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I go to get coffee, and I see this:

Not really, he had a 3 million dollar insurance policy on a 2 million dollar car. Time to go get an enzo.
 
pwnge for a McLaren...so freakin rare....
 
clutchslip said:
This is SO....... typical rich guy stuff. Extremely high performance cars are bogged around in street traffic after not being driven for months and then something goes wrong. For god's sake, these ain't Priuses, you moron owners. Give that sucker to someone who will DRIVE it and take care of it. And get a new Obama mobile.


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Wow dude, you got all that from the picture?
:|
 
If you read the news article linked in this thread, you might understand where he got some of it :p
 
Marlowe said:
OFG (and everyone) -- for this reason I make a point of including the non-emergency numbers of area departments in my cellphone. Most modern phones are capable of thousands of entries, use 20 of them. If you're in an urban area, seriously consider stopping at a gas station and calling 911 from a payphone rather than relying on a cell.

Some PSAPs also have published direct numbers, and those are worth saving as well.

I had this problem in Michigan too, where the Wayne, Washtenaw Sheriff's office and MSP couldn't get me transferred quickly enough, but I had all the local numbers I needed, so I informed them that I'd just place a direct call.
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It's a great idea. I have Contra Costa Fire, CCSO, WCPD (not that that's any help :|), and CHP non-emergency in mine.
 
Antarius/9M61, I liked your photo/story and the follow up news article and submitted it to Jalopnik, one of the more popular car blogs on the web. You're famous now - they posted it up this morning. :) Perhaps some other members also submitted it - I think there are a few frequent visitors to the site here as well, but anyway, just thought I'd share. Hope you don't mind!

http://jalopnik.com/5274562/2-million-mclaren-f1-self+immolates-in-sickening-conflagration
 
Marlowe said:
OFG (and everyone) -- for this reason I make a point of including the non-emergency numbers of area departments in my cellphone.
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Once upon a time I was going to post a list of emergency contacts that someone at work had compiled for basically every city in the Bay Area...however, I didn't want to verify the numbers and I figured the only responses I'd get were people bitching and complaining that something about the list didn't suit them, so I didn't bother (in other words, "typical BARF" responses cause people not to bother posting stuff...WHO KNEW!). :laughing

I'll see if I can dig it up for just posting in The Sink though...General can DIAF as far as I'm concerned.
 
the story is now on the mainpage of fark.com via jalopnik
 
Alan_Hepburn said:
... The quickest route to respond would have been to use the Masten overpass over 101 and then drive the wrong way about 150 feet down the offramp to...
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I've seen this same thing many times. The quickest route (for an emergency vehicle) would be the wrong way on the off-ramp, but instead they go the long way around. Are they getting their directions from TomTom? or is there a hard-and-fast policy (based on bad experience) against going up the down ramp (even when the ramp is closed by LEOs)?
 
Cygnus said:
I've seen this same thing many times. The quickest route (for an emergency vehicle) would be the wrong way on the off-ramp, but instead they go the long way around. Are they getting their directions from TomTom? or is there a hard-and-fast policy (based on bad experience) against going up the down ramp (even when the ramp is closed by LEOs)?
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You don't plan to go the wrong way on ramps unless there's a hard closure (as a general rule). Too much potential for people missing the CHP with the flares or whatever and info on that doesn't travel from CHP to dispatch to dispatch to engine that quickly. I'm sure there's some variance around but I (in my admittedly somewhat limited experience have never driven the wrong way on a ramp or freeway. Short, local, one-way street, yes, but that's it.
 
b.rock said:
You don't plan to go the wrong way on ramps unless there's a hard closure (as a general rule). Too much potential for people missing the CHP with the flares or whatever and info on that doesn't travel from CHP to dispatch to dispatch to engine that quickly. I'm sure there's some variance around but I (in my admittedly somewhat limited experience have never driven the wrong way on a ramp or freeway. Short, local, one-way street, yes, but that's it.
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You must be a fire fighter? I spoke to my friend who is OFD. Her station covers 880. She said the call goes into CHP dispatch and then they call OFD and opposing stations dispatch engines. That way they're assured to get at least one engine on scene.
 
OaklandLion said:
You must be a fire fighter? I spoke to my friend who is OFD. Her station covers 880. She said the call goes into CHP dispatch and then they call OFD and opposing stations dispatch engines. That way they're assured to get at least one engine on scene.
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Our freeway is not quite as busy as I-880, but sure, that does happen sometimes. Especially on the bridge, where traffic is worse and turning around is worse. I've definitely been on calls and heard more where the direction was wrong, cross street / interchange was wrong (Cummings Skyway vs Gilman St - like 12 miles off, in the wrong county), and so on. People get messed up on direction and the nearest interchange or cross street. Also on streets that hit multiple freeways, where they come in as the wrong freeway. Those are interesting too. It happens. Their policy seems to make a lot of sense, especially on accidents, where you may need a second unit anyhow (add'l patients, extrication, traffic control, whatever?)
 
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