I-26 Craziness
 

saw that today...what a cluster fuck

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.

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

Madness, but its still better than winter in South Dakota

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.

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 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.

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/

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.

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

What lane were you in?