Posted on 12/21/2017 4:02:57 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Idiot Drivers Ping.
Wow, 2 years on 5 mile stretch of interstate..... Does anyone see a problem with this?
Construction zones always show an increase in crashes.
Nothing new here.
Driver just can’t handle change well.
In southern PA the worst speeding and tailgating is by VA drivers....yes, they are worse than the Marylanders...and that is saying something.
Drivers just can't bring themselves to SLOW DOWN and follow at a safe distance.
Neuva Joisey has them both beat. If an NJ car doesn’t have its front/rear bashed-in, it’s likely an out-of-state vehicle.
If drivers convicted of speeding through works zones had their licenses supended for a few months there’d be a **** of a lot less speeding through work zones.
NO one knows how to drive in a Construction zone, ice storm, blizzard, dry pavement etc except ME(YOU) and the person I(YOU) am talking to at the time.
AND I am not so sure about YOU(him/her/it/) etc etc
I regularly use exit 14 on my way to see a client in Lebanon Va.
To say the massive construction is a mess is a large understatement.
The bridge removal and construction is an exercise in construction scheduling that was accomplished with skill. The northbound exit was confusing in that access changed to accommodate the construction operations.
he article and comments are late because exit 14 is now functioning per the new design.
I-81 is a fast moving road, and people try to hustle through the construction zones without slowing down. This is a recipe for disaster.
I drive this road every other week, and when I hit a construction zone, I slow down and get to the right. I don’t give a hoot what traffic is doing. They can go around me if they want to speed.
I would rather get hit with a 15 MPH differential speed from the rear than slam head on into something at 65 MPH.
If it starts getting hairy, I just turn on my emergency flashers. I will not be buffaloed into speeding up. Not going to happen. Those speed limits are there for a reason, particularly in the construction zones.
If ten percent of vehicles would comply with the speed limit, the rest of the traffic would have to slow down.
The I in I-81 stands for Idiots. I live a few miles from it.
Going the 60 MPH instead of 70 MPH for five miles costs the driver an additional 43 seconds. People are dying over 43 seconds.
It must be a Western Va thing but people on I-81 here don’t drive that fast. The problem is that they slow down or stop for everything. I usually drive around the speed limit and I don’t get passed that much. But an 18-wheeler will pull out into the left lane to pass someone and then slow to 45 in a 65 on a hill. Once the brake lights come on, all Hell breaks loose.
Of course, I think we are more mountainous here between Wytheville and Harrisonburg
Thanks for the ping.
Haven’t been through that area in quite a while but speed has always been a problem in that area.
Construction zone + speeding = unnecessary mayhem and death.
I-81 has been undergoing major construction for around 15 years, maybe longer.
Much of it’s distance cuts down the mountain spine of VA. Dig down 3 feet and you hit solid rock, that makes it a harder/longer job.
Bridge steel is all special order to length and other factors, creating times when work stops and starts.
When the speed limit was 55 mph the highway and it’s old exits were adequate.
When the speed limit rose to 65 mph it made the old design exit/entry ramps dangerous.
All things considered 2-5 years of construction on that 5 mile stretch ain’t bad.
>> In southern PA the worst speeding and tailgating is by VA drivers....yes, they are worse than the Marylanders <<
As a native Southerner who loves the land of his birth and who travels I-81 a lot, I can assure you that the tailgating, speeding and dangerous lane changing gets even worse after you cross the line from VA into TN!
“If ten percent of vehicles would comply with the speed limit, the rest of the traffic would have to slow down.”
There you go bringing logic and commonsense into the discussion.
I am definitely a fellow right lane speed limit follower. ESPECIALLY in construction zones.
“In southern PA the worst speeding and tailgating is by VA drivers...”
Those are most likely northern expatriates. :-)
Believe me, TN is much worse.
Talking about speeders and tailgaters, been on the PA turnpike lately?
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