re: Wreck on the causeway

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Still baffles me how people get into accidents on a straight bridge with no intersections.

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I had to drive across the Causeway in the fog on the evening of 1/1. One lane was shut down and it was desolate. Fog was thick. Visibility was limited to a 100 yards on average, with some spots less than 30-40 yards. Traffic was sparse. Speed was limited to 35 mph. But the driver behind me insisted on tailgating me the entire way, with the drivers behind him tailgating him. He/she was so close I couldn’t see the car’s headlights, and occasionally part of the hood and windshield, over the top of my pickup tailgate. I slowed down and sped up trying to send a message. It didn’t matter. I didn’t brake check because it was too dangerous. If I would have had to apply the brakes with any force that person would have been under my truck and a chain reaction would have occurred involving several vehicles in a pile up.

That’s how accidents happen on the Causeway.