Mom, don’t look at these pictures.
The History Channel has a show about truckers that drive treacherous roads, and though I only saw four minutes of one, I believe it should be banned. I’ve shown you the road on the way to my parents where they don’t have a guard rail in a couple of semi-dangerous spots, but there are at least two lanes and you can move over, and I’m not driving a semi.
When I was a kid I would have a recurring nightmare where the whole family was in our station wagon and we were driving up a radio tower. The angle was nearly perpendicular to the ground, and I would hold my breath – knowing that the car was going to topple backwards, plummeting my family to their death.
Happy Monday, everyone! No charge for the terrible thoughts!
Brad says
Do you suppose the center of gravity is different for big trucks like that? Maybe they can get closer to the edge of a road than normal vehicles could. Would it make you feel better if that were true?
Lauren says
No. Nothing can make me feel better.
Gretchen says
Yeah, maybe it is like mules traversing the Grand Canyon. They stay really close to the edge because their eyes are so far back they can see all 4 of their feet at once. Still I would not ride on one.
Peggy says
When we were at Lake Como, the roads were very narrow & windy & scary! I got sick driving thru there.
And I now realize I have a major problem. Is there nothing that doesn’t remind me of Lucy? Apparently not.
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Lauren's mom says
Remember the time we took the “Land’s End” road up the side of the Grand Mesa?
You were convinced that we would come to the end of the land and fall off!
You were very young then.
Lauren says
Yet I’m still as gullible. 🙂