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  1. Join Date
    Mar 2005
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    #11
    Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
    Not sure, but likely scenario:

    1. Dump Truck enters highway, goes to construction area (it's just a few hundred meters before the bridge).

    2. Driver dumps his load.

    3.a Driver is in a hurry to get home... late na! Drives off without lowering his bed.

    3.b Driver is in a hurry to get home... late na! Presses the button to lower the bed, but doesn't notice that the bed doesn't lower.

    4. Driver runs into overpass at around 60-80 km/h. Truck twists and bends like a pretzel as the bed wedges in and lifts the truck six feet into the air (sorry, di ko na-picturan yun... it was amazing!). The stress is unbelievable, and all the glass on the truck shatters from the deformation.

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    By the way... the new pavement that they're building sucks. It's brand new and already the asphalt is lumpy.
    after studying your pic sir *niky, i can only arrive at one conclusion. the driver probably lost his breaks and his "quick" thinking led him to that scenario. a brilliant move I might say
    Last edited by oldblue; April 26th, 2007 at 02:46 AM.

  2. Join Date
    Aug 2004
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    #12
    Haha... world's biggest airbrake.... *psssh*... aha! It works... oops... a bridge...

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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