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08-15-2012, 03:44 PM
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Buick 455 Fan
Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston MA
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Two warnings re: poor roads in MA
1) I saw another Camaro, an IBM LT RS convertible on this same road at the same time as me about an hour ago. Hopefully my friend, you didn't have the same experience as me and you got off the highway before this happened
WARNING FOR MA DRIVERS: RTE 128 South near Dedham and Needham. They have stripped the road surface in the area near the jail, approximately Great Plain Ave exit. Gravel and bits of junk are liberally covering the roadway. Approximately 1/4 mile of 128 is a chip-factory. I just drove through it and now have several nice pits right in front of my face in my windshield. I was able to watch the gravel flying off the car, and from the amount of hits I could hear on the body, I have many chips in my doors and rear quarters now. Avoid this piece of road until it is cleaned up. 2) Fair warning to whoever OK'd the practice of leaving gravel and debris from stripping road surfaces on the roads until traffic clears it away: do not let me find out who you are.
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08-15-2012, 05:34 PM
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Drives: '86 Monte Carlo SS Join Date: Nov 2010
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It's called Chipseal here in Ca. it's a cheap way to repave a road. it depends on traffic to grind the gravel into a layer of tar below. Your local government is the source of approval for this nonsense.
I ride a MC and you can imagine the trouble I have riding on this stuff. Recently a person was killed after loosing control on the chip. If I see it, i turn and find another road. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipseal |
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08-15-2012, 09:22 PM
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That sucks, donkey d**k :(
Thanks for the warning. Will avoid that stretch of road! |
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08-15-2012, 09:38 PM
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Thanks for the headsup.
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08-16-2012, 12:01 AM
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A more general heads up, driving in Mass sucks anyway because of the Mass Pike and terrible drivers....
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08-16-2012, 03:31 PM
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Drives: 2012 IOM 2SS Join Date: Apr 2012
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It's only like 90%  It's not our fault that out of staters are timid and freak out when they see rotaries or can't deal with people zooming in and out of bumper to bumper traffic. If you can't deal with it, detour around the state! I kid, of course. Sorta, kinda....... The mass pike does suck though! |
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08-16-2012, 04:11 PM
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Buick 455 Fan
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08-16-2012, 04:13 PM
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Buick 455 Fan
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Oh and Paul, that road down near my Mom and Dad's that had gravel in the holes they put in the pavement last month? Yeah. They removed the road entirely. It's hardpack dirt and rocks now. Avoid that if you head to Dedham
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08-16-2012, 06:32 PM
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08-16-2012, 07:39 PM
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Forever Pontiac
Drives: 2012 Black 2SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2010
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I don't see how this chipseal crap is legal and approved by the gov. Couldn't a piece go chip someone's windshield and cause an accident?
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 so true. I learned to drive in MA. I know how to handle a rotary and I scream so much down here because nobody understands how to deal with even the small ones down here. People stop at the entrance when nobody is coming or they go when people are coming EDIT: forgot to mention I deal with the rotary retards daily because there is 2 outside my work :(
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