I-26 Craziness

[98nbmz]

http://www.abcnews4.com/global/category.asp?c=189729&clipId=5547047&topVideoCatNo=189728&autoStart=true

[slowgreen99]

saw that today...what a cluster fuck

[Matts94Z28]

Wow, that van was fubar'd. They need to cut the trees down and put up a cable median.

[slowgreen99]

Wow, that van was fubar'd. They need to cut the trees down and put up a cable median.

why? If you saw what me and Bad Bob saw on the way back from North Carolina one day, you'd agree that it's 6 in one hand and half a dozen in the other.

[Matts94Z28]

That stretch of 26 is dangerous as all hell.

I'm not saying it would prevent the dumbasses from being dumbasses, but there have been a ton of people run into those trees and get killed over blowouts, cut offs, ect. I hate that stretch of hwy.

[slowgreen99]

That stretch of 26 is dangerous as all hell.

I'm not saying it would prevent the dumbasses from being dumbasses, but there have been a ton of people run into those trees and get killed over blowouts, cut offs, ect. I hate that stretch of hwy.

It serves well for multiple purposes

[Mustangscotty]

Madness, but its still better than winter in South Dakota

[AverageJoe]

I was stuck in that traffic yesterday. Those state troopers are retarded. When I got to the Summerville exit, I found that they were only letting people off the first exit (north towards Moncks Corner). So I downed my window and asked the trooper what to do if you want to go south to Summerville. He said I would have to make a U turn. I asked why would they do that? (they could have opened the second exit for "local traffic only") He said "because thats what we said", so I told him "well, thats stupid". As he was looking at me like he wanted to yank me out of my truck and beat me with his club, I drove off...

Those other accidents are 100% the fault of the sc state troopers. Im surprised there werent more accidents on 17A from all the people making U turns. If they had both exits open, the traffic probably wouldnt have backed up much at all.

[LadyInRed]

Read about those yesterday around lunch. I was surprised no one died in the 2 semi-3 car accident as well, that looked pretty bad also.

[98nbmz]

I was stuck in that traffic yesterday. Those state troopers are retarded. When I got to the Summerville exit, I found that they were only letting people off the first exit (north towards Moncks Corner). So I downed my window and asked the trooper what to do if you want to go south to Summerville. He said I would have to make a U turn. I asked why would they do that? (they could have opened the second exit for "local traffic only") He said "because thats what we said", so I told him "well, thats stupid". As he was looking at me like he wanted to yank me out of my truck and beat me with his club, I drove off...

Those other accidents are 100% the fault of the sc state troopers. Im surprised there werent more accidents on 17A from all the people making U turns. If they had both exits open, the traffic probably wouldnt have backed up much at all.

I think it was still open after the first wreck. But the second wreck could well have been caused by the troopers not getting the traffic moving. I saw it on the way to hhp yesterday and the wreck was almost at the jedburg exit, why they closed off summerville and created a big clusterfuck bewilders me.

[98nbmz]

Read about those yesterday around lunch. I was surprised no one died in the 2 semi-3 car accident as well, that looked pretty bad also.

I dont know how the Semi truck driver who caused everything made it.. There are some more pics in another article. Ill find them.

http://www.postandcourier.com/photos/2011/feb/08/64744/

[Silver-Dollar]

Trees probably have a higher fatality record but less collateral damage to other vehicles. You dont see to many vehicles bouncing off them spinning in traffic.

[Matts94Z28]

Trees probably have a higher fatality record but less collateral damage to other vehicles. You dont see to many vehicles bouncing off them spinning in traffic.

The semi's driving habits don't help either. I had a car carrier tailgating me at 75mph in the rain Saturday around 1am. I-26 from Jedburg to Columbia just irritates the hell off of me.

Back in Oct. I had a lady in front of me over correct and hit the cables backwards around 50mph. It wasn't bad for the amount of speed she had, but I know one thing, if it would have been trees, she might not have made it.

[Silver-Dollar]

The cable system seems to work well. Surprisingly, DOT has maintained it well.

[wade w]

The semi's driving habits don't help either. I had a car carrier tailgating me at 75mph in the rain Saturday around 1am. I-26 from Jedburg to Columbia just irritates the hell off of me.



What lane were you in?