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re: Terrible, fiery accident on I-12 near Springfield exit
Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:49 pm to Hangover Haven
Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:49 pm to Hangover Haven
quote:
make all 18 wheelers stay in the right lane
This should be the law on ALL four lane highways as well as trucks overall a certain weight, axle/wheel count should have to run at a reduced speed.
This works, I've witnessed it first hand in Europe.
Trucks must travel the right lane at a speed slower than "car" traffic and only use the left if they are passing ... which isn't often, then immediately go back to the right lane.
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Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:50 pm to TDsngumbo
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Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:51 pm to TDsngumbo
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This post was edited on 11/23/20 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:52 pm to ForLSU56
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should have to run at a reduced speed.
Sounds good but actually causes more problems.
Ideally you want all traffic moving about the same speed. Having trucks mandated at 10 mph or however slower than passenger cars just mucks things up. Case in point, basin bridge.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:54 pm to metallica81788
It is being used as it was intended, as primarily direct route for commerce / defense traffic (and also cars) from I-10 in Slidell to I-10 in Baton Rouge to avoid the extra mileage, time, and traffic by going through New Orleans, etc.
Although, it needs more policing. There is just not enough development / cities along the way, so the trucks just think of it as one long flat speedway. As do many of the I need to get there faster than you people too.
Although, it needs more policing. There is just not enough development / cities along the way, so the trucks just think of it as one long flat speedway. As do many of the I need to get there faster than you people too.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:56 pm to TDsngumbo
Holy wall of fire Batman !
Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:57 pm to ForLSU56
quote:
Trucks must travel the right lane at a speed slower than "car" traffic and only use the left if they are passing ... which isn't often, then immediately go back to the right lane.
It's like that on I-75 in Florida, and the Troopers there take it very serious...
Posted on 9/13/19 at 12:59 pm to TDsngumbo
Wtf is that photo shopped? If not holy shite!
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:01 pm to beerJeep
quote:
It feels like there are more 18 wheelers than passenger cars on i12.
That's because they're avoiding all the dumbasses on I-10 between BR and NOLA
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:02 pm to tigerinthebueche
quote:
move over old man. I got places to be.
You ain't getting there now
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:02 pm to Hangover Haven
Except with the shitty design of the I-12 and I-10 merge and then the left exit onto the bridge, that causes issues when the 18 wheelers try to move over in Baton Rouge where drivers don’t seem to know how to allow someone to merge in front of them.
There are a number of metro areas where they’ve made through truck traffic get into the left lane so as to avoid collisions at on/off ramps.
There are a number of metro areas where they’ve made through truck traffic get into the left lane so as to avoid collisions at on/off ramps.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:03 pm to Hurricane Mike
What is it that makes the stretch so dangerous. Just seems like a straight road.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:04 pm to TDsngumbo
I-12 Livingston is the New I-10/Lobdell 415
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:09 pm to arcalades
That will be closed awhile to repair the road.
LA interstates are a lawyer's paradise.
Truck traffic is a major cause of most of these accidents and it's only getting worse.
LA interstates are a lawyer's paradise.
Truck traffic is a major cause of most of these accidents and it's only getting worse.
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:15 pm to ForLSU56
quote:
This should be the law on ALL four lane highways as well as trucks overall a certain weight, axle/wheel count should have to run at a reduced speed.
This works, I've witnessed it first hand in Europe. Trucks must travel the right lane at a speed slower than "car" traffic and only use the left if they are passing ... which isn't often, then immediately go back to the right lane.
Okay, what about when there are exits on both sides of the interstate? Or are trucks never allowed to get off??
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:16 pm to domesticengineer
are you a large white woman?
Posted on 9/13/19 at 1:20 pm to nicholastiger
Come ride with me for a week. I'm not a truck driver, and I think of truck drivers as pretty low on the totem pole.
It's idiot car and truck drivers causing these wrecks.
It's idiot car and truck drivers causing these wrecks.
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