[Scan-DC] Crash last night

[Blair Thompson]

Hmmm, odd. I think the screeching must have come from the tires skidding on pavement, rather than from the brakes per se. Screeching tires, in a head-on collision, have just about gone the way of those ribbons of cassette tape that I used to see by the side of the road. 

This must have been an older model car, as anti-lock brakes don't allow for much skidding in a head-on collision. Had the car been in a sideways skid, the screeching is still possible, but would not a snowy road have suppressed that sound?

Enquiring minds....

---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Merlin" <merlin at merlinjacobs.com>
To: <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Scan-DC] Crash last night
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:02:48 -0500

There was a car crash last night in front of my house on Old Baltimore Road at 1:20am. I heard the screeching brakes and then the impact.

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