Wrong Exit
This one is a bit harder to see than many (I was further back when it happened), so you may want to expand to fullscreen.
While driving south on I-15 today, there was a red sports car that got stuck in one of the exit-only lanes. The truck next to him was in the right lane of the regular travel ones, and was getting off the freeway. The sports car sped up and tried to pass the truck before the exit, but ran out of room. He tried to move over just as the truck began to exit the freeway, and the two nearly collided. At the last moment, he slammed on his brakes and then hopped over into the right lane of continuing traffic.
Spring Storm and Wreck
While driving early this morning, one of those nice spring storms came up suddenly. It quickly intensified, and I ended up slowing down to about 1/2 the speed limit. At one point, I’m pretty sure it was hailing, though it could’ve just been large raindrops.
After I got past the main brunt of the storm, I came upon a large wreck (right at the end of the video). It was quite severe – it appeared that one car had slid into the wall and then been run into by a small suv. The front of the car was crushed rather badly, as was one side of the jeep.
A bit later in the day, I chanced upon this article on KSL (the accident captured in my dashcam is mentioned about 2/3 down the page).
Later that night, KSL posted a followup article with more information on the lady killed in the wreck. It can be found here. She was a BYU dance teacher.
Wreck on 106th
Driving up 106th S by the Trax line, I came upon the scene of a recent accident. Cars involved were only just barely pulling off to the side of the road, and sirens were sounding in the distance (there is a fire station about a half mile away on 7th E).
Apparently, the black truck with a trailer had been turning left and been hit head-on by a black car (visible through the fence in the yard of the corner house around 0:23).
The whole front end of the black car was crumpled in, and apparently the impact had sent it flying through the chain-link fence into the front yard of the house. On the truck, its front driver-side axle was crushed in, with the tire almost horizontal.
Bus Through Red Light
I was sitting at a stoplight when it turned green. A second or two after (just as cars on both directions started moving through the intersection), a bus came barreling through the intersection. Apparently the driver decided that the light was just a ‘little’ yellow, and once it turned red it was too late to stop. Had it been another second or two later, it would been a rather large wreck
Drifting
The car in front of me was clearly looking for a certain house or street to turn into, and as a result, drifted back and forth rather severely.
Missing the Pressure Sensors
While waiting at a stoplight today, I noticed that the cars next to me in the turning lane had not proceeded far enough to be on the pressure sensors. Luckily for them, it was the middle of the day with busy traffic, so it didn’t matter too much. However, if they’d come to a stop like that in the middle of the night, the light may never have changed for them, as they wouldn’t be detected by the sensors.
Mustang Exit
While waiting for my exit behind a large semi, a Mustang nearly missed his exit. He’d been driving next to me for some time (I must say, I was admiring the car quite a bit), and then suddenly noticed his exit was passing. He immediately hopped over through my lane to the exit, long after the actual exit lane had passed. Had he been a few moments later, it could’ve been rather messy.
Close Merge
Near the I-215/I-15 interchange, the far-right lanes merge. This causes problems occasionally, when people don’t notice or merge over in time. Today that nearly caused a chain reaction crash.
The truck pulling the trailer noticed at the last moment that the lanes changed, flipped his blinker on, and started moving over. The startled chevy next to him jerked to the side; nearly colliding with the el camino.
Crazy Taxi
While driving today, I noticed a cab driver who seemed to have some difficulty staying inside the lines. The car you are looking for cuts in from the right across a few lanes, and then stays (more or less) in one of the left lanes. During the course of the minute or so that I was behind him, he drifted back and forth quite a bit.
Traffic Tango
On the weekend, there are many cars trying to turn off to the mall and other shopping locations off of 106th South. This causes quite the backup for anyone trying to get further towards the mountains. Luckily, this time I was able to get around the traffic without much delay.
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