swisschris62

Let me guess...more of that information from a friend of a friends...right?

They could save the city of Detroit a lot of money in demolition cost if they went there and set a few more house fires. What a mess that city has become....

Running 95 with the option of being to kill your lights is different. On a good part of 95 you'd be able to jump off the highway and be able to disappear on city streets with a lot of traffic. That gets much harder to do out west.

If you were all alone on a dark highway with no traffic coming in the opposite direction then a full moon might help you. The thing is, there's always traffic coming in the other direction with a good share of those people scared of the dark ( even with a full moon). Every time you get on-coming vehicles ( especially those running high beam that won't turn it off) your night vision goes out the window ( regardless how much you try avoiding the light). As for deer...they are every where. I've personally taken out at least a dozen in my 30+ years out here. The deer don't hang out on the highway. The stand along the side eating. There's no predicting when they will jump. It doesn't matter whether you see them or not. Animal chasers ( the things they sell that look like a little airplane engine). It's supposed to emit a sound that will get them running. I have them on the front of my truck...I've got at least a dozen deer, countless armadillos, possum and other little critters that have met my front end. I saw you mention the gps...I'm saying I'd like to see the numbers, particularly the run from NY to St. Louis... I call bs.I mentioned the fuel and did the calculations. Without large tanks, it would be impossible to make good time. The crap about him being able to kill his tail lights all sounds very elusive and like he really thought it all out but...what are we in the 60's? The bears have technology and don't like to be beat. Running through a speed trap, then killing your lights when you see blue lights behind you is a ridiculous plan. You might get away once, but rest assured they are going to come looking for you. Where you going to hide? At a truck stop, full of trucks in a small desert watering hole? I don't think so. Very fun thing to do but now a days you'd need cooperation from the state to some degree or get incredibly lucky.

Oh, and on a 2 lane highway there's no way you wouldn't scare people and be driving aggressively coming up behind them doing triple digits. Not everyone has run triple digit speeds but I can assure you that they are incredibly fast even on highways with minimal traffic. His plan to drive it on the weekend also doesn't necessarily mean less traffic. In fact sometimes weekends are busier. Not sure what sort of advantage a full moon would provide either.

Good point... You can bet if they were doing 100 mph + on highways in the north east someone was making that call. 76 is a 2 lane toll road and has narrow spots. Anything over 80 would look incredibly fast on that road. Again, I suspect bs.

The same thing is starting to happen here. I have cameras set up watching the back of my trailer, both sides the entire length and my front. You'd have to be crazy anymore to be an owner operator out here and not cover your ass. There are lawyers that chase truck accidents and destroy the truck driver. In a big truck you can be rear ended and lose. I save 4 wheelers from suicide by truck regularly. I've seen it all. I've been running cameras for 2 years now and have loads of great footage that would blow anyone's mind.

Everyone can be taught to draw too...

Under 30 is impressive considering it wasn't sponsored and l.e. didn't give a green light. To be clear, I do think it can be done. Did this guy do it? I'd sure like to see that gps. I call bs that he was in St. Louis by dawn. By dawn means were talking about 8 hours in time. NY - St. Louis is about 1000 miles. He would have had to fuel once. He either took 76 ( most likely) or 80. 76 isn't exactly a "high speed" highway. This highway has tunnels, narrow, windy lanes and in mountains. This highway is patrolled pretty heavy with Pa state police. It's also a toll road where his receipt would show how quick he blew through the state. 80 is a better highway for speed. Wider, straighter lanes, no tunnels, and generally less bears watching. It's also not a toll rd. He claims he had spotters riding ahead to give him a heads up through Pa...for starters 150 mile lead wouldn't be of much help except maybe to warn of construction ( which 76 has its fair share of). I have drivers all around me talking on the radio every day reporting speed traps and still every once in a while, one sneaks into the middle that no one seen. Ohio and Indiana are well patrolled states too. I don't know all the state laws regarding jammers and detectors but they also aren't fool proof. Laser and the detector see each other at the same time, in other words, it's already too late when your detector alarms you. They also don't just leave them on spilling laser ( clearly I'm not a scientist) everywhere to be detected. In St. Louis he would have jumped on 44. It's pretty smooth sailing through Mo. although this highway too runs through many urban areas where things slow down. This highway usually isn't patrolled real crazy. I can see him making real good time west of Oklahoma City. Once you get west of there you can really start putting your foot into it but they do watch these highways and they are good at what they do... I have 4 wheelers go by me doing triple digits out in the desert quite often but I also see them getting caught. It may look like your in the middle of no where but the highway patrol is watching. So can it be done...yeah, but I'm not so sure this guy did it.

