Too bad it wasn't on purpose.
http://news.yahoo.com/sticky-goo-pa-turnpike-disables-over-100-cars-120956851.html
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Nov. 23, 2011 9:12 a.m. DrBoost SuperDork
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Nov. 23, 2011 9:24 a.m. Ian F SuperDork
Somebody is gonna be in deep goo...
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Nov. 23, 2011 9:38 a.m. iceracer SuperDork
Hey, free undercoating.
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Nov. 23, 2011 9:50 a.m. Twin_Cam SuperDork
Snowplows to push it off the road? How could that dude not know his truck was leaking THAT badly?
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Nov. 23, 2011 9:54 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork
now thats what I call a sticky situation
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Nov. 23, 2011 1:37 p.m. Hungary Bill New Reader
retread tires anyone?
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Nov. 23, 2011 1:41 p.m. integraguy SuperDork
Gives new meaning to the idea that Pa. sticks it to you when you use the turnpike.
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Nov. 23, 2011 1:50 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork
This is going to be one hell of an insurance claim against the truck especially if they factor in epa cleanup. Everyone will get a hand in on this one.
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Nov. 23, 2011 1:51 p.m. Sonic Dork
I work for an insurance company. My office handles PA.
We insure the truck.
It is a rough day around the auto department.
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Nov. 23, 2011 1:51 p.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker SuperDork
Oh man... how bad would that suck to have to clean up. When I re-seal my driveway I use maybe 15g and I have to throw away everything it touches or it spreads to whatever that stuff comes in contact with. Imagine a sealer rooster tail. They need to drive a couple trucks spilling mineral spirits thru there.
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Nov. 23, 2011 1:53 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork
In reply to Sonic:
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Nov. 23, 2011 2:15 p.m. pete240z SuperDork
that really will buff out......
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Nov. 23, 2011 4:05 p.m. JThw8 SuperDork
Sonic wrote:
I work for an insurance company. My office handles PA.
We insure the truck.
It is a rough day around the auto department.
Doh...sorry to hear that. Keep your head down. As memory serves you are working outside the auto department now so keep a low profile lest they call you back to aid in the fun.
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Nov. 23, 2011 8:31 p.m. DrBoost SuperDork
I would be interested to hear the total bill. I mean, holy crap how do you possibly get that off everything.
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Nov. 23, 2011 8:40 p.m. Sonic Dork
Yea, fortunately my job now is dealing with serious bodily injuries in litigation, so I have nothing to do with the situation, except for hearing about it today, and they pay me too much now to pull me into that stuff. Still sucks for the people that have it.
The poor girl in the commercial auto dept that got the claim had a terrible day. When she checked her voicemail, she had 59 messages, all from today. Yea.
I think by the end of the day this was transferred to a team up in the general liability department, which is the right thing, but still my company. It didn't belong in the auto department, because the damage did not result from any driver negligence in a "rules of the road" standpoint, but from a faulty valve or loading/unloading issues, so it is a different part of their policy.
As to how much it cost, who the hell knows. I'm guessing they will just replace a lot of stuff, and give lots of time to shops to scrape/clean stuff, but there will be lots of bumpers, radiators, tires, etc replaced as it is cheaper than cleaning. The company likely (I'm not sure) has a $1 million limit, but with a few hundred cars affected, and the cost of the highway cleanup, that might all get eaten up. I feel badly for anyone who had damage who doesn't have comprehensive insurance of their own, as it may be a while before this all gets sorted out.
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Nov. 23, 2011 9:26 p.m. fasted58 SuperDork
I saw the first breaking reports last night through the day after update on Pgh news tonight. They ain't cleaning no tires, knock 'em down, clean the rims n mount new tires. Seemed to peel off some fender liners not too bad but one Grand Cherokee had the inner liner fall off from the gooey weight. It looked like ya could fill a good two gallon bucket off each wheel w/ that E36 M3. It'd be a wonder if that goo didn't schmooze down into the brakes and suspension too. One mechanic peeled a big flat glob from a PU bed, it rolled up like play dough, so who knows. Paint might be another story.
News said the truck driver will be cited and may face a fine of $1000.
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Nov. 23, 2011 9:32 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork
I had a truck blow his tank of diesel in front of me today and I spent a couple of miles worrying about the slipperiness. I feel like I got off easy.
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Nov. 23, 2011 10:20 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork
The Turnpike website give a phone number directly to the Truck's insurance company.
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Nov. 23, 2011 10:24 p.m. Sonic Dork
In reply to jrw1621:
Anyone calling now is in for a long wait. We are closed until Monday. The monday after T-day is basically the worst day of the year for the auto damage folks, and having this on top of that certainly doesn't help.
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Nov. 23, 2011 10:35 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork
Sonic wrote:
In reply to jrw1621:
Anyone calling now is in for a long wait. We are closed until Monday. The monday after T-day is basically the worst day of the year for the auto damage folks, and having this on top of that certainly doesn't help.
Regards to your people, Sonic. Holy cow, there's so much suckage to go around with this one that it's hard to believe.
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Nov. 23, 2011 10:42 p.m. Keith SuperDork
Janel works in highway construction. She says it doesn't sound like sealant - it's more slippery and doesn't build up. Her guess is tack. Yuk.
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Nov. 29, 2011 3:36 p.m. fasted58 SuperDork
More Than 450 Complaints Filed After Tar-Like Substance Spills On Turnpike
PITTSBURGH -- Hundreds of complaints have been filed by drivers whose cars were damaged by a driveway sealant that was spilled on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last week. So far, officials said more than 450 motorists have filed complaints to police. A tanker truck had a leaky valve, causing the substance to leak on a 40-mile stretch of the road between the New Castle exit and the Canton service plaza.
450... ouch $$
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Nov. 29, 2011 7:56 p.m. Sonic Dork
I wish it were 450. It turns out that my business line was tasked with handling this. I personally don't have any, but my unit has to take up all of the slack of the people who have been put on the spill response.
As of today, we had over 1000 (one thousand) claims from this. We found that our system will only let us put 999 subfiles on one claim, so that's fun.
Mostly, it is tires, but lots of other weird stuff. Sucks.
Fortunately, I picked the right time to go on vacation, we leave on Thurdsay for CA for a week to go Lemons racing @ Buttonwillow. Once I get back, a lot of the work will be done, but still plenty to do...
