Holy Crap! This doesn't go to answering the OP's question but there is a very important message for all of us on either side of the door:
<blockquote>If the conditions are such that it is impossible for a driver to control his or her vehicle, stay where the hell you are until you are convinced that all other vehicles have stopped.</blockquote>
They were extreeeemly lucky that somebody didn't get killed in that one!! There's too many times we see some goober in a helmet strolling around, closing his door, looking at his bent wheel, etc. while all of those jerks he knows couldn't drive their way out of a paper bag come hurtling towards him.
Likewise we have workers who become so focused on protecting and/or saving our sorry butts, they put themselves at the mercy of those jerks that they know weren't smart enough to become workers and were forced to become drivers.
Seriously folks, unless there is fire involved, be smart, don't trust the other guys out there to have more talent and/or luck than you, and stay where you are untill you know it's safe to move. And once you start moving, get back to the happy side of that armco ASAP.
One day I was helping a driver out of his car under a local yellow. I was feeling really bad for this guy cause he had just trashed his Porsche when it occurred to me that it would really ruin his day if I got myself killed helping him. Even though I knew it, I guess I hadn't really "known" it before then: you can seriously get yourself dead messing with this stuff. So be safe because we need all of you.
Scott Gallimore
worker, nat comp license, IT-7 driver,
North Carolina Region Board of Directors, Member at Large
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