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Posted: 5/6/2016 11:55:46 AM EDT
Lol ... we cant get a break. I77 Is shut down and its all over the news
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Interstate 77 southbound was closed for hours at the Morehead Street exit Friday morning after a tractor-trailer wrecked and spilled 50,000 pounds of potatoes.
The driver told troopers he fell asleep, said John Burgin of the State Highway Patrol. The driver, who is from Utah, said he’d heard of truckers being arrested in North Carolina for pulling roadside to sleep. So he decided to try to make it through the state, he told troopers who responded to the wreck, Burgin said. The truck hit a barrier wall and overturned about 2 a.m. near John Belk Freeway, I-277, exit 9. The truck was destroyed, Burgin said, although the driver had few if any injuries. Fuel spilled onto the interstate and onto most of the potatoes, Burgin said. The damaged potatoes were scheduled to be disposed of at Waste Connections in Wadesboro, he said. Cleanup crews at the scene said a few hundred pounds of potatoes had fallen into grass near an exit ramp, were not contaminated and would be donated to a food gleaning group. Traffic backed up to the Brookshire Freeway exit. One lane finally reopened shortly before 8 a.m. and a second lane about 8:30 a.m. The driver will likely be charged with a minor traffic offense, such as failure to maintain control of a vehicle, that can be paid off through the mail, Burgin said. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 11:57:47 AM EDT
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Smashed potaters
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:38:51 PM EDT
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Tato
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:40:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:41:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:42:11 PM EDT
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Um.... Wash them and bring them to my kitchen....
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:42:35 PM EDT
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We're gonna need more butter.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:43:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryYou took that right out of my head. just couldn't find it on google. 
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:43:54 PM EDT
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Feed them to the pig farms,they will eat anything
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:43:56 PM EDT
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Hope they clean it up before they rot. The starch and protein will smell like rotten animal(meat)/sewer after awhile
 Also will rust metal on yer vehicles. I could think of better things to run over.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:44:26 PM EDT
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I'm gonna take me some of these pa'taters home with me
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:44:38 PM EDT
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You took that right out of my head. just couldn't find it on google. Quote HistoryQuoted:
You took that right out of my head. just couldn't find it on google. Me too 
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:45:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:47:45 PM EDT
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Typical fucked up .gov.
Cannot pull over if you are tired.  So just keep driving and maybe kill someone. What fucking politician came up with that idea.  |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 7:51:25 PM EDT
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Do you want Irishmen?
Because that is how you get Irishmen. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 9:26:26 PM EDT
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Typical fucked up .gov. Cannot pull over if you are tired.
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Typical fucked up .gov. Cannot pull over if you are tired.
That is a very big assumption. The driver, who is from Utah, said he’d heard of truckers being arrested in North Carolina for pulling roadside to sleep. So he decided to try to make it through the state Think of how many people think they know gun laws, like how no one can own a machinegun or a silencer like hit men use on TV. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 9:33:04 PM EDT
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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/traffic/road-worrier-blog/article23526106.html
NC troopers ordered to catch truckers napping Sleepy truck drivers who park for naps alongside interstate on-ramps can expect rude awakenings this summer from state troopers under orders to enforce an overlooked no-parking law. The first wake-up message was delivered in a May 26 “attention all truckers” memo from the Highway Patrol that focused on Interstate 77 in the western Piedmont. It spelled out a stern prohibition against parking on the shoulders, exit ramps and on-ramps of interstate highways and rest areas, and at weigh stations after hours. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 9:38:27 PM EDT
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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/traffic/road-worrier-blog/article23526106.html NC troopers ordered to catch truckers napping Sleepy truck drivers who park for naps alongside interstate on-ramps can expect rude awakenings this summer from state troopers under orders to enforce an overlooked no-parking law. The first wake-up message was delivered in a May 26 “attention all truckers” memo from the Highway Patrol that focused on Interstate 77 in the western Piedmont. It spelled out a stern prohibition against parking on the shoulders, exit ramps and on-ramps of interstate highways and rest areas, and at weigh stations after hours. STUPID LAWS ARE STUPID. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 9:47:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you want Irishmen? Because that is how you get Irishmen. We need a LIKE button for quality like this. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 10:00:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/traffic/road-worrier-blog/article23526106.html NC troopers ordered to catch truckers napping Sleepy truck drivers who park for naps alongside interstate on-ramps can expect rude awakenings this summer from state troopers under orders to enforce an overlooked no-parking law. The first wake-up message was delivered in a May 26 "attention all truckers” memo from the Highway Patrol that focused on Interstate 77 in the western Piedmont. It spelled out a stern prohibition against parking on the shoulders, exit ramps and on-ramps of interstate highways and rest areas, and at weigh stations after hours. This is some retarded shit(although honestly many ramps aren't wide enough to park on, and you don't want to be parking a semi on an unpaved shoulder as they tend to start sinking and either get stuck or even flip over - yes, it happens often). And now we have a verifiable incident that can be linked directly to it. On a related note, Florida actually has signs up suggesting to truckers that they pull into the weigh stations if they need to park for a while. Which is probably a good thing since they don't have enough truck stops. But I still wonder how many people avoid doing so, since so many states(especially on the east coast) are so insane about fucking with truckers for no reason... |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 10:11:47 PM EDT
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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/traffic/road-worrier-blog/article23526106.html NC troopers ordered to catch truckers napping Sleepy truck drivers who park for naps alongside interstate on-ramps can expect rude awakenings this summer from state troopers under orders to enforce an overlooked no-parking law. The first wake-up message was delivered in a May 26 “attention all truckers” memo from the Highway Patrol that focused on Interstate 77 in the western Piedmont. It spelled out a stern prohibition against parking on the shoulders, exit ramps and on-ramps of interstate highways and rest areas, and at weigh stations after hours. Great Thinking there guys.......lets just keep the roads and highways filled with drowsy truckers driving 65-70 mph 80,000 lb missiles . That should work out reeeeal well when they come up on congested traffic. Morons. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 10:13:28 PM EDT
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parking on the shoulders, exit ramps and on-ramps of interstate highways and rest areas, and at weigh stations after hours. So truck drivers can't be lazy and they actually have to park in a spot? LOL guess they'll have to find somewhere else to toss their piss juggs. |
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