I-40 Memphis to Little Rock

As of 19:00 Saturday


It's good to be out in Idaho where it's cool, overcast and the traffic is sensible and generally the people don't drive like morons.

 

You'll have that in this business. I stopped for coffee and take a leak at the Love's in Albuquerque once, cause I planned on going on to Grants. That 15 or 20 minutes gave a FedEx truck enough time to cross the median and kill a few people a few hundred yards in front of me at the top of the hill by the other Love's.

4 hour delay.

So never stop to get comfortable. Just hammer down.

 

During peak periods, that entire section is one 100 mile-long cluster of tightly packed trucks. You can't speed your way out of it and you can't slow your way out of it. You're just caught up in the high-speed truck-traffic jam for the duration. Keep two hands on the wheel at all times, say two Hail Mary's, keep eyes scanning far ahead as far as you can see around the truck that pulled 40 feet in from of you every minute or so, @ 1 mph faster than you, and hope for the best is all you can do

 

Exit 260 is where the Petro is in Earle, AR. When a truck leaves the Petro to go west, it is a tight, brake checking affair. Most of the locals ignore the work zone speed limit through there. Then down the road you have those S curves in the construction. Plenty of Mothers Day Weekend traffic to add to the traffic load. You can't be too careful through there.

 

I took a detour up 55 to 555 to hyw 14 across to us 67. It was a hell of a detour but at least i wasn’t sitting in the backup.

 

Yeah its terrible. I dont get anxious very often because i use the 2 lane highways around here alot. But every time i have to use that stretch of interstate i get on edge. White knuckle racing on Arkadega speedway, first one to the Rock/Memphis wins!

 

Yeah its terrible. I dont get anxious very often because i use the 2 lane highways around here alot. But every time i have to use that stretch of interstate i get on edge. White knuckle racing on Arkadega speedway, first one to the Rock/Memphis wins!