Freeway Airtime

[chaos]

I might be wierd, but on certain places when a freeway goes down suddenly, I feel airtime. Some places it's more extreme than others. There used to be this really cool place near my dad's house where the freeway went up and down several times, but they paved over it and now there's no more airtime.

[CP_RULES]

No doubt man, I know exactly what your talking about. Its really good on Highway 63 south from Columbia, MO to Jefferson City, MO. There is like a double down, and some air-hills, its awesome. There also is some slight air on certain intersctions that have particularly odd "humps" in the middle. I thought it was just me though.

[easytoremember]

I have never actually come out of my seat, but I get that feeling when you loose your stomach after making a sudden drop all of the time in the car. i love that feeling

[Angry_Gumball]

There's actually a "Double Down" hill by my house and if you hit it at the right speed, you'll get the tingles in your stomach. Everyday, also, there's an intersection I cross where the cross street's kind of a hump so if the light's green and you go through, ejector airtime. Red lights are like trim brakes as you end up going slow over it when it turns green.

[Worm]

Near my house, when you go downhill, mossel bay, SA is almost like san fransisco with lots of steepness, and in the downhill there isa little bump. IOf you go fast enough your car will actualy jump!! AMAZING airtime!!

[Canobie Fan]

lol "airtime" they call it "Hill Hopping" here.

ANd we have some fun hills that you only need to go like 35 over to get some good feeling.

[ebl]

On the freeway, no, but there are a couple of spots here in Camarillo where, if the light is green, you can get some good airtime.

 

Eric

[pete4winds]

I posted a PTR on a very similar subject about a month ago...not so much about a freeway, but a particular road in my town...although it seems to me like this might be happier and more at home in "Random."

 

The PTR in question: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29751

[USRoadTripper]

The street that you take to get to Holiday World when you're coming from the south has quite a few of those hills. Most of them are blind hills, and there is at least one that, if you hit it hard enough, you car would come off the ground.

 

-Julie

[thomas2]

Yeah there're also some spots here that produce airtime. Quite fun, but it doesn't last that long does it

[Tömmioh]

There are some here too, not really on freeways, but more on some 'regular' roads that we drive on quite regularly, they're nice, but the airtime, only last for like a half second.

What's better though, are some narrow, bumpy forest dirt roads near my grandma, there you get some really good 'airtime'.

[RNRC]

Yep. There's a country lane with loads of bumps that I go down. The airtime is fun but you need to be going quite fast to feel it.

[snuggles]

On hilly country roads, there is a road to missouri tha drops down really fast, and when you go down it, anything like a kleenex box, or drink will fly up

[RaptorBoyASU]

Tangerine Rd. outside of Tucson between the I-10 and Oro Valley. Amazing hills.......they get your stomach even at 40

[Moose]

As a bridge engineer, i have to state, Highways shouldn't have airtime if they are designed correctly. Other roads though...

 

There is a country road by my parents with two pops of air within a hundred (or so) feet. Its across a vally. Oddly, it only works in one direction.

[DailyBugle_JL]

City Boys who know nothing about the wonders of the country roads. The road between Holiday World and THe nuclear power plant was awesome, It had constants pops of air.

 

The street that you take to get to Holiday World when you're coming from the south has quite a few of those hills. Most of them are blind hills, and there is at least one that, if you hit it hard enough, you car would come off the ground.

 

-Julie

EDIT: Just realized me and julie are talking about the same road.

[ECZenith]

Hehe, Pete4winds beat me to it. President Ave airtime is awesome!

[Calvin]

One of my classmates in PE, Albert, has this small-ish SUV with these comfy seats, and when he drives it's like riding a roller coaster, I swear, it's like the shocks have been replaced with coiled springs or something.

[odene497]

Once we were driving on some country road, doing maybe 50mph, when out of nowhere we hit something that was more like a speedbump because we got EJECTOR AIR! Yea if I didn't have my seatbelt on I probably would have broken my neck on the ceiling

[Zen Coaster]

Where my old house was when I was little (South Brisbane suburb of 'Hill End', for the Aussies among us), there was road near it which was a pretty sharp incline. As we drove down, we'd get a significant bounce at one point and I'd go 'whoa whoa'... which is what we called it. Sadly it was re-paved so the effect is gone.

 

Leading up to the 'Whoa Whoa' there was also a street called Sankey Street - which is still there. Houses line both sides of it but it goes down a hill at a really sharp angle - so bordering on vertical it's not funny.

 

So sometimes we would be driving home and instead of going down the Whoa Whoa, Dad would suddenly turn the 'coaster' to the left to plunge down this street. Mum and I were NOT amused.

 

What can I say, those times were some of my earliest thrill experiences...

 

Next time I'm up there (it's only about an hour's drive north of where I live now) I'll try to get some shots of that Sankey Street though just so you can see how sharp the drop is.

[stevenpensacola]

The street that you take to get to Holiday World when you're coming from the south has quite a few of those hills. Most of them are blind hills, and there is at least one that, if you hit it hard enough, you car would come off the ground.

 

-Julie

 

I was about to post the same thing....If you're coming from Tell City heading to Holiday World, you hit a stretch of bunny hop hills which really have quite a coaster "feel" to them. My kids BEGGED me to turn around and "go again"....which I was only too happy to oblige...

[Almost]

Of course. The best is when its unexpected.

 

 

My school bus on the ride home give me huge airtime. I hit the ceiling once or twice actually.

[krazekiddd]

The only airtime I get is from the Northbound entrance to I-95 from westbound Broward Blvd.

 

If you can get to 60 mph, you are good to go. It does make my coworker sickand she hates me for making her go through it every day.

[coasterlover420]

There is some REALLY good airtime on I-25 north from Albuquerque! Almost 15 hills in 1 spot!

[Shmoclo]

ha ya i have experienced it a couple of times