Ahhh, nice breeze, under a shade tree, the smell of the ocean, wait, what? Hmmmm, ended up a little more east in North Carolina then I was hoping to go. Is this the same cape fear from the movie? o_O
Been trying to stay a head of the frequent storms best I could since leaving Laredo. But can't dodge them all. Got caught in one going through Birmingham AL. Heavy downfall on I-20. I had an oh crap moment when a car was passing me, the car went into a hydroplaning spin, right across my lane...
The NTSB announced Thursday that they were able to determine that the train accelerated more than 35 mph in the final 65 seconds before the crash. The train's forward facing camera recorded the speed but investigators were not able to determine why it was accelerating at that point or if the...
Did you get that not so comforting line, "if you ever come back you will be in the system", of course by then (if at all) time for retraining :rolleyes:
That does give a possible scenario for the untimely acceleration when it should have been slowing down. Was he fleeing a perceived attack on the train? And forgot about what was coming up in his panic. Something made him floor it prior to the turn. Like what was stated in the article, "It...