You’re going along on elevated highway 88 Kaohsiung to Fanglio. The speed limit is 90 but everyone is going 100. It’s smooth sailing. You are in the left lane starting into a mild curve. THen the 6.8 earthquake strikes.
What do you do? What does it feel like.
You put your hazards on and slow down as gently as you can, making sure you stop near a support pillar. Using the bungee cords you keep in your boot, along with a rope quickly braided from your own hair, you fashion an “ariel runway” thingy like you used to do at Scout camp, down which you launch your grateful passengers. Then you rescue a family of a cute mother, angelic kids and clueless dad, not forgetting the family dog, before taking a giant leap off the highway to land in the river below, miraculously unscathed.
That’s what I would do, at least.
Last time that happened I stopped to check my idle because it was running strangely roughly.
Just keep driving…
[quote]You put your hazards on and slow down as gently as you can, making sure you stop near a support pillar. Using the bungee cords you keep in your boot, along with a rope quickly braided from your own hair, you fashion an “ariel runway” thingy like you used to do at Scout camp, down which you launch your grateful passengers. Then you rescue a family of a cute mother, angelic kids and clueless dad, not forgetting the family dog, before taking a giant leap off the highway to land in the river below, miraculously unscathed.
That’s what I would do, at least.
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I did that but then I looked up and noticed the traffic start picking up speed again and the clueless father yelling, “What the fuck. I mean what the fuck are you on.”
I pulled the Red Bull can from my pocket and …
[quote=“Taiwan_Student”]You’re going along on elevated highway 88 Kaohsiung to Fanglio. The speed limit is 90 but everyone is going 100. It’s smooth sailing. You are in the left lane starting into a mild curve. THen the 6.8 earthquake strikes.
What do you do? What does it feel like.[/quote]
depends on how big it is. If its a level five or less where you are? OR IF it is a LEVEL SIX?? A Level Six quake you would adopt the same posture as you would in an airplane prior to crash landing.
That is to say that you would bend over facing forward and put your head between your legs AND KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE
I disagree with the last post. It was over six where I usually drive. No one fell off the bridge (though they don’t report auto accidents like they do back home).
I get startled a bit in unfamilliar situations. I just want to know what to expect. Will my SUV pull in a direction or will I have much trouble steering.
I need to walk through this situation in my mind.
Are these dungeons and dragons earthquakes?
good site here on quake dos and donts
keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/for … ke3.htm#03
Remain calm, reduce speed and gradually pull over to the left side of the roadway. If the traffic is so heavy that you cannot make it, pull over to the right instead, so that the center of the road can be kept clear.
Turn on the radio or find the highway traffic display signs for up-to-date information on the earthquake and traffic conditions. Follow the instructions of the police or the Japan Highway Public Corporation.
Don’t resume driving unless faced with some clear-and-present danger.
this is in Japan so in TAiwan you may want to pull over to the RIGHT of the roadway if possible or to the right shoulder if you cant get to the left (where you may be able to exit the freeway at the next interchange).
This is Taiwan, so do whatever the hell you want to. 
This is Taiwan, so do whatever the hell you want to. [/quote]
snicker snicker 
So true. But whatever the hell you do?? JUST DO SOMETHING will ya?