Don't speak too soon. Other reports indicate that the biker is in really bad shape...critical, etc. I'm praying/hoping/crossing my fingers/etc. that he makes it.
I really don't give a damn how long those poor drivers had to wait while the accident was cleaned up. What I do care about is the condition of the people that were involved, such as the motorcycle rider.
I am not from their but I clicked this story over a me needing a Greyhound bus to take me 12hrs on a trip I could have driven in around 7hrs. My stupid son was getting married at end of boot camp with the Marines & I was the last to know. I kept saying over what if something happens.I had 0$ going up & made in at 10pm we left at 9am. I week later it was time to go & I could not wait to get home. We were not 10 minutes out of Memphis when I hear a load thump sound. I thought @!$%# we blew up a tire. Nah the bus was on fire! I kept sayin I knew it I knew it! lol. It was a freakin nightmare & i'll never get on another that is fo sho!
The article did not say the motorcycle caused the accident- my comment did not say the motorcyclist was talking on a cell phone. Your jumping to the wrong conclusions is a fail response, genius.
Yeah, well your bandwagon "we have to blame something" answer is fail. Way to be creative and blurt out the same damn thing everyone else blurts out in the event of an accident without an explanation.
Statistically, cell phones show up time and again as a contributing cause in vehicular accidents so it is not a bad assumption to make. Human error in what ever form caused this accident to happen so it is not a fail to bring in the possibility of someone being on their cell phone now is it?
Way for me to be creative and blurt out what everyone else is blurting? Well, gee, let's look. Oh, I was the first one to blurt about cell phones in this forum. Scroll back to the top yourself and look. So that's two more fails for you. Heck, keep them coming- everyone enjoys watching you continue to make a fool out of yourself! :D
Smartass, I wasn't talking about this forum, in any article about accidents there is always someone that says "cell phone." If you would have read my comment correctly you would have gotten that from it. Just assuming instead of finding out actual information is childish and ignorant. So no, fails for you. Also, I'm done arguing because this is an internet forum and fighting online is petty. So if you keep replying to me, that's you making a fool of yourself and more fails for you! Have a good day!
Gee PGH, sounds like you have some serious anger managment issues. Just because you start off as the smartass making stupid remarks and can't take it when you are put in your place you really go on the assault! Whew! Hey, who said I was fighting: You are the one who keeps coming back to win...something (?) I wonder what that is exactly? Hmmm. You just can't stand losing and that's you rproblem. Yeah, back down because you already lost, quite pathetically I might add. *Yawn, strike up another fail for PGH! I win. You lose. Hahaha!
Uh, actually absolutelyright, YOU are the one that kind of sounds dumb, especially where you tried to spell out the acronym to PGH's name (PGH is actually the abbreviation for "Pittsburgh") so yeah, grow up, and after PGH said he/she was done you replied again so I don't think YOU can stand losing. Good job, lame-o. PGH doesn't sound angry, she sounds like he/she just hates dumb comments like your first initial comment. So I think YOU'RE the one with anger management issues, especially with your little "You lose. Hahaha!" thing at the end there, real grown-up, doesn't show you're a child or anything. Grow up! Hahaha!
Uh, actually 'Badone', YOU are the one that is kind of dumb, especially where you tried to defend an asswipe who started trolling around making stupid comments and insults (as well as name-calling). Now that's real grown up eh, lame-o. Hmmm, so where does that leave YOU now? Maybe you & PGH- who gives a @!$%# what it stands for- should get a hotel room together & take nice long hot showers together. Then you can get on Newsvine and go trolling together. How romantic! So I'll take my little 'You lose' label and smack it right on YOUR forehead where it now belongs since you had to run to PGH's rescue for making such a fool of himself and exposing his ignorance blatantly. Now you have reached an even lower low, loser! Hahahahaha- grow up yourself! AND, don't go sticking your nose in other people's conversations unless you also like being put in your place too!
