More work zone mayhem. Carelessness of drivers undoubtedly contributed.
They shouldn’t construct deadly roads. That’s just wrong.
Seriously, when I first came to Nashville, I saw several instances where they would close 3 lanes of a 4 lane expressway at once, with little notice. And I’ve seen many other instances where they just don’t pay attention to safety when they are working on roads.
There is one section of road that I avoid during rush hour, because an exit ramp backs up around a curve that has no visibility. Cars come around that curve at 70 miles an hour and have a choice of slamming on the brakes or shifting left into lanes they have little visibility to.
I’ve seen one car flattened there. And I really think multiple people should go to prison for creating a deadly road and for failure to address it.
Last time I went through/around that town I ended up going eats west north south, east west north south, east west...passed downtown about three times on the south side.
2 hours.
They can kiss my Royal Canadian if I ever go through there again, EVER.
Its the usual for me, down through Salina from I 80 at York NB, hit 50 and drop down to 54 and west from there to Tucumscary NM and I 40 west. Used to go to Co and drop down from there to CO Springs on the back roads-cant remember the name of the town but I think the road was 17? Cant remember, but the Raton pass can be a real nasty place in the wrong time of year. That and you end up just a couple hours east of Tucumscary anyways, unless you go through Santa Fe NM....I call it Tucumscary. Albesquirtkee is bad enough without going through Santa Fe.
I hate driving through NM. That and Iowa. And Ill. And...
Unless the construction crews put the barriers blocking across the travel lanes, the only people responsible for the wrecks were the drivers.
I was in Overland Park last week for work. First time there in several years. I drove a lot on 435. The construction zone was so poorly marked and dangerous I forgot all about it.
I’m wracking my brain trying to even remember if there was construction there.
Here’s an idea drivers. Learn to drive.
The I-70 commute from east of town is the real torture. Not deadly like I-435 but that’s because traffic moves so slow that it can’t hurt anyone.
We lost a car due to road construction in KC. Right on I435 and I69. Hit something on an access ramp (there was always debri all over the zones) I felt something snap under my feet and hit the bottom of the car. Next thing we knew we were driving on three tires and dragging the front passenger tire. Managed to get pulled off and stopped. Car ruined.
Only good thing was a ride home from a very nice police officer. He let me ride in front and ran the lights for me. :) So many other close calls out there this year. It’s been crazy and deadly.