Trucker in FL dangles off overpass trying to make an impossible turn

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  1. bigkev1115

    bigkev1115 Road Train Member

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    I looked at Google Map. The accident actually took place at the I 95/ Peninsula Corp Drive exit. Exit 50. Not on Congress Ave. Congress Ave is west of that accident site. Still you can t fix stupid
     
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    That guy looked and sounded like he was a "special-needs"person.
     
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    Just a hunch........ The driver missed a exit. Came up a off ramp, went across the bridge, then tried to make a bad turn from the left hand lane back onto the road onramp. It would have worked if he bothered to get turned around. Instead the barrier that blocks people from doing what this driver tried to do was very effective.
     
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    By looking at Google Maps. This idiot basically got off I 95 North, crossed over the interstate, and jumped the center divider trying to get back on I 95 South and crashed into the wall, That would be a hell of an angle to make that southbound ramp
     
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    26.4207264,-80.0910704. This is the Google grid coordinates
     
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    Wow. There's a concrete "sidewalk" dividing the street, making it impossible to drive straight across. Exit signs are clearly marked AND you pass a yellow 30 mph sign that says "Exit", then multiple painted arrows showing that both exit lanes must turn right.

    "Ah, what the heck. Don't need to kick out of cruise control. I got this."
     
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    We have a new contender for Biggest bones-headed move to compete with the Swift moron who attempted a u-turn to wrong way on a California freeway.

    Again, I hope drugs were involved here, too.

    SMH

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    To be fair. Was there dark and fog involved? We know how disorienting that can be. Also headlights are less than useless when needing to see what's at 10:30 and 01:30 positions. (But were there not street lights?)
     
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    There are street lights everywhere on Google street view
     
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    I'm thinking it was more like retardation was involved.