Interstate 80 in southeast Wyoming closed again because of another chain-reaction crash

Fox News ^ | April 20, 2015 | Associated Press

[WhiskeyX]

LARAMIE, Wyo. – Trucks and cars piled into one another Monday in dense fog on Interstate 80 in southeast Wyoming, resulting in a fiery chain-reaction crash that killed one person, injured 16 and sent up a column of thick black smoke.

The crash in a rural area 18 miles west of Laramie occurred four days after several pileups during a blinding snowstorm closed the busy interstate for two days.

[Arthur McGowan]

I remember a study that showed that when people enter fog, THEY SPEED UP.

[Dr. Sivana]

I remember a study that showed that when people enter fog, THEY SPEED UP.

All except one.

[grimalkin]

Wow. That’s crazy.

[samtheman]

I use my GPS to drive through fog.

[Arthur McGowan]

They said that people feel they have slowed down as soon as they enter fog, so they tromp on the gas.

Proving for the umpteenth time that most people are morons.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Climate Change; Bush’s fault.

[MrEdd]

Or that the academics pocketed the funding and just wrote something.

I Guage my speed by my speedometer, not my feelings.

[TADSLOS]

I use my GPS to drive through fog.

I use The Force.

[lurk]

Trucks bomb down I 80 at 75 mph regardless of the weather. They create whiteouts for other vehicles they pass when it is snowing. They and their companies apparently figure staying on a time schedule is worth the danger.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Wait till we get these new driverless trucks on the road!

[goodnesswins]

Wonder what’ll happen when the driverless trucks starting in Nevada hit this highway in fog?