ChinookPass
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| 01/27/2016 10:30 AM |
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I have to say that is one of the scariest training incidents I've ever seen. Another tough break for an American in the Euro circuit and a lost year for Degenkolb. And after all that, everyone is still alive. Seems like a miracle. |
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Orange Crush
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| 01/27/2016 10:48 AM |
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The photos of the carnage were unreal, a miracle no one died. Sounds like it was a British lady forgetting she was not driving in Britain.
It reminds me when me and my buddies got a ride from a British military service guy in Germany. There was road work on the highway and after getting around it he simply forgot to merge back to correct lane. With a car speeding towards us I was like eh, uhm, we better move back to right. That woke him up from whatever slumber he was in. |
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Gonzo Cyclist
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| 01/27/2016 11:22 AM |
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| crazy, be careful out there everyone, seniors in cars are scary as hell, really scary here with Santa Fe being a huge retirement destination, I imagine the average age here is 80? It's no wonder I'm on dirt trails on a cross bike, or strictly on the Mtn Bike these days |
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Nick A
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| 01/28/2016 12:16 PM |
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On a lighter note. I assume, you're the same as me, you subconsciously even walk to the right, like in a grocery store aisle. My mother worked for a British firm at one time, and was always having trouble with all of the Brits walking "the wrong way" down the hall.
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Cosmic Kid
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| 01/28/2016 01:53 PM |
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| I can't tell you the number of times I have almost gotten creamed by a bus in Hong King because I am looking the wrong way when I start to cross a street..... |
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| Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
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Dale
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| 01/28/2016 05:09 PM |
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| Famous story about Winston Churchill almost getting flattened when he was in the US during the war and looking for traffic coming British style. |
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longslowdistance
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| 01/28/2016 08:38 PM |
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| Raced in England when I was young. It was natural to exit a turn in the right lane. |
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Orange Crush
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| 01/28/2016 09:43 PM |
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The rides in Brisbane couple years back were interesting and certainly I made some wrong moves a few times.
More interesting though was driving out of Sydney, first time ever driving on left, stick shift in left hand (WTF!) , bloody big Ford Falcon stationwagon that would later aquire a mouse as third occupant and with a radiator that would die on us somewhere near Ayer's Rock forcing many days of driving at 40kph until we found a capable mechanic. Second best road trip ever (nothing can top driving across the Sahara) |
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