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Why does traffic suck driving through Ocala, FL?

Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:25 pm
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
26066 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:25 pm
Driving to and from Orlando, Ocala was always bumper to bumper. Any reason for this?
I haven’t been through there in years but I don’t remember traffic being that bad.
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
149737 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:26 pm to
Growth and 4 billion big rigs

It does not have any type of loop so all that traffic piles up on 75. Hate it. Tampa is way worse though as is Orlando.
This post was edited on 6/13/23 at 9:27 pm
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
66518 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:27 pm to
It is Florida. Some methed up Florida Man was probably trying to frick a wild ostrich or something.
This post was edited on 6/13/23 at 9:28 pm
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
26066 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:28 pm to
I can’t imagine with everybody who moved to Florida since the lockdowns.
Posted by BurlesonCountyAg
Member since Jan 2014
3839 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:30 pm to
Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
149737 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:30 pm to
It’s been a pain in the arse with traffic, real estate and restaurant wait times.

Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
19860 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:32 pm to
quote:

Growth and 4 billion big rigs

It does not have any type of loop so all that traffic piles up on 75

301 has also been known to get shitty during rush hour, in that area.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77249 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:34 pm to
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everybody who moved to Florida since the lockdowns.



People have been moving to Florida in record numbers for years now. It’s been going on since way before 2020.
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
26066 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:38 pm to
We will definitely be flying next time to Orlando. Baton Rouge to Pensacola is fine with a lot to look at in between. Pensacola to Orlando was torture lol.
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
26066 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 9:38 pm to
Delete double post
This post was edited on 6/13/23 at 9:39 pm
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
10692 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 10:10 pm to
quote:

Baton Rouge to Pensacola is fine with a lot to look at in between


Posted by jbird7
Central FL
Member since Jul 2020
5606 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 10:12 pm to
Try driving on I-4 between Tampa and Orlando. fricking nightmare.
Posted by tigerpimpbot
Chairman of the Pool Board
Member since Nov 2011
68326 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 10:17 pm to
It’s just the line for the Big Daddy Don Garlits drag race museum backed up onto the interstate
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
26066 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 10:19 pm to
I don’t mind the drive going through Slidell area, Gulfport, Biloxi, Pascagoula, Mobile, and Pensacola. After Pensacola, there is nothing to see going through Tallahassee and Lake City on the way. At least going through Gainesville, I know we are getting close.
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
10692 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 10:41 pm to
quote:

I don’t mind the drive going through Slidell area, Gulfport, Biloxi, Pascagoula, Mobile, and Pensacola.


Maybe its because I have driven that route so often, but coming east from Texas/LA, its so damn boring I almost look forward to hitting the tunnel in Mobile. Almost.
Posted by Snoop Dawg
Member since Sep 2009
2588 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 10:54 pm to
quote:

Driving to and from Orlando, Ocala was always bumper to bumper. Any reason for this?


Silver Springs, baw. Where else in America can you see monkeys in the cage free environment other than there, DC, Hollywood, Madison Avenue NYC, and most university faculty lounges?
Posted by XenScott
Pensacola
Member since Oct 2016
3677 posts
Posted on 6/13/23 at 11:04 pm to
I-10 between mobs pe and Pensacola can get pretty jammed up both ways. I have no idea why.
Posted by Cuz413
Member since Nov 2007
9181 posts
Posted on 6/14/23 at 4:43 am to
I was in Orlando last week for the first time in a few years and I don't recall I-4 being backed up in the morning, midday, the afternoon, and evening every single day a few years ago.
Posted by SECdragonmaster
Order of the Dragons
Member since Dec 2013
17187 posts
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:51 am to
Lots of retirees.

Lots of them have expendable income.

Lots of them grew up in America and developed a fondness for C3 and C4 Corvettes.

Those model years are plentiful and not reliable.

Thus, they breakdown and cause a lot of traffic jams.
Posted by Swamp Angel
Somewhere on a river
Member since Jul 2004
8870 posts
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:54 am to
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Try driving on I-4 between Tampa and Orlando. fricking nightmare.


Anywhere on I-4, from Daytona to Tampa, is a pain in the patoot! I-4 during rush hour on a week day is nearly as bad as Atlanta.
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