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Seattle Drivers Keep Crashing at This Baffling I-5 Freeway Exit
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:22 pm
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Even if you've driven northbound under the Freeway Park trying to exit at, say, Olive or Mercer, it can be a little stressful. But for southbound I-5 drivers trying to exit at Union Street (Exit 165B), it can be downright dangerous.
That's because most drivers, when they're exiting a freeway via an off ramp, expect some sort of gradual transition from high-speed restricted highway to low-speed, intersection-regulated surface street. At this exit, not so much any of that. One minute you're going close to 60 mph in an exit lane, the next you're in a sharp, nearly 90-degree turn with a 20 mph recommended speed limit, and at the end of that there's an intersection a short distance from the tunnel exit. Oh yeah, don't forget that you essentially pop into a tunnel right before the off ramp starts.
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Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:26 pm to saintforlife1
They should have a light inside that tells you if you should expect to stop at the traffic light outside the tunnel.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:26 pm to saintforlife1
People are dumb. Taken that exit a ton of times with no issues. It’s never occurred to me it’s a sketchy exit
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:29 pm to saintforlife1
I see multiple signs in that video warning of the quick slowdown yet almost every car is exiting that tunnel at dangerous speeds.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:30 pm to tigahfan747
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I see multiple signs in that video warning of the quick slowdown yet almost every car is exiting that tunnel at dangerous speeds.
Apparently those signs were just put up recently, after most of those crash videos.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:34 pm to saintforlife1
Those wipeouts were awesome. 
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:38 pm to saintforlife1
Those poor bushes on the wall catch hell
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:43 pm to saintforlife1
That would be an entertaining view to have.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:49 pm to shutterspeed
I could watch that for hours
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:52 pm to saintforlife1
Reminds me of getting off I10 East at the Metairie Road exit heading into the city... 
Posted on 6/14/22 at 8:54 pm to saintforlife1
I just watched the video. I don’t see what’s so difficult about this exit. Anyone too stupid to not be able successfully traverse this exit has no business operating a vehicle.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 9:01 pm to saintforlife1
Watching the video of the exit, if you crash at that exit, you shouldn't be driving a car. Even if you ignore the exit lane speed limits (doesn't everyone?), you have ample time to slow down and turn.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 9:03 pm to saintforlife1
People are retarded. There's a couple of exits like that off I-110 in downtown Baton Rouge and us dummies in the South don't have a problem with them.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 9:07 pm to Darth_Vader
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I just watched the video. I don’t see what’s so difficult about this exit. Anyone too stupid to not be able successfully traverse this exit has no business operating a vehicle.
You've just described a good quarter of the people on our roads. I would worry about being hit from behind each and every time I took that exit this day and age.
This post was edited on 6/14/22 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 6/14/22 at 9:09 pm to The Boat
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People are retarded. There's a couple of exits like that off I-110 in downtown Baton Rouge and us dummies in the South don't have a problem with them.
Seattle drivers would die by the dozen at the 10/110 split
Posted on 6/14/22 at 9:10 pm to Darth_Vader
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I just watched the video. I don’t see what’s so difficult about this exit
Yeah. I'm not seeing what is so bad. No worse than exiting I10 east at Darlymple.
And the 10/110 split
Just looks like a bunch of morons on their phones.
This post was edited on 6/14/22 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 6/14/22 at 9:18 pm to saintforlife1
I used to live in this area. The exits are tricky due to the volume, being squeezed between I-90 and 520, and there’s like four lanes next to each other that are all exit lanes for different exits—so a lot of drivers are frazzled by the time they make it down the ramp. That’s also one of the few parts of Seattle where people actually drive fast. Everywhere else in town it’s a race to be the slowest…
That said, I’ve taken that exit many times and never had an accident.
That said, I’ve taken that exit many times and never had an accident.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 9:25 pm to saintforlife1
What was difficult there? Seemed more benign than the I-20 West exit towards Birmingham off I-75 / I-85 Southbound in downtown Atlanta.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 9:37 pm to saintforlife1
OK, so maybe I have been living in big cities too long but it looks like a typical downtown exit to me.
It looks a lot like the Pearl St. exit here in Dallas.
It looks a lot like the Pearl St. exit here in Dallas.
Posted on 6/14/22 at 10:10 pm to saintforlife1
Great place for beggars to hang out.
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