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Another fricking I-12 accident/traffic jam

Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:34 pm
Posted by threeputt23
Hammond la
Member since Dec 2021
304 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:34 pm
Why do these interstate accidents keep occurring? There seems to be more than usual. It adversely affects thousands of people every time. ?We’re presently ?trying to get to the hospital in Baton Rouge now because my mom is in route, but we’re stuck bypassing the interstate in traffic. No I’m not driving. State and local officials, what is the root cause of this increase in I-12 traffic accidents and what can be done about it? Why isn’t this information being given to citizens? We hear about laws broken in robberies, domestic disputes, and assaults in the news, why not traffic infractions resulting in fatalities tieing up traffic for hours? Are handheld device laws and driving in the left lane laws really being enforced or is law-enforcement too busy settling domestic disputes over french fries at Burger King? ?
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
60752 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:37 pm to
I think “Traffic Jam” is the perfect name for my home made jelly.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
60164 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:38 pm to
Sir, this is a mother frick ing…Wendy’s
Posted by Blue Jay Friend
Member since Feb 2026
120 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:39 pm to
It's a combination of shitty infrastructure and retarded drivers acting a fool.

There's a reason La. has the most people moving out year after year.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
71472 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:42 pm to
quote:

Why do these interstate accidents keep occurring?


1. Idiot LA drivers.

2. Among the most inept state infrastructure planning in the nation.
Posted by Novastar
Member since Jan 2023
728 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:50 pm to
quote:

Among the most inept state infrastructure planning in the nation.


Their "Plan" was good for 1950, but not now. Its absolutely asinine that three continuous lanes on I-12 hasn't been completed.
This post was edited on 2/15/26 at 8:51 pm
Posted by WaydownSouth
Stratton Oakmont
Member since Nov 2018
10768 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:56 pm to
I hold the belief anyone at fault of causing a wreck on an interstate should lose their drivers license permanently. It is a straight road. No major curves, stop signs, or red lights to run
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
134081 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:58 pm to
quote:

settling domestic disputes over french fries at Burger King? ?



But sir, this is a Wendy's
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
11575 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 9:11 pm to
Threeputt,
I hope you got to the hospital and your Mom's getting good treatments.
I spent a Friday afternoon in D.C. traffic trying to get to Virginia to see my Dad in hospital. I can still feel the frustration when I remember it.
Just know you aren't alone, and your feelings are totally justified.
Posted by Mariner
Mandeville, LA
Member since Jul 2009
2580 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 9:37 pm to
I12 needs to be 3 lanes from Slidell to BR. The highway has too much congestion on the two-lane portions.
Posted by threeputt23
Hammond la
Member since Dec 2021
304 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 9:38 pm to
Thanks Turf.
Posted by mdboss
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2010
164 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 9:40 pm to
You can’t blame infrastructure here. It’s a wide open, flat, straight piece of interstate. Idiotic drivers.
Posted by Blue Jay Friend
Member since Feb 2026
120 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 9:50 pm to
One of the things my home state of Texas does really well is building highways and specifically major interchanges.

We still have major traffic due to unchecked population growth here in Dallas, but check out these engineering marvels they've built.

My father worked on some of these projects as an engineer.







Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
19652 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 9:51 pm to
quote:

adversely affects thousands of people every time. ?We’re presently ?trying to get to the hospital in Baton Rouge now because my mom is in route, but we’re stuck bypassing the interstate in traffic.


Sorry to hear your mom is having some gas.

Someone died today.
Posted by Stiffy
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2014
558 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 9:55 pm to
Unfortunately 3 people.
I still hope his Mom is okay, but I get your point.
Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
2087 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 10:09 pm to
quote:

It's a combination of shitty infrastructure and retarded drivers acting a fool.



There is no combination. It's dumbass drivers. It's a straight, flat road. hard to fark hat up, unless you're drunk gling the wrong way, you're on the phone driving erratically or just stupid.
Posted by threeputt23
Hammond la
Member since Dec 2021
304 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 10:10 pm to
Thanks for the nice words turf….
Posted by Demps
Member since Oct 2025
515 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 10:13 pm to
Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
14448 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 10:19 pm to
You see people switching lanes every chance they get, trying to get ahead of other drivers instead of picking a lane and staying 3 seconds behind the next car? That's why. It's assholes that think driving is a race, and that someone getting ahead of them, or merging in front of them is a personal attack. They believe that weaving in and out of traffic and getting up to the highest possible speed they can will somehow get them to where they are going 10 minutes sooner than if they had simply gone with the natural flow of traffic. And sadly, that's most drivers. Most drivers are normal people that become immature fricksticks behind the wheel of a car.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
176363 posts
Posted on 2/15/26 at 10:29 pm to
I-12 needed to be 3x3 for its whole distance 30 years ago. Louisiana has long terms plans to slowly do that but that’s years away of course, though they are working on it.

They also need to remove the archaic cloverleaf interchanges at I-55 and Airline Highway and replace them with high speed stack interchanges.
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