Jan05
US 395: The Parking Lot
I left work last night at around 5:30 PM. My house is approximately 18 miles north of our office. About 3 hours later, I walked in the front door. It took an hour just to go from North of the spaghetti bowl to the Clear Acre off ramp. I’m not blaming the drivers for having a hard time driving on a sheet of ice. I’m not blaming Mother Nature for giving us some much need snow. I just wanted to share.
Ren Jan 5th 2007 at 09:17 pm 1
Hi, I must say, your traffic woes were, in part, due to the wonderful job the two semi trucks did, who were situated, for the sake of reference, approximately 8 car lengths in front of me, in their failed attempt to merge from N bound 395 to E bound 80. Both jackknifed, one after another. One went off the road down an embankment and they managed to block the entire exit such that me, in my small bug, could not go around. I was fortunate, however, as I was barely able to pull off and cut from the “Sparks” exit to the “Reno” exit on the left. It added nicely to my drive home at 6 p.m.ish. I got home after 7 p.m. I blame stupid drivers, not mother nature.
jkenzer Jan 5th 2007 at 11:48 pm 2
I know a couple people at work today who live out by me were saying it took them over 5 hours to get home. I guess we should feel lucky that our commute was considerably less.