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JI7

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32. I think I would be scared driving or even riding with someone else in Germany

Reply to DFW (Reply #21)

Sun Feb 14, 2021, 10:03 AM

Feb 2021

I thought it would mostly be safe but I looked it up and compared to some other similar cities in Europe they do have more accidents.

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The Horrible Crash in Fort Worth [View all] JI7 Feb 2021 OP

Texas is run by republicons and they WhiteTara Feb 2021 #1

This occurred on a private tollway. MicaelS Feb 2021 #24

Thanks! In that case WhiteTara Feb 2021 #29

Me too. n/t MicaelS Feb 2021 #30

People going too fast mdelaguna Feb 2021 #2

This right here, and nothing else. Arthur_Frain Feb 2021 #28

Don't know about Texas thinkingagain Feb 2021 #3

It's bad for the environment, but salt mixed with sand is actually the best. AmyStrange Feb 2021 #22

What is there to explain? Water freezes at 32 degrees, and if you don't treat the roads, WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #4

That FedEx truck was going waaaaaaaaay too fast for conditions. I hope the driver is at least cited catbyte Feb 2021 #5

I don't see evidence of that FedEx driver even applying the brakes. Paladin Feb 2021 #8

Yeah Also No Explosions Which Could Have Killed Many Trapped Witnesses Stallion Feb 2021 #31

6 dead. 150 vehicles estimated at one point. Liberal In Texas Feb 2021 #11

No kidding. It's unbelievable. Here in Michigan, folks think they're invincable, barreling down the catbyte Feb 2021 #12

From what I can see, they are ALL driving way too fast. Pharlo Feb 2021 #17

Nailed it! bluecollar2 Feb 2021 #34

I've seen people try to defend the FedEx driver by saying how impossible it is BusyBeingBest Feb 2021 #18

Apparently the road conditions changed rapidly and black ice is hard to predict MagickMuffin Feb 2021 #6

Even in a red state where I live (Iowa), there are plenty of signs stating that bridges bullwinkle428 Feb 2021 #10

Yes, we have the overpass signs as well MagickMuffin Feb 2021 #13

There are signs that read "BRIDGE MAY ICE IN COLD WEATHER" all over Texas dalton99a Feb 2021 #15

So it probably comes down to the most common cause of accidents that occur anywhere, bullwinkle428 Feb 2021 #19

You're right. You can't learn to drive in ice or snow over night. AmyStrange Feb 2021 #25

Yeah, makes you wonder. cwydro Feb 2021 #26

"Travel could be nearly impossible on Saturday" underpants Feb 2021 #7

So scary. And if predictions pan out, it will be very dangerous as far south as Louisiana catbyte Feb 2021 #9

Ice here. Cars covered. underpants Feb 2021 #14

There are a lot of roads Mariana Feb 2021 #16

This Was Actually a Privately Owned Tollway Running in the Middle of the Interstate Stallion Feb 2021 #20

Here in Germany, we are used to crashes like this DFW Feb 2021 #21

I think I would be scared driving or even riding with someone else in Germany JI7 Feb 2021 #32

I live in Germany, and I'M scared driving here. DFW Feb 2021 #35

As a life long Chicagoan I say, "Welcome To The Club, Sunny Southern States." nt Progressive Jones Feb 2021 #23

In a situation like that, do people evacuate their cars and ecstatic Feb 2021 #27

People driving too fast for conditions. Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #33