Familiar Sight

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Overturned trailer

This is becoming an all too familiar sight in New Orleans and I suppose it happens elsewhere as well. There are several off/on ramps in New Orleans that have rather sharp turns. This one is near where I work now. There used to be one near my former workplace, too. No matter how many signs, speed bumps, or blinking lights you put up, people will try to negotiate this turn while speeding. Smaller vehicles have difficulty with these turns but they are somewhat easier to control and the incidence of accident is smaller. However, these high trailers that are prone to tipping anyway and have shifting loads find the rails quite a bit. This happened early in the morning and they were still clearing it at 6PM. The cargo had to be offloaded and some way underpaid guy had to crawl up on this thing and attach a cable. The ramp had to be closed while they did that.

In other news, Vanessa Williams is at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS tomorrow night.

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There was a good picture in yesterday's paper. It looked just like yours, only the scenery was of the Clearview exit to I-10. Nobody injured.

Yeah, one of the ladies at work mentioned the one on Clearview. Another guy at work said this driver must have been looking at the poster. It has since been replaced by a picture of Michael Bolton. That one is not likely to cause a wreck.

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