emergency landing in downtown Montreal ends well

Jose wrote:
I'm not quite sure, LBJ has about ten different names.
Just two, last I checked.

There are ten kinds of people in the world. Those that understand
binary, and those that don't.

Call me a geek, but that never fails to make me laugh.

"Emily" wrote in message
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Jose wrote:
I'm not quite sure, LBJ has about ten different names.
Just two, last I checked.

There are ten kinds of people in the world. Those that understand
binary, and those that don't.

Call me a geek, but that never fails to make me laugh.

Ok, you're a geek...

(I always get a smile out of it to0.)

Jay B ( --- Also A Geek)

And they didn't have to deal with Quebec drivers either. I bet as the guy
in Montreal was landing he was overtaken by 15 cars who then cut him off
as they whipped over from the far right lane to the exit on the far left
or from the far left to an exit on the far right, and they all flipped
him
off.

(Yes, they have exits on the left on Autoroute 40 - it fits with the
general crazyness of Montreal drivers.)



The drivers obviously caused the plane to crash onto them. Over the past
weekend, other reckless Montreal drivers caused another on-street landing,
though the pilot in that case was heroic, avoiding the cars.

Recently, Jon Woellhaf posted:

Neil Gould wrote about really bad drivers,
... Every time I've been [to Boston] I've
seen someone driving the wrong way on the freeway, but that isn't the
worst I've seen there.

What IS the worst you've seen there?!

It would be hard to decide... Insane entries and exits of rotaries? Coming
out of blind side streets at the speed limit, ergo they didn't even slow
down for the stop sign? Right-hand turns from the left side of the road &
vice versa?

Neil

"Emily" wrote in message
...
Call me a geek, but that never fails to make me laugh.

You're female, you can only be a geekette...

Grumman-581 wrote:
"Emily" wrote in message
...
Call me a geek, but that never fails to make me laugh.

You're female, you can only be a geekette...


Well, that works too.

In article .com,
Jay Honeck wrote:

Here in the Midwest, the first snowstorm of the year always brings a
rash of fender-benders, as folks have to re-learn how to drive in icy
conditions.


Where I live there is no snow or ice, and it only rains every 3 or 4 weeks
in winter. Just enough to get the streets oily so the first drops
of rain turn it into something very slippery.

That, added to the hundres of people who take the bus on dry days
and get their cars only on rainy days makes the first 3 hours of a rainy
day an absolute nightmare.

From hour 4 everything is so flodded traffic slows down to a complete stop
so fender benders are no longer a problem

The joys of a developing nation.




--
Eduardo K. | Some say it's forgive and forget.
http://www.carfun.cl | I say forget about forgiving just accept.
http://e.nn.cl | And get the hell out of town.
| Minnie Driver, Grosse Point Blank

Eduardo K. wrote:
In article .com,
Jay Honeck wrote:
Here in the Midwest, the first snowstorm of the year always brings a
rash of fender-benders, as folks have to re-learn how to drive in icy
conditions.


Where I live there is no snow or ice, and it only rains every 3 or 4 weeks
in winter. Just enough to get the streets oily so the first drops
of rain turn it into something very slippery.

That, added to the hundres of people who take the bus on dry days
and get their cars only on rainy days makes the first 3 hours of a rainy
day an absolute nightmare.

From hour 4 everything is so flodded traffic slows down to a complete stop
so fender benders are no longer a problem

The joys of a developing nation.

Nah, happens here, too. I learned in driver's ed about streets getting
oily, but it rained a lot where I learned to drive and I never
experienced it.

First time it rained here, I took a corner too fast and spun out...it
felt like I was driving on a solid sheet of ice. Of course, being used
to driving in snow, it was easy to recover. Scary stuff!

"Emily" wrote in message
. ..
First time it rained here, I took a corner too fast and spun out...it
felt like I was driving on a solid sheet of ice. Of course, being used
to driving in snow, it was easy to recover. Scary stuff!

I had that happen about 23 years ago while on a motorcycle... I had stopped
at a stop sign and as I took off and made the left turn, the bike came out
from underneath me... I immediately knew what caused it, but that did do any
good... I just climbed on the side of the bike and enjoyed the spin /
ride... I really do not like 2 wheeled vehicles on slippery surfaces...

("Grumman-581" wrote)
I had that happen about 23 years ago while on a motorcycle... I had
stopped at a stop sign and as I took off and made the left turn, the bike
came out from underneath me... I immediately knew what caused it, but that
did do any good... I just climbed on the side of the bike and enjoyed the
spin / ride... I really do not like 2 wheeled vehicles on slippery
surfaces...


100% identical to my 'exit ramp' experience in 1981:

Too much goose on the throttle, familiar turn, night, damp, too much packed
rubber and oily film on the pavement in that one location, a slight dip
where the two bridges didn't line up, etc, etc.

I came down 'hard' on the back of my head (helmet on that night - whew). The
bike spun out sideways - without me. Top speed: 12mph, if that.

It felt like I'd just caught a sideline 'out' pass and was turning upfield,
when Bam! ...I get drilled by the free safety. That's how quickly it
happened.

One second I'm playing with the blinker switch, next second I'm on my back,
wondering how much a new blinker assembly will cost - thank goodness for
rubber breakaway blinker mounts.


Montblack
1981 Yamaha 650 Special II