You have a real problem, don't you? Can't take criticism? Can't take being told you're wrong? Then you know you're wrong so you can't stop talking and then just make yourself sound even more idiotic. Wow. PGH's comments were supported by reason and education, and you've taken to schoolyard taunting. Now you're suggesting we "get a hotel room together" are you assuming we are both male and now trying to use homosexuality as an insult? I see you are very close-minded. That must be rough living like that. I think the fact that you can't stop OR argue without acting like a child, shows that you are the troll. I really don't think you have the capability of putting anyone "in their place." And the fact that I support PGH and nobody seems to be supporting you goes to show that maybe you are the loser? Nobody agrees with you or cares to support your childish repsponses? As PGH stated you left a "bandwagon" comment, then your responses just kind of blow up. I can just see you as a little 10 year old girl with her hand on her hip scrunching her face saying "na na na na na na" being a real @$$hole about whatever you were just corrected on, like you are doing right now. Please, grow up, get a life, and if you keep responding, you are seriously just going to look like an even bigger idiot than you already are.
What's so funny 'rudeone' is that everything you stated above is a mirror reflection of yourself.
First, you say:
You have a real problem, don't you? Can't take criticism? Can't take being told you're wrong? Then you know you're wrong so you can't stop talking and then just make yourself sound even more idiotic.
So let's step back a couple of posts. PGH & I are having our own 'fight outside the bar' in these posts, and after he get's his butt whipped & I turn to go back into the bar, but here you come. So, now we're outside the bar having it out: Ask yourself, why is that? Are you supposed to be some Knight in Shining armor for PGH- someone you probably don't even know? You could have chosen NOT to interfere, but instead you are mirroring that YOU have a real problem, YOU can't take criticism, and YOU can't take being told you're wrong, didn't you? This all is so amazing, over my original post that was comprised of seven words: "no doubt a cell phone was involved". You & PGH got so much out of this dumb little comment? Wowie!
Let's move one...
I think the fact that you can't stop OR argue without acting like a child, shows that you are the troll.
So... what is it exactly that YOU are doing here? Hmmm... You're not a child? Not a troll? Hmmm... And, who says I am supposed to be the one to back down or stop? Sorry, but that will NEVER happen.
Next...
And the fact that I support PGH and nobody seems to be supporting you goes to show that maybe you are the loser? Nobody agrees with you or cares to support your childish repsponses?
So you admit you are PGH's advocate (shower buddy) that's understandable (eyes rolling). Is anyone even looking at what we are saying to one another? No- nobody cares to begin with! But, YOU obviously care a whole lot and, like PGH, have this insecurity about 'winning'. Nobody seems to be supporting YOU or YOUR childish responses, now are they? Similarly, nobody supports the idiot who picks fights at a bar either.
Another discrepancy...
I think YOU'RE the one with anger management issues
and name-calling:
@$$hole
Wow, the fact you resort to name-calling reveals your ignorance and level of anger you carry within yourself, bar fighter. Please get some help ok? (Also, Newsvine doesn't allow name-calling so na na na na na!!)
I found this humorous:
PGH's comments were supported by reason and education...
Uh, really? PGH offered up NO evidence whatsoever, thus presenting no logical foundation for anything he claimed, except to make himself look like a jackass. Oh well, as they say 'birds of a feather flock together'.
Finally... (saving the best for last ;)
Please, grow up, get a life, and if you keep responding, you are seriously just going to look like an even bigger idiot than you already are...
There's the icing on the cake. So what is it YOU are doing here? Responding? Oh ok, so YOU are the one looking like an even bigger idiot that you already are!
So there we are- how was your 'look in the mirror' experience? Hopefully it has been enlightening. I'm heading back inside the bar now. If you think you can come in and be more civilized I'll even buy a round on me.
Wow, absolutely. I'm not even going to take the time to type out YOUR "look in the mirror" experience because I don't have that much time to spend on the internet being I have a job. Maybe you should get one too and that way you could contribute to society instead of wasting your time trying to pick apart, over analyze, and twist things that are said on an internet forum.
