reroute your journey

Paul Elliot wrote:
> barbz wrote:
>> Paul Elliot wrote:
>>> barbz wrote:
>>>> Alan Moore wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:25:17 -0700, muddy cat
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article ,
>>>>>> barbz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I read that one of the feeders to the Bay Bridge MELTED!
>>>>>> yep, it was on the news this morning. A tanker truck caught fire.
>>>>>> It'll be a mess tomorrow morning.
>>>>>
>>>>> Worse for the afternoon/evening commute.
>>>>>
>>>>> Imagine, 2007 levels of traffic reduced to the 1940s street grid!
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, I believe there's a freeway route around for some of the
>>>>> traffic, but it's going to be hellacious even so.
>>>>>
>>>>> Al Moore
>>>>> DoD 734
>>>>
>>>> This makes me feel a whole lot better!
>>>>
>>>> "OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Lawmakers want to know how an inexperienced
>>>> truck driver with multiple felony convictions was able to pass a
>>>> criminal background check and get clearance to drive the tanker that
>>>> brought down one of Northern California's most traveled highways in
>>>> a fiery blaze."
>>>>
>>>> Guy had a history of drug abuse. Did time for heroin possession.
>>>> That's the kind of guy I want to share the road with...sheesh!
>>>> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CA_HIGHWAY_COLLAPSE_CAOL-?SITE=...IU&SECT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Seems the guy had actually turned his life around pretty well up to this
>>> point. Are you saying that he should have been denied an opportunity
>>> because of mistakes made years ago?
>>> I guess that there is no hope for anyone with a record in your eyes.
>>> My daughter is dealing with this attitude right now. She wants to do the
>>> right thing and get her life on track. No one will hire her.
>>>
>> Perhaps driving a truck isn't the best pursuit for his life.
>> Or flying airplanes, driving a school bus, that sort of thing. There
>> are jobs that won't put other people's lives in danger.
>>
>> So he was trying to turn his life around. Fine. But, look what happened.
>>
>
> How nice of you to hang him before the trial. The investigation is still
> going on and he has NOT been charged with anything Barb. Sure would not
> want your "open" mind on my jury.
> Sheesh...
>

I was premature. This was in the paper today:

SACRAMENTO – The gasoline tanker that crashed and exploded this week on
a San Francisco Bay area freeway has been cited repeatedly for safety
violations and was ordered off the road last year because its faulty
brakes posed an imminent threat to public safety, according to federal
records.

Faulty brakes. Great. And yet, it kept on rolling. Also:

The tanker or its driver have been cited 27 times since 2004 for
violations ranging from unsafe brakes and tires to carrying more
gasoline than the truck was rated for, according to documents obtained
under a Freedom of Information Act request from the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration.

The system would probably work if it were adhered to. Which brings to
mind the thought of Mexican tractor trailers being allowed on California
roads...

--
Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne)

"Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to
have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous,
ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can
produce."

--Molly Ivins