If you listen to that song you hear how bad it really is. 15 seconds of music(?) played in a loop. Crazy how it can make so much money....did I just say that?...man, I better get some sleep.....

I agree with you and from the looks of the few people that stopped to look/buy, most of the others paid it no mind. 60 bucks for a couple of squirts from a can on canvas even seems a little pricey...except in this particular case.

Chumley called it right?! I guess if you close enough deals, odds are even Chumley will get it right sometimes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24518315 A few people get very lucky...and didn't know it.

I do 150,000+ miles a year out on the road ( 3 mil+ total), The adventure never stops out here...I wouldn't trade it for anything!

The REAL problem is they're all lawyers - trained to defend their cause regardless of what's right or wrong. Debate is good, now we need some people that can analyze all the debate and come up with a solution. I know...a "super committee"!

Clearly, he hasn't spoken to you since your bike trip this summer... Maybe NOW that you've put another adventure or two under your belt you can become your very own " character".

http://youtu.be/aEb6UI4S3QQ Here's another air drop from the Russians. It has a couple additional drops that include an explosive charge going off just before it lands. I'm assuming this has something to do with dampening the impact.

Davis is government waste at its finest. A huge desert piece of land surrounded by a fence with acres of rusty junk laying around. Aside from the rusty junk is nearly anything that's big, that a base wants to get rid of...goes to Davis. Lots of it was never used. I've brought in countless truck loads of crap. My most recent trip there was myself along with 14 other trucks brought them a set of temporary bleachers that were never used. They sat around taking up building space till someone decided they needed the building. 2000 miles later the bleachers arrived at Davis. This stuff probably should have gone to the local scrap yard and everyone would have saved money. To send 15 trucks, 2000 miles to put something in a desert is a waste. Then when stuff gets there it gets inventoried, catalogued, and protected forever and ever. I've also always felt that these civilian guys working there had the easiest jobs in the world. They could easily get by on half the work force there and it takes a minimum of 3 people to get even the smallest of tasks completed. Some of the waste I see is mind blowing, buildings they build that they decide in mid construction aren't quite good enough and build another bigger building right next door is another good one I seen not to long ago. I'm sure what I see is just a tiny bit of what's going on every day.

I have Sirius in my truck. I chose Sirius from the start. It's nice never being in radio dead zones and not having to find another station every few hundred miles. I end up listening to ALOT of the talk radio shows which helps my day move along. The music channels are ok and you do have different genres of music but the channels ( including classic ) play a very limited selection. The same 3 songs by the Who, same 4/stones....u get the idea. These bands, and others have GREAT albums with tons of awesome tunes...why the same ones over and over. I guess even satelite radio figures most people only spend a short amount of time behind the wheel so they better get to the hits. Deep tracks gets away from those hits but still plays a limited variety. As you saw with the comedy channel, you heard the loop. It takes awhile before it gets changed again... Personally, as far as music goes, an iPod is the way to go. I've got hundreds of albums on mine and can listen to what I want when I want or just let it play stuff at random which blows away any set list some radio station can play for me.

Intel built a HUGE factory in Chandler Az recently...

Heard a report today that said they had decided they were going to try and contain this with an ice wall.

*** Bird has a broken hip and foot, and you'd bring it to someone who'll align its spine? You mean chiropractors don't fix broken feet?! I suggested he need a chiropractor since he just flew head first into the window...had nothing to do with his foot. Looks like it had to be a good 30 - 40' drop after he hit the window which couldn't have felt good either...bad day for the eagle at ORU.

She tip you with a fist full of "lucky bucks"?

I already have 70 acres on a mountaintop in the north west but I appreciate you looking out

People are going to have to start growing their food...rich or poor. When the trucks stop moving there won't be fuel to put in the clunker or the BMW, no burgers to flip, no food in the stores. OR...wages will double, rates will go up and everything will cost twice as much. Now we're back where we started.....