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TIL people will park under overpasses and block traffic to prevent hail damage. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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Watched this on Ryan hall’s live stream and couldn’t believe it.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is there usually any space off the road under an overpass (that isn't fenced off)?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Yes! Almost always on both sides.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Oh, didn't know that, couldn't find any pics tho (not counting the emergency lane ofc).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I was counting the emergency lanes. So no, outside of those there is zero space because the concrete starts rising.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Ok, so what counts as an emergency to use those lanes differs between countries ... but it sure seems super weird to explain how "emergency due to hail" is only in the spot where there is no hail, and at the same time, right next to the overpass where it's actually hailing, "no emergency" ...

    If you would stop due to hail under on overpass but not wherever else you would get caught in hail - you are stopping just to protect the car, not due to an emergency.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    it's possible to have baseball sized hail.

    due to climate change it's happened more often recently. to put it into perspective I have see baseball sized hail five times in my life. four of those have been in the last five years.

    I'm not driving in baseball sized hail. in my book that IS an emergency.

    for the Euroly-challenged, that's a hailstone thats around 7-7.5 cm in diameter. I've driven through 2cm hail before, not fun but just go slow. anything less than that doesn't really need you to pull over IMO.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I'm not driving in baseball sized hail. in my book that IS an emergency.

    Never said anything against that.
    Just pointing out that if that was true, you would stop by the side of the road anywhere, not seek an overpass & drive to there in 'emergency conditions'.

    Bcs this is what this post is all about.
    Ppl stopping where they shouldn't & in conditions they would just drive on if there was no overpass.

    You wrote:

    is full fuck off to another overpass

    Why would you fuck off to another overpass if the conditions are dangerous?
    If it was an emergency you would stop asap.

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