Posted on 03/23/2019 5:05:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Caltrans tweeted that as many as 50 vehicles are involved in two locations, with as many as 100 vehicles trapped between the scenes.
Videos of the scene posted to social media show multiple cars involved in the crash, and at least one in flames.
Multiple emergency agencies responded to the scenes.
All southbound lanes are shut down while emergency crews work the scene. Southbound traffic is being diverted to Frazier Mountain Park Road. The crash has also caused traffic slowdowns in the northbound lanes.
Drivers at the scene noted thick fog and poor visibility.
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A very unique road.
The scale of things fool you.
Giant road.
Giant canyon.
Giant hills.
95 only seemed fast when I looked down at the speedometer.
That road was built back when California knew how to build things.
I thought the Lewiston Grade in Idaho was way scarier than the Grapevine.
I was born in Fort Worth myself.
Lived in that area till I was 13 and my father was
transferred to California.
I also worked for the phone company for over 35 years.
Handled areas like the North West, Hawaii, Texas and California.
I know all about weird street names.
Nope Aroostook county sorry for the misspelling
That may be, I’ve never been. I do know there are some long steep grades out west that are deceiving because of the openness. We have the Searsburg grade here that is the steepest sustained grade in the east it’s not very long though, only about 2 miles.
That sounds about right!
I can’t help myself. :-)
“What makes people drive so recklessly over there? ”
It’s california, they’re mentally retarded.
Gorman is in a section of I-5 known as the grapevine.
It rises up the north side of the Tehachepi mountains just north of Los Angeles, and descends down the south side, running through the San Fernando valley on the way to L.A.
It is the main north-south route for cars and trucks to and from the L.A, area. As a road system though a mountain pass, and in spite being Interstate class road, well divided between north-bound and south-bound lanes, it still has steep turns and steep descents, which in bad weather give inexperienced drivers unaccustomed demands.
My very first major highway driving experience included driving up and through the grapevine in a very big rainstorm. Twice I witnessed semi-tractor-trailer truckers who had to take advantage of special lanes off to the left of the highway, which helped them brake by exiting them into a very steep incline.
But my old 55 Pontiac responded for me in that storm as though it literally loved the highway (I am sure it was more than heavy enough).
LOL
Yes, I know, in Texas you have roads called “FM ...”.
And yes, when I lived there I learned the meaning of “FM” in road names.
Exactly, Deaf Smith, exactly. And I spent a bunch of years is CA. Never called any road “the” anything. Maybe calling it “The” is more a reflection of where the caller was from before getting to California. Maybe, so as my family has many generations in CA and no one says “San Fran” either.
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