[PRCo] Re: Wabash Tunnel in Operation

[Ken & Tracie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 5:43 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wabash Tunnel in Operation


>I guess my problem is the lack of proper training in the United
> States compared with European countries.   I've noticed, and I'm
> certain that Ed Lybarger will agree with me, and perhaps anyone else
> who has put in a lot of miles on European roads like we have, that
> the average European knows the width of his vehicle precisely in
> traffic.  You can tell, Joshua, just by following some people across
> the Pennsylvania Turnpike that many of our drivers have no clue how
> wide their vehicles are when they get to a tunnel and slow down to 30
> mph.   Will it fit?????  My God.  The truck semi ahead of you went in
> with no problem.

Or people who slow down to match the speed of the semi tractor-trailer they 
were attempting to pass, "hovering" in the semi driver's blind spot...."Oh 
my gosh...he's gonna tip over on me!" Or, "He's going to cut me off as I 
pass him!"

K.