If this doesn't imbue a tremendous sense of
Safety, I don't know what possibly could....
The 3' wide island really sucked.....
The 3' wide island really sucked.....
three feet is a luxury.
I'm only shooting the lip and the mirror overhang from the bigger trucks make it ..... interesting....
The 3' wide island really sucked.....
I believe the most scared I have ever been while surveying was being between two trains going in the opposite direction.
This was nearly 50 years ago and we were surveying a large tract is Northwest Georgia that had a passing track just outside a tunnel. Railroads were not nearly as strict about trespassing then as they are now. We were traversing down the centerline and traverse points were tacks set on "half gauge" between the rails. I heard a train coming and picked up and moved off the rails, between the tracks. Due to the noise I didn't hear the train coming from the other direction until it was too late to move. Logically I knew there was plenty of room, but emotionally I could feel the sides of the cars as they went by.
It took me a few minutes to slow my heart rate and get rid of the shakes before I could set up again. I NEVER went between the tracks again.
Andy
Logically I knew there was plenty of room
Not sure I believe there was enough room to be safe. If anything is accidentally hanging off a load it could extend out as far as many side tracks. Think broken steel band on a load of lumber. I'd have been laying flat on the ground.
Much safer than only a double yellow line on a 2 lane highway.
I saw a train going by about 35mph and suddenly something metal and heavy sprung out from somewhere. Fast enough that had I been closer than fifty or so feet away(outside the ROW ???? ) it would have hit me
After the train had passed, I found it was one of the thingamabobs(the bracket attached to the tie plates the rails sit on)
Weight at a few lbs, would have been a bad deal.
Trains are big and sometimes scary like Hippos.
Much safer than only a double yellow line on a 2 lane highway.
I'd refuse that work. The local State DOT probably has a guidance on that too, but as we all seem to know, no one cares or pays attention until someone who didn't take the precautions gets injured or killed.
This stretch I'm working on is particularly busy, but during rush hour it's safest due to congestion.
Not promoting the Yellow monopolistic company for free ad space but the IMU function has let me ignore the bubble and I'm getting shots at .02 +/- without ever taking my eyes off traffic when taking a shot in the clear spots....3 sec shot take more like 7....thanks Windows....
Confirmed with true bubble control shots and then staking out at about 30degrees of lean.
Pretty smooth I must say.
Much safer than only a double yellow line on a 2 lane highway.
Texting makes this dangerouser.
Sexting, even more so.
I've heard alot of things as cause of accidents. A deer ran across, I dropped my cigarette. Between meth, sex, and a bee in the cab, stay away from active roads. Stay far away.
N
