm sure they were in place before 1970 in certain areas of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. To bring this back to railroading, there were such escape tracks on the B&O, Southern, and others a hundred years ago. They were sometimes actually used, and they worked. The train wrecked, but it wrecked at a remote location high in the mountains, before it could gain enough momentum to do even worse damage.
Tom
Before 1972 every state had different striping/highway sign standards..the unified Federal striping/signage (the beginning of the symbols on hwy signs) requirements took effect that year.
There was some leeway..Calif. information/destination signs (the green rectangle w/white lettering) were for many years black w/white lettering. The feds forced them to change them to green, but California uses a dark green as compared to other states.
zstripe I don't remember ever seeing dashed yellow concrete highway lines on country two lane roadways. White dashed lines and solid yellow in Your lane for no passing zones. That is in Illinois in the 40'/50's era! Some black-top roads in the country, secondary roads, had no lines at all and no shoulder. Take Care! Frank
I don't remember ever seeing dashed yellow concrete highway lines on country two lane roadways. White dashed lines and solid yellow in Your lane for no passing zones. That is in Illinois in the 40'/50's era! Some black-top roads in the country, secondary roads, had no lines at all and no shoulder.
lidgerwoodplow zstripe I don't remember ever seeing dashed yellow concrete highway lines on country two lane roadways. White dashed lines and solid yellow in Your lane for no passing zones. That is in Illinois in the 40'/50's era! Some black-top roads in the country, secondary roads, had no lines at all and no shoulder. Take Care! Frank In the 60s there was a trucker song called "White Line Fever," apparently referring to a sort of highway hypnosis.
In the 60s there was a trucker song called "White Line Fever," apparently referring to a sort of highway hypnosis.
If I'm not mistaken.....I believe there were movies out by the same name!
Here's one of them:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073896/
''Keep the shiny side up''.
My 1969 White Freightliner double wide COE.....that I restored. Used to be a Mayflower Van lines truck, only 50 made.