Idiot Drivers Ping.
Wow, 2 years on 5 mile stretch of interstate..... Does anyone see a problem with this?
In southern PA the worst speeding and tailgating is by VA drivers....yes, they are worse than the Marylanders...and that is saying something.
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.
Going the 60 MPH instead of 70 MPH for five miles costs the driver an additional 43 seconds. People are dying over 43 seconds.
I think the presence of the nearby Bristol Speedway has some kind of psychological influence on all the drivers in that area, not just the Virginians.