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Offline nickjtc

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Hey Dude, nice hood ornament...
« on: May 30, 2008, 05:57:42 AM »
Again, not really funny, but....

Now here's one tough Dodge truck. This happened in Vernon, B.C. The driver hit the left turn light at 48th Ave. and 27th St. and sheared off the light post at the base, and then kept driving on about 2 km to Squires Four Pub, where he stopped for more beer!!  How pissed do you have to be to NOT notice that you are carrying a lamp standard? Notice that there is an Alberta plate on the truck.  No one said anything about a smart driver.

The truck was towed about 2.5 km. to the Vernon towing yard, with the light still pinched between the two tow hooks and bent bumper. It took several good hard pulls with a backhoe to get the pole free.

 
 
 
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Re: Hey Dude, nice hood ornament...
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2008, 07:14:37 AM »
Well as long as its green isnt good for him to keep going?
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Re: Hey Dude, nice hood ornament...
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2008, 07:48:39 AM »
That's hilarious!   Good thing he didn't kill somebody.
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Re: Hey Dude, nice hood ornament...
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2008, 11:56:28 AM »
Looks a bit short to me.  Was he airborne?
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Re: Hey Dude, nice hood ornament...
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2008, 03:42:42 AM »
Priceless...seen something like that tonight on patrol...seems someone decided to park their malibu on the center divider and didnt like the sign that was in the center of it....
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Re: Hey Dude, nice hood ornament...
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2008, 04:43:35 AM »
you have four lights, what are they. we have three: red-stop
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Re: Hey Dude, nice hood ornament...
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2008, 10:41:05 AM »
you have four lights, what are they. we have three: red-stop
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                                                                        green- go but watch out for the guy that didn't stop on red

One of them is most likely a turn arrow.

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Re: Hey Dude, nice hood ornament...
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2008, 04:58:24 PM »
One of them is most likely a turn arrow.

Correct.

I'm thinking he hit the post with enough force to push it over. When he got up to the 'join' between top and bottom halves it's just some bolts holding the two bits together. Then Robert is your mothers brother..... new hood ornament.

I ride through that intersection most weekends on my way to rider training in Kelowna.
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Re: Hey Dude, nice hood ornament...
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2008, 04:26:42 PM »
Now that is Ram Tough for sure!
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