Wrong way drivers in Tampa

[UCFKnight85]

Yet another fatal accident involving a wrong way driver in Tampa. I've never seen anything like this. There has been at least 15 wrong way accidents or drivers pulled over in the past year, most all occurring on a stretch of 275 just after USF down to downtown.

Does this happen in other towns? I don't recall ever hearing about this may wrong way drivers in Orlando.

Of course these all happen between 2-5 am typically with drunk f*cks.

 

[cnsaguy]

This state is getting less and less attractive to live in. So many people and so many of them stupid. 2.25 years left before I can eject. Counting the days.

 

[UCFKnight85]

This state is getting less and less attractive to live in. So many people and so many of them stupid. 2.25 years left before I can eject. Counting the days.

Well, ok, but that doesn't really explain why so many idiots are going the wrong way on basically a small stretch of road in Tampa. This doesn't happen elsewhere this frequently, does it?

Those same idiots drive 275 in ST Pete yet this has yet to happen there.

 

[cnsaguy]

I don't have access to traffic incidents in each FL city as it relates to wrong way drivers so I can't form a formal opinion to answer your question. However, my 10,000 ft view is that FL is populated with way too many f*cking idiots and it seems that a large concentration have drivers licenses and live in the Tampa area.

 

[UCFRogerz]

It seems to happen on 528 pretty frequently, a couple weeks ago someone ran like 10 cars off the road going the wrong way. I assume this is just another statistic that points to yearly driving evaluations for elderly people.

 

[KingDavid]

Two words: OLD PEOPLE

Treasure coast is loaded with them. My dad used to call Tampa/St Pete/Bradenton "God's waiting room".

 

[CommuterBob]

This state is getting less and less attractive to live in. So many people and so many of them stupid. 2.25 years left before I can eject. Counting the days.

FL does not have the market cornered on stupid people. They're everywhere.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

I'm pretty sure it just wasn't covered before. Now it seems it's on the news every day.

 

[EweSeaEff]

I'm with you, 85. I don't get it. Is it all the new traffic patterns over the several years? I guess that wouldn't really explain the stretch north of the I-4 interchange though.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

It's always dumb drunk people. It has nothing to do with traffic patterns. On ramps and big red reflective wrong way signs haven't changed.

 

[EweSeaEff]

It's always dumb drunk people. It has nothing to do with traffic patterns. On ramps and big red reflective wrong way signs haven't changed.

Actually, you're wrong; but, you already knew that. It's largely dumb drunk people, but it's not always drunk people (still dumb though).

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

You have to be super drunk or blind. Big red signs, red reflectors on the lanes, head lights coming at you, driving on the wrong side of the road, entering the highway on the left instead of right, all the street signs are backwards. I can see drifting across the road on a surface street but this has almost exclusively been happening on 275 north of I4.

 

[UCFKnight85]

It's mostly drunk people, but 275 in most of Tampa is an absolute dangerous shithole.

There are some entrance ramps near downtown where you literally have 50 feet to merge. If there's traffic then you essentially have to throw on the brakes and completely stop, which causes you to be stuck, or barge your way in and hope you don't side swipe cars going 65.

They seemingly "work" on this road for years and years yet nothing ever gets done. How about instead of lobbying for more infrastructure money, just do the existing ones with some goddamn sense of urgency?

 

[CommuterBob]

It's mostly drunk people, but 275 in most of Tampa is an absolute dangerous shithole.

There are some entrance ramps near downtown where you literally have 50 feet to merge. If there's traffic then you essentially have to throw on the brakes and completely stop, which causes you to be stuck, or barge your way in and hope you don't side swipe cars going 65.

They seemingly "work" on this road for years and years yet nothing ever gets done. How about instead of lobbying for more infrastructure money, just do the existing ones with some goddamn sense of urgency?

TBX will make it all better.*

 

[1ofTheseKnights]

OP is a freedom hating statist - in b4 hate til someone kills a loved one of mine.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

This is 'Murica, we should be able to drive on whatever side of the road we want to stupid cuckservatives.

 

[1ofTheseKnights]

This is 'Murica, we should be able to drive on whatever side of the road we want to stupid cuckservatives.

I was referring to the alcohol jabs - love to see the wrong way driving issues in countries w lowered drinking ages

 

[UCFKnight85]

Lanes, speed limits, and stop lights are things that liberty hating statists think are awesome*

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

Ban alcohol.

 

[Good Knight Sweetheart]

Ban cars.

FIFY

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[ProAttitude]

Ban bullets.*

Sorry, wrong post.

 

[1ofTheseKnights]

Banning things works

 

[cnewton157]

It'll be interesting in the next 5-10 years when self-driving technology takes off and continues to get approval. Of course cars will not be banned as that is unfortunately the only method of competent large-scale transport in the US. Good mass transit programs are limited to select cities and even though more efficient and better in a lot of ways, face massive resistance "for reasons" here.

I imagine insurance companies having a lot of say via that deregulated free market in upping premiums when it comes out self-driving cars basically eliminate accidents and most issues outside of unforeseen mechanical failures. I really like driving, but it's hard for me to ignore the fact that self-driving is likely the future for personal transport and more. I'll bet they're at the forefront of making people switch by upping premiums for those that want to manually continue driving on public roads.

 

[UCF11and1]

The percentage of stupid people in Tampa must be higher than anywhere else:
1. Assume the ratio of stupid to regular people is the same everywhere
2. Add the amount of usf students and alumni
3. Add all the snowbirds and retired people that pick Tampa over any other City or town in Florida
After all that, the only places that are worse are Miami and Gainesville

 

[UCFKnight85]

Some guy in a large truck literally split his truck in half around a pole in the Carillon Publix entrance just outside my neighborhood. I've never seen anything like it. I also don't know how he did it considering it's a business park backroad and it looked like he was coming from the business park rather than flying down Ulmerton.

It happened at 3:30 am so I'm assuming he was hammered. Just glad he only took himself and not innocents.