Oh and I didn't call you an @$$hole, if you read the sentence correctly, you would have understood what I was saying. It was a descriptive word used to describe a situation, not a personal attack or actual name-calling on you. Slight difference. I'm done doing this, so have your last word because I know you'll respond because you can't walk away as PGH did, and now I will too because I'm, like PGH, the better person. Good luck in life not being able to take criticism.
Oh I have a job, not to worry. Working in computers is a fast growing and rewarding field! Hey, I see you joined Newsvine recently. In fact, very recently. Welcome! I also noticed your only posts have been on this very forum. Interesting. Also interesting as you seemed to show up long after this article left the mainstream. Usually, the comments fade away as quickly as the story drops to the background. But, hey, here you are! Interesting...
Bet you just couldn't resist coming back to see if absolutelyright wrote anymore wisdom for you! ;D Hah! Look in the mirror niceone- what do you see?
So how was the weather today in Pittsburgh (PGH)? Heard it was about 50 or so & clear. So nice to see some sunshine eh?
Oh you're 'done' here are you? Concede defeat like PGH? Well good, apparently my analysis did you some good. Finally facing the truth that in fact you have a problem. Hopefully you'll seek out a good therapist & get on some good meds.
Plus, some perspective here: I do not have to walk away from anything- this was my post originally, so you and anyone else responding are already in the inferior role. In other words, it is my right to respond or modify my posting as I see fit any time and thus I already am in the superior role. It's almost as if you insinuate you can walk into my house and order me out of it? No no no, so wrong!
But one question, how can you AND PGH be both the 'better person' at the same time? That's confusing. About as confusing as the movie "Sybil" - y'know, the girl who had multiple personalities. Hmmm... (wondering how long it will take 'niceone' to see how I have put 2+2 together...) :D Caught ya! How utterly pathetic! I can't take criticism? Wow, at least I don't have to sign up with an alternate email address on newsvine to try and reinforce false statements I made with my alternate callsign. So, look back in that mirror again niceone (PGH) and what do you see now...
AND... if you try and have the last word as you seem so obsessed with, that will be a total admission of guilt. Plus, you will further confirm yourself as the loser because YOU can't take criticism which you've already confirmed anyway.
absolutelyright, you're suspended for a day for violating #1 of the Code of Honor. Also, don't accuse people of having multiple accounts. Report it to staff if you think you have some evidence.
Tyler, thank you for bringing this situation to a satisfiable close. It is unfortunate when responses are made to the most innocent posts aimed at being hurtful, belittling, or argumentative. However, if combating such behavior means a day's suspension then it is worth it to keep Newsvine a safer community where one may express themselves freely without the fear of being attacked or 'trolled' upon. I will definitely observe the Code from now on and report any transgressions without taking the law into my own hands. Thanks again.
Delays were not that bad. Buses are being diverted to the Secaucus Junction Train Station and bus passengers are being cross honored. I arrived at work 1/2 hour late.
Don't mean to be insesitive, but why is this national news? I expected to see something like bomb threat or terrorist attack. Run of the mill auto accident in NYC, resulting in traffic delays.... Same thing happens every day in most major cities in the US.
Everybody riding in a car must wear a seat belt. No person riding buses is required to do so, except the driver, despite starting, stopping, and sudden brake applications. Standees are especially vulnerable.
I don't think I'd want to take either Holland or Lincoln on a motorcycle...every time I've been through them they've been stop and go..even if they are vented, the fumes would have to be pretty strong!
The motorcycle shouldn't even have been in that tunnel. In morning rush hour the center tube is reserved for incoming express buses. I hope the cyclist is OK, but he was probably trying to get into the city quicker, rather than sitting in the regular car lanes.
Maybe someone decided that the other lane was going faster and switched lanes. There is a law against switching lanes in the tunnel because its dangerous, but every morning I see some driver do it, right in front of a bus. Very sad and very scary. Hopefully enough people will learn from the mistake of one and it wont happen again.
