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Report: Truck spills nails on I-10, causes massive traffic jam in New Orleans
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:54 pm
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NEW ORLEANS - Several unhappy motorists were stuck on I-10 after a truck carrying thousands of nails spilled buckets of them all over the roadway.
According to a report from WWL, the incident occurred near the I-10/610 split Tuesday.
Traffic headed toward New Orleans from Metairie was backed up for several miles as the three lanes of traffic headed toward I-610 were being forced to merge with the three lanes of traffic on I-10.
Clean up crews were trying to sweep the nails off to the side, but rain was adding to the problems, making it hard to sweep them to the side.
A State Police spokesperson told WWL the driver responsible was charged with having an unsecured load.
WBRZ
What a disaster. There is no way these workers can get every nail.
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Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:55 pm to Will Cover
get some magnets.. amateurs.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:55 pm to Will Cover
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Report: Truck spills nails on I-10, causes massive traffic jam in New Orleans
I can't believe it's not Baton Rouge.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:55 pm to Will Cover
pretty screwed up situation.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:55 pm to Will Cover
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:55 pm to Will Cover
That driver is gonna get nailed.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:55 pm to Will Cover
You just can't make this shite up fricking Louisiana traffic
fricking Louisiana traffic
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:56 pm to Will Cover
I'm going to buy all the patch kits from autozone and then set up shop a couple of miles down the road and profit...
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:56 pm to Will Cover
Pretty confident if they leave even 1 nail, my tire will find it.
This post was edited on 9/26/17 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 9/26/17 at 3:57 pm to Chad504boy
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pretty screwed up situation.
You hit the nail on the head with your assessment.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:01 pm to Will Cover
Stories like this really hammer home how important it is to have a good spare tire in your trunk.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:03 pm to Will Cover
Conspiracy theorists have tire companies involved to increase new tire biz.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:08 pm to HogX
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That driver is gonna get nailed.
Too soon; making a nail joke at a time like this is tacky.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:12 pm to Will Cover
The truck driver nailed it!
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:14 pm to b-rab2
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get some magnets.. amateurs.
They have one... Just one....
This post was edited on 9/26/17 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:15 pm to TDsngumbo
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good spare tire in your trunk.
If you rolled through there you would probably need more than one. It'd be like spike strip that the cops use.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:15 pm to Will Cover
You would need some large magnets on sticks.
Reminds me of something that happened a while ago, before Katrina. They were expanding I-10 between Causeway and Clearview. I was driving through late at night and somehow a piece of metal ended up on the roadway. A car traveling in the lane next to me, a bit of ahead of me, hit the metal and somehow knocked it into my lane. I had no chance to avoid it. It flatened three tires and crack a rim. SOmehow, for the grace of God, I was able to get the car over to the shoulder.
Reminds me of something that happened a while ago, before Katrina. They were expanding I-10 between Causeway and Clearview. I was driving through late at night and somehow a piece of metal ended up on the roadway. A car traveling in the lane next to me, a bit of ahead of me, hit the metal and somehow knocked it into my lane. I had no chance to avoid it. It flatened three tires and crack a rim. SOmehow, for the grace of God, I was able to get the car over to the shoulder.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:25 pm to LSUFanHouston
I thought that there was a law that said you could only drop boxes of roofing nails on I-10 in Orleans Parish.
So much better at deflating tires that regular nails on their sides.
So much better at deflating tires that regular nails on their sides.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 4:33 pm to Will Cover
While on the interstate in TX, saw a roofer lose a few buckets of flat head roofing nails. Watched as quite a few people paid no attention and drove on through.
Up the highway, the roofer was pulled over to the side, with a patrolman talking to him, as were several cars with flat tires and angry drivers.
Up the highway, the roofer was pulled over to the side, with a patrolman talking to him, as were several cars with flat tires and angry drivers.
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