Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
Sunday morning, we drove thru Dallas/FW. What a mess!!! Multi-car accidents, cars off the road all over the place because of ice. I thought that was bad!
Then, we got to Arkansas! Having read WGifford's post about his driver getting rear-ended, I know exactly what he went thru, as far as the road conditions. The roads were pretty clear. But they didn't do a dammed thing to the bridges! Nearly every one was lined with ice the entire way. One bridge, my nephew drove across at 2-5mph cause there was NO traction. He had to veer onto the shoulder and run the snow to get some kind of tread.
Then we saw it! A multi-car accident that looked like a war-zone. Five car, two semi collision with at least one fatality. We saw the mini-van that was the vessel of the dead. It ran under the trailer of one of the semis, about 4' into the front seat area.
Yesterday, I had that on my mind all day. Things like that make you think about life, and if you're doing the right thing. It got me depressed for awhile, thinking about the driver and who he/she was. Family, life, all that came into my mind. I also think about the truck driver, who has to live the rest of his life knowing someone died having run into his vehicle. Regardless if it's his fault, I know he'll be haunted. His truck was missing the entire hood. But I couldn't see what he hit.
Arkansas should be ashamed!!! I heard a driver saying this is a lot better than five years ago. And I thought this was still the worst road conditions I've seen, merely for the fact that they had ALL DAY to clean it up, and it was still terrible! Dallas, at least, had sand on the roads already. Arkansas scraped with a plow, but did little else... and nothing to the bridges. I hope the governor gets the message, because this accident affected more than those involved. It scarred every person driving east on I-40 who saw it.
Then, we got to Arkansas! Having read WGifford's post about his driver getting rear-ended, I know exactly what he went thru, as far as the road conditions. The roads were pretty clear. But they didn't do a dammed thing to the bridges! Nearly every one was lined with ice the entire way. One bridge, my nephew drove across at 2-5mph cause there was NO traction. He had to veer onto the shoulder and run the snow to get some kind of tread.
Then we saw it! A multi-car accident that looked like a war-zone. Five car, two semi collision with at least one fatality. We saw the mini-van that was the vessel of the dead. It ran under the trailer of one of the semis, about 4' into the front seat area.
Yesterday, I had that on my mind all day. Things like that make you think about life, and if you're doing the right thing. It got me depressed for awhile, thinking about the driver and who he/she was. Family, life, all that came into my mind. I also think about the truck driver, who has to live the rest of his life knowing someone died having run into his vehicle. Regardless if it's his fault, I know he'll be haunted. His truck was missing the entire hood. But I couldn't see what he hit.
Arkansas should be ashamed!!! I heard a driver saying this is a lot better than five years ago. And I thought this was still the worst road conditions I've seen, merely for the fact that they had ALL DAY to clean it up, and it was still terrible! Dallas, at least, had sand on the roads already. Arkansas scraped with a plow, but did little else... and nothing to the bridges. I hope the governor gets the message, because this accident affected more than those involved. It scarred every person driving east on I-40 who saw it.
