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bluecollar2

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34. Nailed it!

Sun Feb 14, 2021, 10:21 AM

Feb 2021

I spent almost 30 years driving in and around Fort Worth...

Everybody drives too fast regardless of conditions. The only time they don't is when it's gridlocked.

The danger is compounded by Texas drivers seeming inability to grasp the concept of allowing a safe distance between vehicles.

Tailgating...

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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