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Devaclis
Thu Sep 10th, 2009, 01:02 PM
Fuck, these guys can't drive a little slower? Take another route? Jesus.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=123011&catid=339
mtnairlover
Thu Sep 10th, 2009, 01:32 PM
Clear Creek, hun.

Either way...3 weeks, 3 asphalt truck accidents, and now one death...just ridunculous.:(
Devaclis
Thu Sep 10th, 2009, 01:33 PM
Yeah, I was a bit distracted when I was typing that :( Good catch.
sloridr
Thu Sep 10th, 2009, 01:36 PM
Today we took Clear Creek Canyon to Blackhawk over to nederlands and down boulder canyon. Everywhere we went they were paving!!! Asphalt drivers get paid by the load, so they have to haul ass to make money.
Devaclis
Thu Sep 10th, 2009, 01:39 PM
Why has no one asked if he was wearing a helmet? Wearing a seatbelt? Taken a basic course?
mtnairlover
Thu Sep 10th, 2009, 01:51 PM
These guys need a basic and expert course in driving in the canyons before they should be allowed to drive up there at all.

Of course, a helmet might help.
Rhino
Thu Sep 10th, 2009, 05:51 PM
My father used to run belly dumps out of that quarry near where this happened. They all ran down Hwy 6 and at least once a week there was a truck in the creek.

Hell, they closed I-70 this weekend when a FedEx truck hit the guard rail between the (Idaho Springs) tunnel and the Central city parkway and rolled into the creek.

Guess most just don't get reported.