# Titanic crossing ties up bridge traffic - News at 11 - Very neat! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377 "2012-05-28T21:08:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/1 "2012-05-28T21:08:40Z")
[‘Titanic’ in Lake Pontchartrain slows Causeway bridge traffic to a crawl](http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2012/05/titanic_in_lake_pontchartrain.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/2 "2012-05-28T23:26:06Z")
Dick Move. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/3 "2012-05-29T02:41:33Z")
I can’t believe it stopped traffic. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/4 "2012-05-29T02:51:36Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I can’t believe it stopped traffic. Does seem a bit odd. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/5 "2012-05-29T03:15:02Z")
My car would have gone on. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/6 "2012-05-29T03:18:20Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > My car would have gone on. I believe my horn would have gone off on it’s own accord. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/7 "2012-05-29T06:59:37Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Dick Move. I’m not sure where you’re more lacking - in imagination or humour ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/8 "2012-05-29T07:32:08Z")
How is that boat powered? Does it have a gas-driven motor and a propeller, or a bunch of batteries driving a propeller, or does the guy inside it have to pedal it or something? I presume it doesn’t just drift around at random… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/9 "2012-05-29T07:34:59Z")
[[QUOTE=NOLA.com](http://QUOTE=NOLA.com)] More than 1,500 dies when the real Titanic sank in the north Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage. [/QUOTE] (heavy sigh) This person has and job writing. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/10 "2012-05-29T14:15:28Z")
The picture of the dude hanging out the side of his teeny-weeny Titanic is hilarious and adorable. Not traffic-stopping, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/11 "2012-05-29T14:23:16Z")
Oh look, a boat. On water. Yeah, there’s a reason to stop traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/12 "2012-05-29T14:30:19Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > (heavy sigh) This person has and job writing. Do you? Hope not. 😉 Joe ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/13 "2012-05-29T14:53:16Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Dick Move. What’s a dick move? I’d say the only dicks here are the drivers that stopped to rubber neck. They were the ones causing the traffic jam, not him. Same goes for people that called the Coast Guard. Why? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/14 "2012-05-29T15:07:14Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Same goes for people that called the Coast Guard. Why? Well, they’re dicks. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/15 "2012-05-29T15:16:38Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Do you? Hope not. 😉 > > Joe No, no I do not. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/16 "2012-05-29T18:59:10Z")
“Causeway General Manager Carlton Dufrechou… issu[ed] a warning to the ship.” My question, in all seriousness: What did the guy do wrong that warranted a warning? Is boat traffic on the lake restricted? Or was it just because people stopped to gawk? And what legal authority does the Causeway General Manager have over what goes on in the water? The warning is what seems like the dick move to me. “I’m sorry, but your boat is far too interesting to be on this lake.” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/17 "2012-05-29T19:39:18Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > “Causeway General Manager Carlton Dufrechou… issu[ed] a warning to the ship.” > > My question, in all seriousness: What did the guy do wrong that warranted a warning? Is boat traffic on the lake restricted? Or was it just because people stopped to gawk? And what legal authority does the Causeway General Manager have over what goes on in the water? The warning is what seems like the dick move to me. “I’m sorry, but your boat is far too interesting to be on this lake.” From the link: \*Even though the replica’s appearance in the lake caused another traffic congestion headache Wednesday morning, Dufrechou managed to keep his sense of humor in issuing a warning to the ship. “ **We usually terminate our iceberg patrols on March 1** ,” he said.\* (Bolding mine) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/18 "2012-05-29T19:47:04Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > How is that boat powered? Does it have a gas-driven motor and a propeller, or a bunch of batteries driving a propeller, or does the guy inside it have to pedal it or something? I presume it doesn’t just drift around at random… Pretty sure it is not pedal driven. [Lake Pontchartrain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain) is huge. [The Causeway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway) is bridge about 24 miles long. That’s probably why the boat caused a traffic jam…there’s really not much else to look at when you drive across this long bridge, other than routine fishing boats. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-crossing-ties-up-bridge-traffic-news-at-11-very-neat/623377/19 "2012-05-29T19:59:27Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Pretty sure it is not pedal driven. [Lake Pontchartrain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain) is huge. [The Causeway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway) is bridge about 24 miles long. That’s probably why the boat caused a traffic jam…there’s really not much else to look at when you drive across this long bridge, other than routine fishing boats. Kinda makes it sound like the people down there live by this calendar: Mardi Gras oh look, a quarter