I literally almost just died

Glad to hear you're alright! Did they crash into anything? Did anyone happen to get their plates?

 

Try crossing the street at Catalina and Diamond sometime. I'm glad you made it but I've had far too many close calls (like leaping OVER a car) to get misty-eyed over it.

 

Glad you're okay, beware on Fashion Island too

 

Thank God that your friends shouted. Funny how most people respond with " w t f" , I experienced something like this but I was a passenger of the car. The navigation system said "turn left" then sure enough the car was turning left but when I looked over my friend was asleep and the car crosses the on coming traffic and hits a pole.

 

Congratulations on beating the alternative.

 

Glad you're okay. That's scary.

 

Mike.

Glad to hear you escaped with your life.

How long you been in Philly? If it's more than a couple of weeks, and this is your first brush with attempted vehicular homicide, you've been extremely lucky.

Try riding in a cab down that way, you'll decide no matter how hazardous the sidewalk seems, it is infinitely more safe than the road it borders.

Good luck, keep your eyes open, and wear body armor.

Dave

 

The two reigning theories on Philadelphia drivers are

a) They drive according to the traffic rules of their country of origin. Usually that means that if they hit you, you (or your family) get a goat.

b) They drive as well as Philly keeps up their streets.
Chestnut St. looks like it's been hit by mortars. The South St. bridge has holes in it that allow you to see the Schuylkill river beneath, and, of course, from time to time it drops chunks of concrete onto 676. My personal favorite is the 10" deep hole on South street that the city fills with sand every week, but nothing else. They put the sand in and, after a week, it's all gone. So they put more sand in it. Repeat cycle for a year. It's the PennDOT version of job security.

Ahhh...driving in Philly.

 

Damn man! Glad you realized it in time. You shoulda chewed that cop out for being a puss and not going after them.

 

Glad you're OK. We're they young criminal types or retirees???

Reminds me of Goldie and Irving:

This guy is driving down I-95 in Florida returning to Century Village and his wife calls on the cell phone:

"Irving," she says, "Be Careful! On the news they said there is a maniac going the wrong way down the highway!"

Irving replies, " No, Goldie, there are hundreds of them!"

 

glad to hear you are ok. Where on Walnut did this happen?


I almost saw a lady get hit yesterday. For philly (most the suburbs guys), you know on Mont. ave right next to the bmw dealership how there is that hill that goes over the Cynwyd train station? Well she was walking across the street and some car going about 50 mph comes over the hill towards the bmw place and sees her and slams on the breaks, skids about 50 feet and stop right in front of the woman. I mean right IN FRONT of the woman.

 

Glad you are OK , i bet your heart had a good workout, did the copper put out a description?

 

hahahahahaha it was a philly cop, no

 

I think Philly keeps the roads like this on purpose...just imagine how fast people would drive if the roads were half decent. At least u have to slow down some to get on the sidewalk!!

 

I take it you dont have faith in these cops.

 

you have no idea what philly cops are like. They just sit there and do nothing

 

Richard.

Please remove your last name from your rectum.

Not all Philly cops sit and do nothing.

Just last week I saw one guarding the Dunkin' Donuts, from inside. I think he may have been undercover, pretending to buy donuts for the precinct while actually he was guarding the holes.

DM

 

finally someone actually gets my name joke! And that cop was probably tasting all of the donuts for poisons

 

oh philly.

I wont say anything though, Ive had to go on the sidewalk many times to avoid:
Pools of Water
10ft potholes
Two trolleys that stalled
people

 

I've had two "near death" experiences. One was running out of air at 80' scuba diving... dumb, DUMB mistake on my part. I hit the surface like that submarine in "Hunt for Red October." Fortunately, I didn't get bent or embolize.

The 2nd experience was getting trapped on train tracks with a train coming. A garbage truck ahead of me stopped to turn left on the road running parallel to the tracks. He couldn't turn because of the stationary line of cars headed the opposite direction. I didn't anticipate him stopping, and there was no sign of any train coming. I joked with my wife, "Wouldn't it be funny if the train warning lights started now?" And, just then... the bells started ringing and lights flashing! He wouldn't move up despite my honking as I watched the gate go down behind me. A car was immediately behind the gate. I was trapped. Instincts took over, and I performed a driving maneuver worthy of Starsky & Hutch or Dukes of Hazard (depending on your generation) and darted across the tracks (head on to the opposing traffic) and just barely under that closing gate on the opposite side of the road. I squeaked through between the first car and the gravel on the side of the track JUST as the locomotive barrelled through behind us. Scared the crap out of both of us. I chased down the garbage truck and read him the riot act. He was clueless. I don't think I've ever been so angry. My wife pulled me away. I'm breaking a sweat just re-telling the story here. It was very close.

Glad to hear you escaped, mbmike.

Mike

 

HOLY CRAP!! glad you are ok. I would have jumped outta the car. I wouldn't have risked being stuck on the tracks if I had to drive on them.