Tuesday, February 12, 2008

As of 2pm, westbound I-94 at Jackson Rd is CLOSED

The big curve is claiming many fenders this afternoon so police have decided to temporarily close I-94.

Let's be careful out there
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4 comments:

trusty getto said...

Dude -

I had to take a deposition in St. Joseph, MI at noon today. Left there at 3.

In a 10 mile stretch near Battle Creek, I saw at least 4 cars that were either on their roofs, or you could tell had rolled over COMPLETELY and were back on their wheels. No less than 15-20 cars were either in the median, in a ditch, or on the side involved in rear end collisions.

But none of those closed I-94 at Battle Creek. The 18-wheeler that was on fire being hosed down by two fire trucks is what closed the freeway.

Though I feel bad for all those people whose cars were ruined, I must admit that I never even got to a speed where I could develop enough inertia to flip my car over. Why people drive like that under these condition remains a mystery to me.

February 12, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Johnny Action Space Punk said...

WOW.

But a stress free day otherwise? I Will tell anybody who will listen, I don't care what you drive, a Jeep a Hummer, a Buick a Nissan or anything, it's STILL four rubber tires on ice and snow.

Were the firemen huddled around the burning taker for warmth?

February 12, 2008 at 7:38 PM
glimmertwinfan said...

It is hard to be sympathetic to someone who passes you travelling way to fast and then up the road you see them in the ditch.

Like this morning's commute - I don't know what is more distracting - the road conditions or the cars flying up behind and past me obviously annoyed at me travelling between 40-50 mph. Which, I feel, is still a bit fast considering the conditions on I-94.

Oh well, I made it without incident so I will just consider it a success story.

February 13, 2008 at 8:06 AM
Anonymous said...

I saw a car in the ditch last night here in Chicagoland and my first thought was 'WTF were you doing?' not 'Wow, I hope he or she is OK.' Glimmertwin is absolutely right - you need to work up some speed to go out spectacularly and anyone driving in the midwest in the winter for any amount of time should know better. I also suspect people are yakking on cell phones and not paying attention to the important thing: SAFE DRIVING.

February 13, 2008 at 12:19 PM

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