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I-25 vs I-80

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Original Bender, Dec 16, 2015.

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  1. Dec 16, 2015 #1
    Original Bender

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    Why is it I can drive the whole length of I 25 in snowy White out conditions and never see a truck in the ditch. Versus I drive east into Nebraska with 2 inches of snow and count nine trucks in 5 miles in the ditch?

    I even saw a swift truck headed north 25 on icy roads that wasn't in the ditch!
     
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  3. Dec 16, 2015 #2
    Original Bender

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    By the way, this is more of a rhetorical question. The answer is flatlanders.
     
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  4. Dec 16, 2015 #3
    TheDude1969

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    Crap, thought the answer was white out conditions you couldn't see them... from a flatlander :)
     
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  5. Dec 16, 2015 #4
    mountaingote

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    I believe if it was a true whiteout you would be in the ditch yerself
     
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  7. Dec 16, 2015 #5
    Ougigoug

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    I believe the crowd that do run i-25 is different than the one running i-80.
     
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  8. Dec 16, 2015 #6
    Original Bender

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    Last night I literally was driving south out of I 25 as they closed it. I then had to drive up 85, which they also closed behind me to pick up a load. I drove 25 miles an hour back out 85 busting Snow drifts with my truck. And I never saw a single semi in the ditch.
     
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  9. Dec 16, 2015 #7
    mountaingote

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    Busting drifts isn't the same as a whiteout. Not criticizing cuz I've done what you were doing, just saying whiteout is when you can't tell up from down, you get out of yer car and disappear because you can't find it again. It's been documented, doesn't happen very often
     
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  10. Dec 16, 2015 #8
    Big Don

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    Well of COURSE they are! The I-80 drivers are east/west or west/east drivers! The I-25 drivers are north/south or south/north drivers! Ain't no mystery there.:D

    I think how often it happens, really depends on where you are, and what kind of winter is going on. OBTW, ONCE is too often. . .
     
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  11. Dec 16, 2015 #9
    mountaingote

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    Yup, I draw the line at visibility. The rest doesn't matter if you can't see
     
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  12. Dec 16, 2015 #10
    PackRatTDI

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    Unless they are going between Santa Fe and Las Vegas....
     
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