Near-Wreck Experience
Exit Lane Hop
While on my way to work this morning, I was in the far right lane. There was an SUV in the lane next to me. We were approaching the exit for the SLC airport, when he suddenly decided he had to get off there.
He immediately started changing lanes, and threw on his blinker about half way over. I was forced to slam on my brakes and swerve into the unoccupied exit-only lane to miss the back portion of his vehicle.
Hazardous Merging
A couple panel trucks were in the right lane where it merged near the California Ave exit on I-215. A car coming in from the onramp on the left was nearly hit by both trucks right in a row as they tried to move over when he was there. Both managed to catch themselves before a collision occurred, but there is some noticeable swerving.
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.
Smart Turning
After waiting at a stoplight near the Home Depot on 114th, two cars nearly collided when a guy turned left just as we started moving forward.
Winter Storm Cleon – Daytime Driving
From my previous video, the driving conditions slowly worsened throughout the day. By the time I drove home, there was still quite a bit of snow on I-215 and I-15. Many of the local roads were still coated with snow as well.
In the course of my driving on the freeway, I passed a car that had spun out on the side of the freeway as well as a wreck. After getting off of the freeway, there was a garbage truck that blew through a very “orange” light and a car that either couldn’t stop in time for a red light due to the road conditions, or almost ran it.
Quite a few close calls, but not many actual wrecks. Fairly good for the first major storm. There’s quite a bit of ambient driving, so I’d scan through the video for the interesting parts.
Close Turn
Just as I reached an intersection, a car decided to cut across almost the entire road in turning down the opposite direction.
Two Lefts Don’t Make a Right
I was waiting to turn left in the parking lot of the Home Depot on 114th. The car in front of me tried to turn left from the parking lot just as a truck turned left from the center lane on 114th. Both slammed on their brakes, narrowly missed each other, and managed to avoid further trouble getting to their intended turning destination.
Dodging Debris
While driving on I-215 today near the California Ave exit, there was a large metal bracket/brace/implement sitting in the road. We managed to avoid it, but my dashcam got a good look at it.
Left-turn Twist
While driving in the area of the Draper Temple, there is an intersection with stop signs on only three corners. A couple girls were driving and thought it was a 4-way stop instead of 3-way, and tried quite hard to run into me.
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