US Hwy 1 how things have changed

[Frankenkubota]

I had to take new pup to vet and always try for the first appt , of any day. I was on US Hwy 1 heading south, nothing outta of the ordinary.

US Hwy 1used to be the big dog. National geographic actually did a cover story on it years ago.

First, all the traffic was stopped. A big accident had just happened, cops not there yet. a big flat bed with a mini ex and something else was off in the trees, no truck attached. 25 yards up, suv completely crunched, 25 more yards, a econoline van 50 ft in the woods!

This is the 3rd time ive seen an accident where a vehicle ends up deep in the woods. I'm convinced someone is texting, looks up and must swerve off the hwy to avoid rear ending the folks in front. I lived on the road and don't remember seeing that many cars in the woods!

I was bored so i started paying attention to who was passing me. I live in the right lane. This is just an observation so.......38 of the 42 cars that passed were single young gals, maybe 25-35? It was 7:30 in the morning, headed to work?

Last event, US hwy 1......dead stopped again. This time there were long lines of soccer moms dropping off their kids at school, single gal, huge vehicle. Looked like Starbucks drive thru.

Things have changed.

 

[Jstpssng]

I was headed down the interstate a couple of months ago when both lanes came to a complete standstill. It took me around 45 minutes to go 1/10 of a mile, then we slowly got moving again. Apparently somebody had tried to reverse direction in one of those "Authorized vehicles only" crossovers, pulled out and got smacked. Miraculously, there were no serious injuries.
I spent most of that time wishing that I hadn't had that last cup of coffee.

 

[Doughknob]

YCFS

 

[old and tired]

I used to run Raleigh to Laurinburg weekly. Back when it was only 2 lanes... very nice easy drive. Also, drive Hwy-64 to Tarboro basically daily during the summer. Been doing this for 30 years with plenty of miles each summer... This year, I've been stuck in 6 traffic jams - IN THE MIDDLE of the day!?! I'm 100% convinced it's morons doing something other than paying attention to the road. Driving is the only thing you do when you are behind the wheel, period.

In that 30 years, I only remember 1 traffic jam. One truck's engine quit and the new driver didn't know what to do and just let his rig coast to a stop in the slow lane. Another 18 wheeler, also not paying attention, never hit his brakes and plowed into the back of the first truck and was killed. Again it was in board daylight, no rain.

 

[TractorTYMe]

Young women are the ones I see the most with their eyes in a mini screen while driving. If I see a vehicle with irregular driving usually one of those or as DUI'er.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Where I live, big trucks are my fear. I have had to move over nearly into the ditch a couple of times because they came over the center line. Don't know if they are inattentive, or just poor drivers.

 

[old and tired]

...Don't know if they are inattentive, or just poor drivers.

They are poor drivers because they are inattentive...

 

[oosik]

You guys have US HWY 1 - up/down the East coast. We have Interstate 90 going east/west across our state. Bad drivers are bad - no matter where they are.

 

[ljjhouser]

There have been many times that I thought about how amazed my father would have been if he ever saw a cell phone. He passed away in 1986. He would have thought "What a gift and What a tool." The ability to contact our family or get help is fantastic. It makes me sad that such a wonderful tool has been turned into a toy - for games and enterainment. It is like our life was empty and we have to have a phone to fill it. Terrific tool, now a tool and marketing outlet. I know texting is against the law in some places. I have seen this many time. Never seen someone being pulled over for it. I was ran off the road to avoid a lady texting hitting me. She did stop and apoligize - I only said "That is ok, hope there is a lesson here." My wife told me "OK, I've had enough "off roading" for today. we were in our Jeep Wrangler.

 

[Whidbey]

Where I live, big trucks are my fear. I have had to move over nearly into the ditch a couple of times because they came over the center line. Don't know if they are inattentive, or just poor drivers.

That happens all the time on back roads where I live, Big trucks, little trucks, cars. I believe it is looking at cell phones.