It was windy yesterday; Big fucking deal! Why does some wind close down the pedestrian walkway on the bridge? There’s a fucking 10 foot tall guard rail that’s going keep anyone from getting blown off. What ludicrous scenario was foreseen that would make someone think that some wind would make one of the most fundamentally easy tasks that we do too dangerous to attempt? I get the bike lane being closed; when you’re doing 40 km and a gust of wind smashes you into the railing you’re in for a shitty day, but I’m not cycling, I’m trying to fucking walk somewhere. — Never Been Stuck In A Traffic Jam With My Black Cadillacs
This article appears in Feb 7-13, 2013.
Why in the fuck would you want to do such a dumb-ass thing in the first place?
I worry about you as well, more then the Bridge Commissionaires ever will. Thank the lord you made it home safely.
OP …its the nanny state mentality with heavy emphasis on MENTAL !
They allow the buses to travel the bridge , yet you can’t walk in their fenced in walkway … Nuckin’ Futs is what it is !
What about blowing into traffic? I dunno.
Have to agree with FS there….you could become disoriented and either walk or get blown into traffic. Think about it!
HAve you ever walked across the bridge ?
The railings on both sides of the walkway make it IMPOSSIBLE to get blown anywhere into traffic or into the water ….You would have to DELIBERATELY CLIMB the fences to get into traffic or be able to fall over the railing …ITS over 8 feet tall & it has turned in rails at the top on the water side ! ! ! ! !
Q: What did the bridge commission say to the OB?
A: “Blow” me.
lol
… because fences never break when hit by large, inadvertently flailing objects…
ZzZ …you’d have to hit that barrier with a big F’in truck !
Furious Styles and Heather Ann01 are right, there are places there you could disappear into on the inside!
Seriously tho, it would need to be a big ass wind to get you there.
Mind you…….it don’t matter to Smee…..shit……I can fly!