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re: Five Louisiana Kids in Church Van Heading to Disney World Killed In Florida Wreck
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:27 am to TigersSEC2010
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:27 am to TigersSEC2010
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Some 50 gallons (1.6 kilometers) of diesel fuel spilled
Wait a fricking minute. Is no one going to comment that Gallons is a unit of volume and Kilometers is a unit of distance. What fricking dumb arse wrote that? You can't have a kilometer of fuel.
As horrible as the subject matter may be, how does that get past an Editor?
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Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:27 am to jbgleason
I am going to guess that the fuel was spilled 1.6 km
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:28 am to OysterPoBoy
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It's metric. They put that stuff in there to make the article have an international feel. I think they learn that in journalism school.
Gallons is a measure of volume
Kilometer is a measure of distance
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:32 am to Hangover Haven
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1-75 scared the shite out of me...
Me too. Driven it many times and it's a free for all...
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:34 am to TigerGman
We drove to my wife's parents house for Christmas near Tampa, and at one point I was doing close to 90 and was getting passed like I was standing still.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:39 am to TigersSEC2010
I know some of the kids' families and the driver of the van. Absolutely sickening news.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:43 am to TigersSEC2010
Pretty devastating. The lady across the street from me several years back on a trip ran off the road and killed 2 of 3 sons and her mother. She never left the house after that and eventually they moved. Would be tough not to commit suicide under such intense guilt and grief.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:43 am to TigersSEC2010
That is a terrible stretch of interstate. Basically a bottleneck where everybody from all over the country is driving like mad to get to Disney mixed with 18 wheelers. Sad story.
This post was edited on 1/4/19 at 10:44 am
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:47 am to TigersSEC2010
The whole point of the median guardrails is to prevent this exact thing from happening.
Also, passengers ejected generally means they weren't wearing seat belts. If this was a big 10 or 15 passenger van, while there are seat belts in them, it's common for people to not wear them, sadly.
What about the driver of the van and I assume any other adults? How are they?
Also, passengers ejected generally means they weren't wearing seat belts. If this was a big 10 or 15 passenger van, while there are seat belts in them, it's common for people to not wear them, sadly.
What about the driver of the van and I assume any other adults? How are they?
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:48 am to TigersSEC2010
Well, that's enough internet for me today.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:52 am to TigersSEC2010
30 years ago big rig drivers were the safest drivers on the road.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:52 am to tigerpimpbot
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That is a terrible stretch of interstate. Basically a bottleneck where everybody from all over the country is driving like mad to get to Disney mixed with 18 wheelers. Sad story.
I've driven to Disney at least a dozen times. One time I had this bright idea I wanted to drive straight to Magic Kingdom for 8 am, so I was on the 75 stretch between Lake City and the Turnpike at like 3-4 am.
Never, ever, ever again. Dark as crap and 18 wheelers buzzing by me.
Even in bright daylight, that road is a mess.
About the only redeeming value of that part of the drive, is rolling down my window to stick my bird finger out when we are passing Newberry Road (the road to Ben Hill Griffin stadium)
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:54 am to LSUFanHouston
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What about the driver of the van and I assume any other adults? How are they?
She and her teenage son are alive but in the hospital. I don't know much more than that
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:55 am to bayourougebengal
Any time someone wanted to take my kids on a trip in one of those big passenger vans I was like "nope, i'll drive them"
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:56 am to LSUFanHouston
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This post was edited on 1/4/19 at 10:58 am
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:57 am to OysterPoBoy
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This post was edited on 4/25/19 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:58 am to achenator
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Any time someone wanted to take my kids on a trip in one of those big passenger vans I was like "nope, i'll drive them"
(not a comment on the driver of this van because we don't know anything) I have an irrational fear of those vans because it seems like they're always getting picked off like this.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:59 am to AP83
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Driver of van lived and her oldest daughter passed awy. The driver was also pregnant and delivered the baby early last night. I can’t even imagine.
Jesus take the wheel. I can't.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 10:59 am to TigersSEC2010
Church vans, and passenger vans in general are very dangerous when brought above 60-65 MPH.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 11:01 am to Slagathor
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I have an irrational fear of those vans because it seems like they're always getting picked off like this.
I drove one for about a year as a shuttle driver. They drive fine and aren't that hard to operate, especially on an open road. But they don't turn or stop quick, and they are susceptible to rolling over.
And passengers treat them like a bus and don't want to wear seatbelts.
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