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I-80 in WY

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Onepoint:
I-80 where it goes through WY, especially the western half is probably the worst interstate in the country for closures, seems like in the winter its closed more than open some weeks on a particular stretch, so much so there is talk of rerouting it. 

That's bad enough, and then this happens.


https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/02/14/huge-explosions-multiple-fatalities-from-fiery-crash-in-green-river-tunnel/

Not a lot of tunnels on it being mostly open country, but there are a couple, one is relatively long near Green River WY, and had an accident in it with a fire,  multiple vehicles involved, and I hear its bad, 2 confirmed fatalities on the outside of it already.

 You can see the smoke from both ends

cvasqu03:
Wow, that looks bad.  It looks like it might even be a suffocation danger just to be in there at that point.  It's hard to understand just how bad it really is to breathe under those circumstances unless you've actually been in a fire.

Danjal:
Speaking from experience, it's a I-80 thing for the closures. PA closes I-80 if they think they saw snow in the last 48 hours. Wrecks and fires are kinda common on I-80. Meanwhile on I-90, NYDOT will keep the road open in -30 degree weather while it's coming down at the rate of 3' an hour with the mantra of "Stupid enough to drive, stupid enough to die" and just let you have at it.

Onepoint:
Used to be that's how it was here, the problem is the amount of stupid drivers has increased to where the accidents shut it down as soon as conditions get dicey and not the run off the road kind wrecks the semi slams into the back of of cars and other semis kind of mess.  Volume is up, GPS is relied on more and a its made a lethal combination.

So far as I heard this morning, no more deaths, but 5 people with severe injuries reported.

Danjal:

--- Quote from: Onepoint on February 15, 2025, 07:37:27 AM ---Used to be that's how it was here, the problem is the amount of stupid drivers has increased to where the accidents shut it down as soon as conditions get dicey and not the run off the road kind wrecks the semi slams into the back of of cars and other semis kind of mess.  Volume is up, GPS is relied on more and a its made a lethal combination.

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Post covid drivers are some of the worst I've ever seen in my entire life. Young, old, middle aged, all of them are so busy looking at screens instead of driving. Half of me wants self-driving cars to become the norm to stop their stupidity as they're typically the laziest out of the mess, and the other half of me fears the mess that'll end up being the data and standardization fight that'll ensue for the tech.

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