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Offline Kathyp

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How Portlanders Drive In Winter
« on: January 16, 2007, 05:15:56 pm »
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this is a news film clip.  almost put it in humor, but it's not funny if it's not you.  click on amazing....video....portland.  this was today.
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Re: How Portlanders Drive In Winter
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2007, 10:23:45 am »
Yea, this was posted in the General Beekeeping forum, too.  Absolutely amazing.  It's been conjectured that the driver of the first car was knocked out, that's why the car kept going.

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Re: How Portlanders Drive In Winter
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2007, 11:49:36 am »
he wasn't knocked out.  that was more of a hill than it looked like on the film.  once he got sliding, there was no stopping.  poor guys was 79.  got out of it with just a cut on the head.
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Re: How Portlanders Drive In Winter
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2007, 05:59:46 pm »
Well, then, he should have taken his foot off the gas!  Thankfully no one was seriously injured in it all.

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Re: How Portlanders Drive In Winter
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2007, 06:19:11 pm »
He could have been riding the brake. It is a hill and the sled affect comes into play.
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Re: How Portlanders Drive In Winter
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2007, 06:57:36 pm »
ya, he could have been.  could have been stunned a bit when the air bag deployed.  that tape is pretty long and it's one car after another doing about the same thing.  his was just the most spectacular.
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