Didn't that wonderful new governor of NJ just refuse federal funds for another method from NJ to NY (and back of course) --high speed rail I think? Sounds like they could use another method to get to work...too bad he doesn't see the need for infrastructure, especially when they could use the jobs in that area. Bummer.
Riding a bike in Manhattan (and most of the surronding Burroughs) is a nightmare as it is. Get in thoose tunnels with Buses, Trucks and automobile trafic is like a a game of TRON.
Wow. People are surely jumping to assumptions with this story.
1 - Motorcyclists really can't text and drive because you need at least one hand to drive the bike - at the very least; most drive with two. How do I know this? Because I ride a motorcycle.
2 - The person who said that the center lane is not reserved for buses, that they ride the tunnel every day is correct. How do I know this? My husband's from New York City, and we've both been there.
3 - Usually it's motorcycles getting cut off rather than the other way around although granted, you do get too many hot dogging idiots who don't deserve to own a motorcycle endorsement; it makes the rest of us who DO obey all the laws look bad.
4 - The person who said more attention should be paid to the outcome of the injuries as opposed to how traffic got backed up - exactly; lots of self-involved buggers out here.
5 - Which brings me to my last point - what the hell was that women spewing about taking a bus to see her son get married and being all whiny about it? If it would have taken you five less hours to drive it, why didn't you? I'm sure if you skep Greyhound next time, they won't miss you. And, you call your son "stupid"? No wonder he told you last - I can understand why he joined the Marines.
So, three buses and a motorcycle go into a tunnel in New York...
Sounds like the begining of a joke.
Law of gross tonnage definitely applies here. Lucky the biker survived.
Don't speak too soon. Other reports indicate that the biker is in really bad shape...critical, etc. I'm praying/hoping/crossing my fingers/etc. that he makes it.
I really don't give a damn how long those poor drivers had to wait while the accident was cleaned up. What I do care about is the condition of the people that were involved, such as the motorcycle rider.
I guess we all have our priorities.
Motorcycle VS bus.....not good. Hopefully the motorcycle rider will come out of this okay.
I am not from their but I clicked this story over a me needing a Greyhound bus to take me 12hrs on a trip I could have driven in around 7hrs. My stupid son was getting married at end of boot camp with the Marines & I was the last to know. I kept saying over what if something happens.I had 0$ going up & made in at 10pm we left at 9am. I week later it was time to go & I could not wait to get home. We were not 10 minutes out of Memphis when I hear a load thump sound. I thought @!$%# we blew up a tire. Nah the bus was on fire! I kept sayin I knew it I knew it! lol. It was a freakin nightmare & i'll never get on another that is fo sho!
what in the hell?
To paraphrase PGH...huh??
no doubt a cell phone was involved
I think it's very hard for a motocyclist to use a cell phone, if not impossible to hear/be heard. Fail comment, absolutelywrong.
Hey 'Probably Got Herpes':
The article did not say the motorcycle caused the accident- my comment did not say the motorcyclist was talking on a cell phone. Your jumping to the wrong conclusions is a fail response, genius.
Yeah, well your bandwagon "we have to blame something" answer is fail. Way to be creative and blurt out the same damn thing everyone else blurts out in the event of an accident without an explanation.
Statistically, cell phones show up time and again as a contributing cause in vehicular accidents so it is not a bad assumption to make. Human error in what ever form caused this accident to happen so it is not a fail to bring in the possibility of someone being on their cell phone now is it?
Way for me to be creative and blurt out what everyone else is blurting? Well, gee, let's look. Oh, I was the first one to blurt about cell phones in this forum. Scroll back to the top yourself and look. So that's two more fails for you. Heck, keep them coming- everyone enjoys watching you continue to make a fool out of yourself! :D
Smartass, I wasn't talking about this forum, in any article about accidents there is always someone that says "cell phone." If you would have read my comment correctly you would have gotten that from it. Just assuming instead of finding out actual information is childish and ignorant. So no, fails for you. Also, I'm done arguing because this is an internet forum and fighting online is petty. So if you keep replying to me, that's you making a fool of yourself and more fails for you! Have a good day!
