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[Yogi05]

 

[plowhog]

The gravel pull outs for lost brakes seem to always have tire marks...

All the runaway truck ramps I have seen on the West Coast are on the right side.

I recall driving elsewhere (I-70?) where some runaway truck ramps are on the opposite side. So you would have to cross oncoming traffic to use it ...

 

[RoostersGarage]

All the runaway truck ramps I have seen on the West Coast are on the right side.

I recall driving elsewhere (I-70?) where some runaway truck ramps are on the opposite side. So you would have to cross oncoming traffic to use it ...

I've seen them on the left side of the interstate before which makes sense. As the truck is speeding out of control the driver would move into the fast lanes, then exit stage left as Snagglepus would say.

 

[BigBlue1]

All the runaway truck ramps I have seen on the West Coast are on the right side.

I recall driving elsewhere (I-70?) where some runaway truck ramps are on the opposite side. So you would have to cross oncoming traffic to use it ...

Geography is what it is. If the upslope is accessible from the left side of the road and not the right then they have to do what they can.

 

[plowhog]

If the upslope is accessible from the left side of the road and not the right then they have to do what they can.

Understood. The ones I recall had a runaway truck ramp on the left side, and a cliff on the right.

It raises the question of what happens if an SUV hauling mom and the kids are approaching uphill in the oncoming lane, but in the opposite direction, you're speeding downhill in your 18 wheeler, having lost your brakes, and needing to make a split decision. Turn into oncoming traffic, or plunge over a cliff.

I guess, sometimes, timing is everything ...

 

[BigBlue1]

Understood. The ones I recall had a runaway truck ramp on the left side, and a cliff on the right.

It raises the question of what happens if an SUV hauling mom and the kids are approaching uphill in the oncoming lane, but in the opposite direction, you're speeding downhill in your 18 wheeler, having lost your brakes, and needing to make a split decision. Turn into oncoming traffic, or plunge over a cliff.

I guess, sometimes, timing is everything ...

There's not always a perfect solution.

 

[Diggin It]

Netting a truck.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1023895307153600514

Short gravel runaway ramp with a concrete barrier and a catch net at the end.

Bruce

What's next, tailhooks on trucks?

 

[duramaxsky]

Netting a truck.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1023895307153600514

Short gravel runaway ramp with a concrete barrier and a catch net at the end.

Bruce

That ramp is way too short.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’ve never seen a runaway truck ramp on the left. If there is, it would be on a divided highway where you would not cross oncoming traffic

 

[herringchoker]

That picture of the runaway lane doubling as a dog park is in Australia, where you drive on the left.