Regional and School Buses! - Page 6

Edward Dolan wrote:
> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:g45oen$j0u$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Edward Dolan wrote:
>>> For heaven's sakes, the only way to kill yourself is to go down to your
>>> dirt floor basement and hang yourself from the rafters. No one has any
>>> sense of style anymore. Either do it right, or don't do it at all!
>> Check out this intersection:
>> <http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Lone+Rock&state=WI&country=US&latitude=43.1833&longitude=-90.1978&geocode=CITY#a/maps/l:::Lone+Rock:WI::US:43.1833:-90.1978:city:/m:hyb:12:43.161737:-90.19582:0::/io:0:::::f:EN:M:/e>.
>> While not obvious from an aerial view, the bluff on the south side of the
>> Wisconsin River has an almost vertical rock face that starts just a few
>> feet beyond the edge of the pavement. Every so often, there is a single
>> vehicle "accident" that involved a vehicle coming across the bridge at
>> high speed and failing to stop at the "T" intersection.
>
> Tom, this is overkill and you have to learn to cease and desist from it. No
> one, but one one, is interested in this kind of detail.
>
[WARNING - MORBID TOPIC]

To get back on topic, the area one the north side of the river is quite
flat [1] and the only curve leaving the village is quite gradual. In a
fully faired streamliner recumbent, a reasonably strong rider could
obtain sufficient speed to produce a fatal collision with the rock wall.

[1] See
<http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=13&Z=15&X=455&Y=2989&W=2&qs=%7clone+rock%7cwi%7c>.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful