re: Multiple crashes on I-55 Manchac Swamp Bridge, at least 7 dead

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lsufan112001
Is I-55 back open ? I’m out of town but coming back in the morning

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No, going to be a few days. Have to do inspections once they clear everything.

51 appears open, but expect traffic

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You might want to stay off our interstate system for now. You never know what could happen next on I12 or I10.

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More thick fog tomorrow.

That’s not how this works

Coworker of mine who drives that bridge every day passed through there about thirty minutes before. He said that he was doing 60-65 or so and could barely see at that speed. Said people were blowing by him at 80+. Sad but not surprising what happened.

This has to be a state record for vehicles involved/injuries/deaths

What a travesty

I wear a helmet while driving

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He said that he was doing 60-65 or so and could barely see at that speed. Said people were blowing by him at 80+

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Everybody slower than you is a drag arse POS. Everybody going faster is a GD maniac.

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Actually there is a state that has no speed limits. I think it is Montana. You never hear of wrecks like this insurance is not high there. Some countries even eliminated speed limits noting it did more harm than good. You want to put Morris Bart out of business? Eliminate speed limits. Insurance rates will drop.

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There is no way you are this unaware. Montana is about 3 times bigger than Louisiana and has less than a million people living there.

Lets put this in perspective. Draw a circle on the ground and put 10 hot wheels inside the circle. Take another hot wheel and roll in straight down the middle of the circle.

Then draw a circle thats 3x as big as the first circle and remove 4 of the hot wheels, then roll a car straight down the middle. Which circle are you more likely to hit another hot wheel?

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There is no way you are this unaware. Montana is about 3 times bigger than Louisiana and has less than a million people living there.
Let's put this in perspective. Draw a circle on the ground and put 10 hot wheels inside the circle.

Take another hot wheel and roll in straight down the middle of the circle.

Then draw a circle thats 3x as big as the first circle and remove 4 of the hot wheels, then roll a car straight down the middle.

Which circle are you more likely to hit another hot wheel?

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On the surface, this seems almost reasonable.

But when you thing about it the analogy falls apart.

Because driving isn't just cars randomly flying through circles with cars randomly placed.

Driving takes place mainly on roads.

Montana has a lot less cars and open space and less population, yes.

They also probably have a lot less morons that can't drive.

Which Louisiana has in droves.

I'd say it's more to to with the drivers .