On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Tom Salicos wrote:

> Here in the Pacific NorthWest, we call them "Runaway truck ramps".  They're
> spurs off the hiway, pits actually, with three feet or so of gravel to cause
> sudden deceleration when a trucker points his rig at it.  (Pardon my scoff,
> but *ALABAMA* ???? )

You see these in parts of Minnesota, too.  I know Minnesota isn't a
mountainous state, but there are some very steep grades in some areas
around the Mississippi river valley.

Getting a truck back out of one of those ramps must be quite a job!

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