"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/12/2018 at 00:05 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/12/2018 at 00:05 • Filed to: None | 2
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We came across this today on the NB side of I-25 just south of Denver. Police had only just arrived on the scene, and bystanders were helping the driver. Looks like he hit the yellow crash structure on the end of the Jersey wall and flipped. Then, just a few miles south, the whole SB side was closed for another wreck. Be safe out there, folks.
Matsayz
> ttyymmnn
06/12/2018 at 00:19 |
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1 donut says driver was texting while driving.
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ttyymmnn
> Matsayz
06/12/2018 at 00:21 |
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Considering that I saw one pickup with a trailer lock up because the driver was texting, another who couldn’t keep speed in the left lane because she was talking, yeah, he probably was. Or was shoved into the barrier by an inattentive driver.
WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
06/12/2018 at 00:22 |
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Oof, hope the driver and any passengers were OK.
Not the kind of vacation excitement anyone wants.
smobgirl
> ttyymmnn
06/12/2018 at 00:25 |
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I truly, truly hate I-25 from Denver to the Springs. It just gets stupid.
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ttyymmnn
> smobgirl
06/12/2018 at 00:28 |
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It was basically 75 mph insanity. My 15-year-old was sitting in the front with me, so it was actually a good teaching experience about scanning ahead, predicting what idiots will do, planning a couple of moves ahead.
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ttyymmnn
> WilliamsSW
06/12/2018 at 00:29 |
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Not the kind of vacation excitement anyone wants.
We’re 2,500 miles into our drive, with two days to go. That is constantly on my mind.
E92M3
> ttyymmnn
06/12/2018 at 00:32 |
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I don’t miss I-25. I don’t understand how so many people wreck on a near perfectly straight road. If the there’s a wreck on 1 side, there will be a wreck on the opposite side within minutes, caused by rubberneckers. Coloradoans follow wayyy too close at 80-90mph. You need to be at least 3 car lengths back at those speeds.
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ttyymmnn
> E92M3
06/12/2018 at 00:34 |
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It was pretty crazy. We saw one near miss, in addition to the two that we saw. Plus at least one other totaled CRV that got rear ended in the backup from the highway closure. The vehicle that hit it was nowhere to be seen.
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smobgirl
> E92M3
06/12/2018 at 00:36 |
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So many times here I’ve been driving with someone a foot off my bumper and their phone in front of their face texting. Maybe they’d realize there’s an open lane to our left if they were fucking paying attention! But that’s part of the strategy...they need something to follow for the texting to work. Ugh. Ok now I need another beer.
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WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
06/12/2018 at 00:39 |
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Enjoy the hell out of those last two days!!
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ttyymmnn
> WilliamsSW
06/12/2018 at 00:58 |
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Thanks. Mostly driving. Tomorrow we do Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs then drive to Amarillo. Wednesday, we’ll hit Cadillac Ranch in the morning and then drive back to Austin. Both should be about 6 hours of driving, not including stops.
MarquetteLa
> smobgirl
06/12/2018 at 01:06 |
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Driving back from the Springs is by far the worst part of my Time Attack event days. Luckily, it might get better! https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/colorado/2018/06/06/project-widen-25-between-springs-denver-gets-funding-boost/678932002/
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smobgirl
> MarquetteLa
06/12/2018 at 01:29 |
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So they’ll put a billion orange cones up for a decade? :)
PatBateman
> ttyymmnn
06/12/2018 at 08:20 |
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So, IH-10 between Houston and San Antonio, but just a little slower (because going 75 on 10 will get your ass run over)?
InFierority Complex
> MarquetteLa
06/12/2018 at 09:58 |
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Maybe try 83 out east or 105? Won’t get you home any faster but it beats traffic.
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MarquetteLa
> InFierority Complex
06/12/2018 at 10:13 |
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Yeah, I’m going to have to try something different. The traffic is just incredible. Consistently gridlocked for absolutely no reason. No wrecks, no cops, nothing. Just way too much traffic for only two lanes I suppose.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> smobgirl
06/12/2018 at 10:45 |
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Agreed. I drive through Colorado at least once or twice a year. Eventually, we discovered taking 350 from Trinidad to 71 up the East side of the state. It cuts hours off of the trip to Nebraska compared to driving I-25. It also has the advantage of being able to drive as fast as you want, because driving for 10-20 miles at a time without seeing another living person in any direction is a thing out there (except for that one time I got lazy about slowing to double digit speeds in the former TL type-S when cresting the next rise and got to meet a state trooper who was out in the middle of nowhere for some reason).