syh

yeowch!

the thing I kept thinking about yesterday was the time I put a bus in a hole. there was construction, and where a grassy median was going to be, there was an un-curbed hole. I had to turn right (as in the opposite of left) around that hole, which meant reduced turning radius. there was another intersection about 50 feet away from that one, and while I was navigating my turn, a woman turned around that corner and decided she needed the whole road around the median. she was going quickly enough that I turned just a smidge to avoid hitting her before braking... when I went to start driving again, I actually heard one dual go over before the other-- of course only giving me enough time to think, "oh shit!"

so my bus had one set of duals in this cement hole and was resting quite nicely on the frame surrounding the tires. let me tell you, concrete crumbles like sand when you drag 14 tons of steel bus against it. I don't even want to know what that tow bill cost. ah, skill..

I have a friend who used to drive a trash truck and she backed into a light pole. the guy she was driving with told her they would just tell everyone that lightening hit it, which she thought was a great plan!