There's a joke with this punchline that has been floating around for years. It's one of those (Insert city/province/state/country that you would like to make of here) jokes and it suggests that roads are going to change from driving on the right (or left, if you happen to be in the UK, Australia, or any other country that drives on this side) to the other side. The punchline suggests that as a test it's only going to be trucks for the first month. Har Har Har!!!
Imaging my surprise as I drove east on 101 this morning, after following the icy Old HWY 1 to get there, to find a Maritime-Ontario tractor trailer facing me as I came over the crest at the old garbage dump. Those of you who are familiar with the 101 into Bedford-Dartmouth-Halifax will know where I mean.
It was not sideways. It was not in the ditch. It was not moving, thankfully. It was, however, facing the wrong way, with no apparent damage - though I would suggest that the occupant may have needed either a clothing adjustment or a hug, neither of which I was prepared to offer. Further along there were cars in the ditch, also facing the wrong way. When I say further along I mean Further. Again, no apparent damage.
Now that you have all of the info that I have, please explain what the heck happened, because I sure can't figure it out. How did a tractor trailer end up completely turned around on a highway that isn't nearly wide enough for it to just spin 180 degrees? Where did the other cars come from? And NO, the tractor trailer was not a car carrier, it was a completely closed trailer.
Things that make you go hmmm...
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