HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-02/cars-trapped-as-japanese-motorway-tunnel-collpases/4403290 Sad news, I hope it has not affected anyone here. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I travel this route fairly often. ...as does anyone driving to Nagano. Definitely a little freaky. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Heard about it on ABC News this evening. Hope all from this community are OK. Good to see Beekurishta is still here! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 ....still kickin... Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yikes only just seen that, been out all day. Does not look good. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Here's some insightful comments by people on one of the shitty 'news'paper sites "Japan is one unlucky country. I think I'll refrain from visiting". "You couldn't pay me enough to live in Japan" "Payback for the dolphin hunt?" Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Here's some insightful comments by people on one of the shitty 'news'paper sites "Japan is one unlucky country. I think I'll refrain from visiting". "You couldn't pay me enough to live in Japan" "Payback for the dolphin hunt?" That's awful!! >.< But I suppose it is a WIN for us then, we don't have to worry about that type of person coming to Japan and spoiling it for us - who know better and love Japan! Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I went through there last night! Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 That particular tunnel always bothered me when I drove the Chuo. Never understood exactly why, but it really creeped me out. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Looks terrible. I was never scared of tunnels. I remember I was though after the Chuetsu jishin..., speeding up to get through them quick! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I don't know if any of you guy were around for that tunnel collapse up in Hokkaido where a bus and another car were pancaked by a huge slab of falling concrete. I think it was about 15 years ago or so. Ever since that I pick up speed in the tunnels. I really hate going through Tokyo and getting stuck in the tunnels in traffic. Makes the imagination run a little wild. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I remember that one, Chris. Also the infamous Nihonzaka tunnel accident, with more than 100 cars burned. Not being an engineer I've no idea what the purpose could be of a suspended ceiling of huge concrete slabs in a heavily trafficked tunnel, but... Link to post Share on other sites
ProbablyaCrazyPerson 2 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 9 dead now I see. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The Nihonzaka accident must have been before my time...or I'm just going senile. So...I wonder how we are supposed to get around this messed up tunnel business. I imagine it will be some time before it's deemed safe to travel again. So...In the mean time...?? Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 On July 11 th 1979, around 18:40,down line of the Tokyo-Nagoya highway, in Nihon-zaka tunnel , at the place 400m inside from the exit, a Fire disaster related to the collision of vehicles(4 big trucks and 2 small passenger cars) broke out and the fire expanded to the following cars. Due to this disaster, 7 persons died because of the fire of the cars, 2 persons were injured, and 173 cars were burnt... google is your buddy Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Not that ambitious Griz... 79'.. quite a while ago indeed... Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I don't know if any of you guy were around for that tunnel collapse up in Hokkaido where a bus and another car were pancaked by a huge slab of falling concrete. I think it was about 15 years ago or so. Ever since that I pick up speed in the tunnels. I really hate going through Tokyo and getting stuck in the tunnels in traffic. Makes the imagination run a little wild. I remember that one. It was a coach load of kids going to the Sapporo snow festival and their coach was crushed by a giant rock the size of an apartment building. Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 That particular tunnel always bothered me when I drove the Chuo. Never understood exactly why, but it really creeped me out. Curious. Think it through and let us know why! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I drove through that tunnel a couple of weeks ago, when you see the crappy condition a lot of these tunnels are in, not surprising really. Link to post Share on other sites
Soso 0 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Is this tunnel collapse going to affect my bus trip from narita to hakuba on the 20th dec or will we have to go the long way around? If there is one? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 It very well could as both routes (east and west) are closed right now. However, with the volume of traffic that uses the Chuo I can't see them having it closed for that much longer. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Is this tunnel collapse going to affect my bus trip from narita to hakuba on the 20th dec or will we have to go the long way around? If there is one? Ask the people running your bus. For the Shinjuku-Hakuba route, Alpico say they think it'll add a delay of twenty to sixty minutes when heading from Hakuba to Tokyo. They are going to update their timetable to reflect it. Link to post Share on other sites
Soso 0 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Cool as we are catching the shared taxi at narita airport on a thursday 20th chuo i think it is. Wipl leave airport at around 6pm i think Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Whats the detour round? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Not really sure....Kofu Minami to Otsuki perhaps. Pretty slow going I've heard. Link to post Share on other sites
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