Was out driving this afternoon and saw this on River Rd & Orville, between Salem & Independence.

I can't believe the driver thought he could make the turn and make up that road - which is pretty steep, narrow and has some sharp curves.

There was a pallet under the back tires to lift up the back end but it was still touching pavement.

Edit: Both Apple Maps & Google Maps will tell you this is the fastest/shortest way to get from Independence to south Salem or vice versa - which is incorrect, most of the time.





View on my way back, can't believe the driver tried to turn right.

WOW! I believe I could have made that turn. But it would have required a little jiggle using that space across the road. That's not too tight to possibly be done, but it's clearly too tight to be done in-lane by a person with no sense of proportion and space.

Seems there is a 'reason' for that wide pull out opposite the 'road'! But then it would take some "common sense" to use it!

But, but... it worked great in their Civic!

Less than a month ago I-70 through Glenwood Canyon was closed by rock slides caused by heavy rain on the area that was severely burned last year. A Greyhound Bus driver thought he had an alternative route around the closure. He didn’t.

21 passengers rescued

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Originally posted by trebor44:
Seems there is a 'reason' for that wide pull out opposite the 'road'! But then it would take some "common sense" to use it!

Yes, my first impression as well.

Predicaments are the stepping stones to wisdom.

Was on a bus in the Italian alps that took a turn like that with a third of the space in the picture. Driver had to do a 5 point turn and ever time he backed up the rear of the bus behind the back wheels was over the side of the mountain with about a 1000 foot drop.

Ironically the bus is emblazoned with the word, NAVIGATE on the side...

How tall is the bus? Is it possible the driver used the wide area as a turn around and tried the other road to bypass the 12’3” height restriction posted on the yellow diamond?