> > 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* ???? )

Yes, in Alabama.  If you look on the map,  assuming you know where Alabama
is located, the Blue Ridge and Tennessee Valley in north and north-eastern
Alabama can be quite challenging to semi-trucks.  It's not Colorado, but
what is.  Oh, we have intergrated facilities, too.

Chris S.
'85 Westy
www.knology.net/~vw/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers