What are the odds? When your number's up, it's up. Sad.

Truck Driver Killed After Manhole Cover Flies Through Windshield, Hits Him in Head | NBC New York

Wow...

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

No kidding. They said it exploded. My guess is some methane gas or the like blew up in a cavity and flung the cover upward.

Reminds me a similarly weird freak thing in Seattle some years back. They built a convention center over the freeway downtown, I forget ,30 years ago maybe. A few years later, sometime in late winter IIRC, some place under the structure a large chunk of ice that had frozen in some odd perch from dripping water thawed enough to fall loose and hit a car killing the driver.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Holy crap!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

That road is a disaster. It's a little better now, as some of it has been repaved. The worst part was the start of the WB roadway, where ruts between lanes were almost a foot tall. I always hope for some traffic when on the XB, as it gives time to avoid all the potholes and keeps the wheels of the truck on the ground when I traverse all the "jumps" in the pavement. 25-30 MPH is a safe speed.

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'83 300D, 126K miles.

I guess when your time is up, it's up.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

oh great now we have to worry about rogue manhole covers

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You're a daisy if you do.
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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Ya got a lot of those on the ranch? Seems like more of a cityslicker problem. 'Course, I'm not quite sure what sort of load would be needed to take one of those out. Not likely to be anything handy for use in a sidearm. Maybe you ought to attend the upcoming auction of the Littlefield collection.

MV

Imagine that foot deep potholes in one of the areas with highest tax rates in the country. Time to get a government who can keep the roads open.

About 20-25 years ago there was an accident where the drive shaft broke which jackknifed the shaft into the oncoming lane. The picture in the local paper showed half of a drive shaft sticking through a the windshield into the steering wheel area. Spearchucking the driver. We are very rural.

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85 Merc 300D - Unwinding 31 years of wear
86 VW TD
Mahindra Diesel
Iseki Diesel

In 2007 I didn't own a diesel.