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Steven M. Johnson's Bizarre Invention #358: The Freeway Ferry
By Steven Johnson - April 5, 2017
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Steven Johnson
Sideline business as cartoonist specializing in quirky invention ideas since 1966. Author of 8 books: What the World Needs Now; Public Therapy Buses (two editions); Have Fun Inventing; Patent Depending: Vehicles;Patent Depending: Armbrella; Patent Depending: The Early Years; Patent Depending: A Collection; and Noodlings Coloring Book
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I can think of a third use for the observation/suicide deck: selfie-taking deck. Recently, not far from my home in the Sacramento, CA area, a lady fell 60 ft. to a path below a closed-to-visitors pedestrian bridge, while taking a selfie. She survived, though with serious injuries.
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