Gotta Get Over Now!
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.
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.
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.
Yield Fail
While driving today, a car coming onto the freeway opposite me decided to try and merge with my lane. The yield sign was on his side (only one lane merged from there, whereas two merged from my side). Had he accelerated a bit faster, he would’ve been fine, but as it was he ended up having to slam on his brakes just before hitting me.
Merging Trouble
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about the I-215/I-15 interchange. It’s rather terribly designed, and that has given me a good deal of stuff to post here.
For today’s video, I was driving right at the point where three lanes merge to become two lanes. The left lane disappears into the center lane, but for some reason, people just keep driving in the left lane almost off the side of the freeway.
A lady in a dark SUV came speeding up on the left side. She tried to pass “just one more” car (the one in front of me), but unfortunately didn’t give herself enough time to do so. She ended up slamming on her brakes after it became evident that she’d shortly end up in the median, dropped back, and scooted over in front of me. Had I decided to press the issue, she’d have been clean out of options.
Exit Hop
In a particularly tricky section of freeway on I-215 with very close onramps and exits, a certain pickup truck decided almost too late that his exit was upcoming.
Yet Another Close Call
While driving home today, there was yet another close call at the I-215/I-15 interchange. There were a series of cars in front of me. They were following the usual behavior pattern for the area – try to go as fast as possible, pass as many cars as possible, and merge at the very last second. This time it happened with two cars in a row, and the second car nearly caused a collision when he tried to drift over into the already occupied space.
Exit Fun
When exiting at the I-15 11400S exit, this rather strange dance took place. The white truck in front of me engaged in a tenuous faceoff with the red car to his left. The red car appeared to be moving over (according to his signal) but never actually moved. Running out of space, the white truck slowed way down, and then was finally able to get over just before the his lane became an exit.
Shortly thereafter, a blue truck realized that he needed to get off at that exit and sped through the narrow gap between them; narrowly making the exit.
As an additional note, the cloud along the top of the frame is smoke from the fire out in Tooele.
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