Friday, March 31, 2006
Friday
One great thing about Fridays is that it usually takes about half as long to get to work because the traffic is so much lighter. Unless of course one careless driver gets in an accident and ruins the once a week benefits of telecommuters, flexible work schedules, and people starting their weekend early.
Today it was a truck driver with a unique dilemma that ruined the easy commute. The overpasses on 395 North after you cross the 14th Street Bridge into DC are 13ft high. A truck driver carrying an odd assortment of vehicles including a '69 C-10 Chevy Pickup and an International Scout came to a dead stop about two feet from the first overpass. He was stuck... center lane of the highway... about 3 feet too tall. Another few feet and he would be carrying a convertible '69 C-10 Chevy Pickup.
I was disappointed that the commute was crappy (as usual), but I felt very sorry for the poor truck driver. If an incident like that happened to me it would take years off my life.
Today it was a truck driver with a unique dilemma that ruined the easy commute. The overpasses on 395 North after you cross the 14th Street Bridge into DC are 13ft high. A truck driver carrying an odd assortment of vehicles including a '69 C-10 Chevy Pickup and an International Scout came to a dead stop about two feet from the first overpass. He was stuck... center lane of the highway... about 3 feet too tall. Another few feet and he would be carrying a convertible '69 C-10 Chevy Pickup.
I was disappointed that the commute was crappy (as usual), but I felt very sorry for the poor truck driver. If an incident like that happened to me it would take years off my life.
# posted by Rob : Friday, March 31, 2006
