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stuck on I 20 east

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by gdombeck, Feb 4, 2011.

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  1. Feb 4, 2011 #1
    gdombeck

    gdombeck Bobtail Member

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    Been here about 2 and half hours. Not moving at all. Cars and trucks cannot get up the hill about 30 miles east of Dallas. Almost a carnival. People are giving out and sharing food, water, cigarettes.
     
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  3. Feb 4, 2011 #2
    celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    Why you stuck?
     
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  4. Feb 4, 2011 #3
    Lilbit

    Lilbit Road Train Member

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    Ice and snow would be my guess. They got 6 inches of snow in Dallas today. They don't have salt trucks there.:biggrin_25521:
     
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  5. Feb 4, 2011 #4
    gdombeck

    gdombeck Bobtail Member

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    just ice on a long uphill. They dont have plows , thats the main problem. They just dump sand on top of the snow. By noon most of the snow was melted by the sun. About 1 inch of ice out here on the interstate. Some of the drivers are going to sleep. There is one truck driver too scared to go up the hill, and hes blocking everyone else. Dont know where the hell the cops are.
     
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  7. Feb 4, 2011 #5
    celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    Sounds like Missouri Tuesday... I felt you pain... I was stuck in a Walmart lot for 2 days listening to drivers on the cb begging for wreckers to come pull them out.
     
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  8. Feb 5, 2011 #6
    I am medicineman

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    Because he didn't get a weather an road report ???

    Sorry,
    Shoulda pulled off.
    Southern States are not able to handle white stuff, so you do NOT try to run on it down here.
     
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  9. Feb 5, 2011 #7
    formertaxidriver

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    You got that right! Freezing rain, ice on ramps and flyovers caused 750 traffic collisions on 2/4/11 in Houston. My job told all of us to stay home. They run non-stop truck wreck attorney commercials here. The local Fox affiliate went to the Love's TS and interviewed OTR drivers angst. Not a good deal. C'mon Spring!

    Postscript: It was so bad they closed the entire toll road system down. http://www.click2houston.com/news/26750559/detail.html

    It was ugly.
     
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  10. Feb 5, 2011 #8
    chompi

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    All it takes is one soldier that can't make it up the hill and the whole platoon falls! I can't count the number of times I have gotten stuck behind those guys! Don't feel so bad being stuck out there in Tyler, I was stuck in Tyler for 6 weeks! Got pancreatitus and ended up in the hospital there!
     
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  11. Feb 5, 2011 #9
    Lilbit

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    They had something like that happen in WI on I-39/90 near the Rock Co/Dane Co border a couple of winters ago. Road crews didn't do a very good job on one particular stretch, and drivers ended up stranded for about 19 hours.
     
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  12. Feb 5, 2011 #10
    mitchtazz

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    wow, i guess from reading this thread it never cleared up.. happy i got myself out of there. most were talkin about shutting it down for the night and trying in the morning..
     
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