Gee PGH, sounds like you have some serious anger managment issues. Just because you start off as the smartass making stupid remarks and can't take it when you are put in your place you really go on the assault! Whew! Hey, who said I was fighting: You are the one who keeps coming back to win...something (?) I wonder what that is exactly? Hmmm. You just can't stand losing and that's you rproblem. Yeah, back down because you already lost, quite pathetically I might add. *Yawn, strike up another fail for PGH! I win. You lose. Hahaha!
Uh, actually absolutelyright, YOU are the one that kind of sounds dumb, especially where you tried to spell out the acronym to PGH's name (PGH is actually the abbreviation for "Pittsburgh") so yeah, grow up, and after PGH said he/she was done you replied again so I don't think YOU can stand losing. Good job, lame-o. PGH doesn't sound angry, she sounds like he/she just hates dumb comments like your first initial comment. So I think YOU'RE the one with anger management issues, especially with your little "You lose. Hahaha!" thing at the end there, real grown-up, doesn't show you're a child or anything. Grow up! Hahaha!
Uh, actually 'Badone', YOU are the one that is kind of dumb, especially where you tried to defend an asswipe who started trolling around making stupid comments and insults (as well as name-calling). Now that's real grown up eh, lame-o. Hmmm, so where does that leave YOU now? Maybe you & PGH- who gives a @!$%# what it stands for- should get a hotel room together & take nice long hot showers together. Then you can get on Newsvine and go trolling together. How romantic! So I'll take my little 'You lose' label and smack it right on YOUR forehead where it now belongs since you had to run to PGH's rescue for making such a fool of himself and exposing his ignorance blatantly. Now you have reached an even lower low, loser! Hahahahaha- grow up yourself! AND, don't go sticking your nose in other people's conversations unless you also like being put in your place too!
You have a real problem, don't you? Can't take criticism? Can't take being told you're wrong? Then you know you're wrong so you can't stop talking and then just make yourself sound even more idiotic. Wow. PGH's comments were supported by reason and education, and you've taken to schoolyard taunting. Now you're suggesting we "get a hotel room together" are you assuming we are both male and now trying to use homosexuality as an insult? I see you are very close-minded. That must be rough living like that. I think the fact that you can't stop OR argue without acting like a child, shows that you are the troll. I really don't think you have the capability of putting anyone "in their place." And the fact that I support PGH and nobody seems to be supporting you goes to show that maybe you are the loser? Nobody agrees with you or cares to support your childish repsponses? As PGH stated you left a "bandwagon" comment, then your responses just kind of blow up. I can just see you as a little 10 year old girl with her hand on her hip scrunching her face saying "na na na na na na" being a real @$$hole about whatever you were just corrected on, like you are doing right now. Please, grow up, get a life, and if you keep responding, you are seriously just going to look like an even bigger idiot than you already are.
What's so funny 'rudeone' is that everything you stated above is a mirror reflection of yourself.
First, you say:
So let's step back a couple of posts. PGH & I are having our own 'fight outside the bar' in these posts, and after he get's his butt whipped & I turn to go back into the bar, but here you come. So, now we're outside the bar having it out: Ask yourself, why is that? Are you supposed to be some Knight in Shining armor for PGH- someone you probably don't even know? You could have chosen NOT to interfere, but instead you are mirroring that YOU have a real problem, YOU can't take criticism, and YOU can't take being told you're wrong, didn't you? This all is so amazing, over my original post that was comprised of seven words: "no doubt a cell phone was involved". You & PGH got so much out of this dumb little comment? Wowie!
Let's move one...
So... what is it exactly that YOU are doing here? Hmmm... You're not a child? Not a troll? Hmmm... And, who says I am supposed to be the one to back down or stop? Sorry, but that will NEVER happen.
Next...
