June 20th, 2013, 11:23 PM | #1 |
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Germany: Autobahn burst due to heat, bker dies
Sorry, haven't been able to find the article in English.
http://m.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/a-906839.html In short, due to the heat wave that befell Germany during the last few days, there have been a few incidents where the Autobahn literally burst at the joints and created something like mini jump ramps. (Check the pic) There have been a lot of scares, a few accidents and now a rider has died. Apparently he was on his Harley, got thrown off and slammed into the crash barrier. I've seen those types of Autobahn before, they are the older ones that are not made of Asphalt but of large plates of concrete. Between each plate there is a small gap which ought to allow the plate to extend when hot. Apparently the gap was too small and the heat too much this time so that the plates contacted and then went upward due to the pressure. Scary |
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June 20th, 2013, 11:25 PM | #2 |
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oh snap! check that out. wow indeed.
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June 20th, 2013, 11:42 PM | #3 |
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June 21st, 2013, 12:50 AM | #5 |
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Therefore u must know that Germany doesn't have anymore money for their own infrastructure cos the high intelligent parliament of Germany is spending all of it for the other already bankrupt countries in Europe and the german chancellorin Merkel is dreaming about becoming the first President of the United States of Europe.
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June 21st, 2013, 03:18 AM | #6 |
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June 21st, 2013, 04:53 AM | #7 |
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Yep, that's why My country is not part of the EU, it's why I pay less than 20% tax, haven't been effected by the global recession and own a million dollar house
**** you EU! But back to topic, surely they're aware of the bad road conditions and adjust speed to be safe, thats what all the other hundreds of thousands of bikers did that day and didn't die. A german on a harley? That's like someone who lives next to a michelan star resturant going to buy a big mac for the same price as a three course gormet meal |
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June 21st, 2013, 05:21 AM | #8 |
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June 21st, 2013, 05:22 AM | #9 |
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We have similar humps in the pavement on certain roads around here, but not as severe, maybe 2 or 3 inches up. I never realized it was the heat! Our older roads were concrete and thru the years have been covered with asphalt. It puckers up in the worst places.... like the apex of a curve. I've called the DOT to have them shave off the tops of the ones in the curves...citing a danger to motorists... ya know, if you use the word "safety" they have to respond.
You can see the crack across the road in google maps. This particular one has humped up a lot since the last time goog came thru. The only thing you can do is aim for the inside of the curve, make the bike vertical at the last instant and go back into lean and end up wide on the curve... or go 30mph. https://maps.google.com/?ll=34.07378...29.82,,0,19.29 The good news is just this month, they've gone thru and repaved the worst places, but not the whole road... now the road is 1/2mile new, 1/2 mile old for it's entire length.
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June 21st, 2013, 07:12 AM | #11 |
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This time last year that same thing happened on the I990 heading towards I290
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June 21st, 2013, 08:06 AM | #12 |
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June 21st, 2013, 08:58 AM | #14 |
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roadkill cuisine!
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