Nosmo King
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There's a stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that crosses the Allegheny Mountains. There, the east bound and west bound lanes are separated by a Jersey curb, a concrete wall about four feet high.
The Friday Five
06/06/2014
On The Road Again
1 What is the longest drive you have ever driven?
2 Have you ever come across a stretch of road that scared you to cross?
3 What is the worst driving conditions you have ever experienced?
4 Do you sing alone in your car?
5 Have you ever been pulled over for speeding?
One winter night I was driving from a project in Atlantic City New Jersey home to Pittsburgh. It was snowing one of those snows that are reminiscent of a snow globe. The headlamps from the oncoming traffic lit those flakes so they appeared to be about the size of toilet seats. On came the snow, on came the fatigue and soon I experienced what could aptly be described as 'hypno-snow'. I was transfixed by the illuminated flakes. The highway twists and turns through the mountain passes. Elevations change rapidly as the road crosses the mountains. The combination of hypno-snow, icy roads, driver fatigue and steep mountains was as dangerous as anything I'd ever experience.
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