So you admit you are PGH's advocate (shower buddy) that's understandable (eyes rolling). Is anyone even looking at what we are saying to one another? No- nobody cares to begin with! But, YOU obviously care a whole lot and, like PGH, have this insecurity about 'winning'. Nobody seems to be supporting YOU or YOUR childish responses, now are they? Similarly, nobody supports the idiot who picks fights at a bar either.
Another discrepancy...
and name-calling:
Wow, the fact you resort to name-calling reveals your ignorance and level of anger you carry within yourself, bar fighter. Please get some help ok? (Also, Newsvine doesn't allow name-calling so na na na na na!!)
I found this humorous:
Uh, really? PGH offered up NO evidence whatsoever, thus presenting no logical foundation for anything he claimed, except to make himself look like a jackass. Oh well, as they say 'birds of a feather flock together'.
Finally... (saving the best for last ;)
There's the icing on the cake. So what is it YOU are doing here? Responding? Oh ok, so YOU are the one looking like an even bigger idiot that you already are!
So there we are- how was your 'look in the mirror' experience? Hopefully it has been enlightening. I'm heading back inside the bar now. If you think you can come in and be more civilized I'll even buy a round on me.
Wow, absolutely. I'm not even going to take the time to type out YOUR "look in the mirror" experience because I don't have that much time to spend on the internet being I have a job. Maybe you should get one too and that way you could contribute to society instead of wasting your time trying to pick apart, over analyze, and twist things that are said on an internet forum.
Oh and I didn't call you an @$$hole, if you read the sentence correctly, you would have understood what I was saying. It was a descriptive word used to describe a situation, not a personal attack or actual name-calling on you. Slight difference. I'm done doing this, so have your last word because I know you'll respond because you can't walk away as PGH did, and now I will too because I'm, like PGH, the better person. Good luck in life not being able to take criticism.
Well, back to work for me!
Oh I have a job, not to worry. Working in computers is a fast growing and rewarding field! Hey, I see you joined Newsvine recently. In fact, very recently. Welcome! I also noticed your only posts have been on this very forum. Interesting. Also interesting as you seemed to show up long after this article left the mainstream. Usually, the comments fade away as quickly as the story drops to the background. But, hey, here you are! Interesting...
Bet you just couldn't resist coming back to see if absolutelyright wrote anymore wisdom for you! ;D Hah! Look in the mirror niceone- what do you see?
So how was the weather today in Pittsburgh (PGH)? Heard it was about 50 or so & clear. So nice to see some sunshine eh?
Oh you're 'done' here are you? Concede defeat like PGH? Well good, apparently my analysis did you some good. Finally facing the truth that in fact you have a problem. Hopefully you'll seek out a good therapist & get on some good meds.
Plus, some perspective here: I do not have to walk away from anything- this was my post originally, so you and anyone else responding are already in the inferior role. In other words, it is my right to respond or modify my posting as I see fit any time and thus I already am in the superior role. It's almost as if you insinuate you can walk into my house and order me out of it? No no no, so wrong!
But one question, how can you AND PGH be both the 'better person' at the same time? That's confusing. About as confusing as the movie "Sybil" - y'know, the girl who had multiple personalities. Hmmm... (wondering how long it will take 'niceone' to see how I have put 2+2 together...) :D Caught ya! How utterly pathetic! I can't take criticism? Wow, at least I don't have to sign up with an alternate email address on newsvine to try and reinforce false statements I made with my alternate callsign. So, look back in that mirror again niceone (PGH) and what do you see now...
AND... if you try and have the last word as you seem so obsessed with, that will be a total admission of guilt. Plus, you will further confirm yourself as the loser because YOU can't take criticism which you've already confirmed anyway.
absolutelyright, you're suspended for a day for violating #1 of the Code of Honor. Also, don't accuse people of having multiple accounts. Report it to staff if you think you have some evidence.
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PGH, mind the second part of that rule:
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Niceone-3110029, see above. You're suspended for a day for violating #1 of the Code of Honor.
