South of Winchester Virginia all the way down 81 into Tennessee is also rife with trucks.It is hazardous. I stay in the right lane and maintain the posted speed limits.
The solution. Railroads. There are plenty of track lines, and the frieghts are under used. The conex method works for seaports to rail, to truck all using the same conex. Perhaps it is time for a fully integrated and seamless transportation system.
If the interstate highway system is hard pressed to keep pace with growing demand and upgrades add to the costs and the congestion... maybe going back to rail and short haul from distribution points is the answer. The current state of operation would indicate such.
Railroads, 18-wheelers. May as well relive the Hatfields and the McCoys, there...
Railroads also typically have a cost disadvantage against trucks for shorter hauls (less than 500 miles or so).
>> South of Winchester Virginia all the way down 81 into Tennessee is also rife with trucks.It is hazardous.<<
The stretch from Lexington down to Roanoke sometimes has just about scared the s**t out of me. But I can usually handle the remainder of I-81 in Virginia with a minimum of strife.
>> I stay in the right lane and maintain the posted speed limits <<
Doesn’t work for me. No way. I’ll be going ca. 70 down one of those steep grades around Buchanan when two semis will start double-teaming me, one in each lane, almost at my bumper. Then I’ve gotta speed up to about 85 to get them off my tail. Might not be so bad if I were in a high-performance sports car. But I drive a creaky old van!