[geeks] Work getting slow
    Rick Hamell 
    hamellr at heorot.1nova.com
       
    Tue Apr 16 16:11:05 CDT 2002
    
    
  
> > > Anybody other than me ever see a set of tripples on the road?
> > 
> > I've seen em.  I was like "woah. ROAD TRAIN"
> 
> They're common in California, at least out in the desert - I don't know
> about near the metro areas.  They're not fun when you get passed by one,
> and you're riding a motorcycle.  The suction begins about halfway down
> the first trailer, and continues on until the whole vehicle passes you. 
> It's actually physically strenuous...
	All up and down the I-5 corridor... they're fairly uncommon
anymore due to Trucker's unions not wanting to drive them as they consider
it unsafe. Ironically, UPS which isn't in that union runs most of the ones
I see.
	Rick
    
    
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