Tyler, thank you for bringing this situation to a satisfiable close. It is unfortunate when responses are made to the most innocent posts aimed at being hurtful, belittling, or argumentative. However, if combating such behavior means a day's suspension then it is worth it to keep Newsvine a safer community where one may express themselves freely without the fear of being attacked or 'trolled' upon. I will definitely observe the Code from now on and report any transgressions without taking the law into my own hands. Thanks again.
I guess reporting a breaking story about traffic congestion doesn't need a time stamp on it. Thanks for the help!
Tunnel Texting is No, No.
Especially while driving a motorcycle....
Delays were not that bad. Buses are being diverted to the Secaucus Junction Train Station and bus passengers are being cross honored. I arrived at work 1/2 hour late.
With the heightened world tensions, the absolute last thing I'd want to do is drive through a "tunnel" for ANY purpose.. The thought is frightening.
Those tunnels are really scary when I'm riding my bike... :/
I think ANY tunnel that's below a body of water is terrifying.
Don't mean to be insesitive, but why is this national news? I expected to see something like bomb threat or terrorist attack. Run of the mill auto accident in NYC, resulting in traffic delays.... Same thing happens every day in most major cities in the US.
Everybody riding in a car must wear a seat belt. No person riding buses is required to do so, except the driver, despite starting, stopping, and sudden brake applications. Standees are especially vulnerable.
And New Jersey Governor doesn't want to pay his fair share for the tunnel. Typical Republican Glad it mostly effected Jerseyites.
let me guess....."I didn't see the motorcycle" as I cut in front of him! same old tune, a year in jail would change that!
You know why folks in Manhattan are so depressed? Because the lihgt at the end of the tunnel is New Jersey!
Seriously, I grew up in NYC, and although this is a sad incident it is not worthy of national news.
I don't think I'd want to take either Holland or Lincoln on a motorcycle...every time I've been through them they've been stop and go..even if they are vented, the fumes would have to be pretty strong!
The motorcycle shouldn't even have been in that tunnel. In morning rush hour the center tube is reserved for incoming express buses. I hope the cyclist is OK, but he was probably trying to get into the city quicker, rather than sitting in the regular car lanes.
Center lane is not reserved for buses during rush hour.
It is shared with other vehicles. I make the commute every day.
Maybe someone decided that the other lane was going faster and switched lanes. There is a law against switching lanes in the tunnel because its dangerous, but every morning I see some driver do it, right in front of a bus. Very sad and very scary. Hopefully enough people will learn from the mistake of one and it wont happen again.
Didn't that wonderful new governor of NJ just refuse federal funds for another method from NJ to NY (and back of course) --high speed rail I think? Sounds like they could use another method to get to work...too bad he doesn't see the need for infrastructure, especially when they could use the jobs in that area. Bummer.
Hope they are all ok.
Drive slowly. It is better late than never.
Riding a bike in Manhattan (and most of the surronding Burroughs) is a nightmare as it is. Get in thoose tunnels with Buses, Trucks and automobile trafic is like a a game of TRON.
Wow. People are surely jumping to assumptions with this story.
1 - Motorcyclists really can't text and drive because you need at least one hand to drive the bike - at the very least; most drive with two. How do I know this? Because I ride a motorcycle.
2 - The person who said that the center lane is not reserved for buses, that they ride the tunnel every day is correct. How do I know this? My husband's from New York City, and we've both been there.
3 - Usually it's motorcycles getting cut off rather than the other way around although granted, you do get too many hot dogging idiots who don't deserve to own a motorcycle endorsement; it makes the rest of us who DO obey all the laws look bad.
4 - The person who said more attention should be paid to the outcome of the injuries as opposed to how traffic got backed up - exactly; lots of self-involved buggers out here.
5 - Which brings me to my last point - what the hell was that women spewing about taking a bus to see her son get married and being all whiny about it? If it would have taken you five less hours to drive it, why didn't you? I'm sure if you skep Greyhound next time, they won't miss you. And, you call your son "stupid"? No wonder he told you last - I can understand why he joined the Marines.
thank you lissafaith for all 5, esp no. 5 mom's a bit*h semper fi huuu-rah