Runaway Lane

An emergency runaway lane for vehicles (usually large trucks)that have lost their brakes or for whatever reason cannot slow down on the steep incline.

Yeah, but now they'll get stuck in the snow. Poor planning. lol

Yes, but I'm sure they will have a good supply of KLIK to keep them sustained until spring. THAT is good planning!

All in all, that road looks horrific to drive on! Fantastic scenery though. Do they really expect a truck to go careering up there?? What an option! Is that slab of shifted snow where something has done just that, or has that been cleared so if something does go up that runaway lane, it doesn't get completely buried?

Thanks so much for posting this, it's a shock to see really snowy roads in such steep places. I especially wouldn't like to tackle it on a bike, all the slush would land where you wanted to drift to. Horrible!

Best wishes,

Sue

Actually this looks like a nice clear day, the snow on the road has melted and great visibility. The good 'ol Salmo Creston - I've done this one a few times. It is a very nasty hill with or without snow. Only once have a seen a truck on a runaway lane. its good they are there. Cheers to you Conrad.

Sue, for a funny interpretation of trucking, steep twisty roads, and all manner of other humorous things, I might suggest you peruse the lyrics to Wolf Creek Pass, by C.W. McCall. Truck drivers sure don't lead easy lives.

I couldn't get that link to work, it came up as out of date or something, but all sorts of strange things have been happening on here. I found what I think is the same thing Wolf Creek Pass and now my speed's so slow it won't play it this evening, so I'll just have a look for the lyrics somewhere. I will prevail!!! Thanks for that though, not1word. I'm glad you're back to no words, not bubbles.

Best wishes,

Sue

I found the lyrics - this is the page you were sending me to. I wonder what was wrong with it. I'll have a go at doing a link too. Thanks again, great lyrics.:D

Wolf Creek Pass by C.W. McCall

Sue

You found it, Sue. Thanks for fixing my flub.

It seems I added an / at the end that shouldn't have been there. Oy vey.

No worries. My windscreen wiper fell off once, coming back from Brisbane in our little old Cortina, and it was pouring with rain, and I couldn't see a thing, but I reached out onto the bonnet, grabbed it, and spent the next 100 miles leaning over so I could see out the other side of the windscreen, following the back lights of a truck. I should write a song about that, I think:D (Or what about the time I was on the back of a bike and the car in front of a whole heap of us jammed its brakes on, we flew up the inside, my knee hit the car and spun me off into the ditch. That was interesting! (Not as interesting as it was for the hedgehog, who joined me there.....)

Hi Conrad, hope you didn't mind me having a little reminisce there! Your photo has inspired all sorts of spin offs, it's a great shot, really!

Thanks not1word for listening to my usual waffle. I must curb it one of these days and be strong and silent...

not1word.....couldn't do it!!

Best wishes to you both,as always,

Sue

Hey folks - thanks for the fun dialogue!

Sue, they keep the bottom of the lane clean so that the out of control vehicle has a fighting chance of at least getting started up the ramp. The rest of the snow helps to dampen the forward veleocity. It's hard to tell from the shot, but the highway is very steep going down from the top. I don't know if it is still current, but the top of this pass used to have the highest elevation of any highway in Canada.

Have to go listen to Wolf Creek Pass; didn't know McCall did anything after Convoy.

And Bruce, I hope it isn't a wall of ice, although it might be. At that point I don't think the driver would care.

There have been accidents where the drivers missed the lanes (there are a number of them). The outcomes are inevitably fatal.