Safety On The Bay Bridge: Where The Most Accidents Happen, The Causes And What's Being Done
More than 27 million vehicles cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge each year. Drivers take in an expansive view that is not only beautiful, but a view some say is also distracting and dangerous.
The bridge's heavy traffic volume at peak times, height and more than four mile span over the Chesapeake Bay, often land it a spot among the World's scariest bridges. But having lived on Kent Island for many years, Ellen Gale was never afraid to cross the bridge, until the morning of April 18, 2011.
"Unfortunately, I remember the day like it was yesterday," Gale said. "It's awful, awful." More
Anonymous Anonymous said... Requiring trucks and rv's to travel in the right lane across the bridge will eliminate a lot of the problems.
May 21, 2014 at 7:25 PM
I guess you have never been on this bridge or you would know that has always been the case. FYI, it is not the trucks that CAUSE the crashes, it is the autos, as in at least 70% of all truck-auto crashes. ( actually I think the rate is 80% but not sure)
Requiring trucks and rv's to travel in the right lane across the bridge will eliminate a lot of the problems.
ReplyDeleteI drive over the top of the Bay these days. Longer drive, but you avoid the nuts, the congestion, and the bridge.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteRequiring trucks and rv's to travel in the right lane across the bridge will eliminate a lot of the problems.
May 21, 2014 at 7:25 PM
I guess you have never been on this bridge or you would know that has always been the case.
FYI, it is not the trucks that CAUSE the crashes, it is the autos, as in at least 70% of all truck-auto crashes. ( actually I think the rate is 80% but not sure)
Been on the bridge plenty of times stuck behind an 18 wheeler passing another car in the left lane.
ReplyDelete27 million @ 7+ bucks per??? Where does that money go?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteBeen on the bridge plenty of times stuck behind an 18 wheeler passing another car in the left lane.
May 21, 2014 at 11:37 PM
I doubt that
Anonymous Anonymous said...
ReplyDelete27 million @ 7+ bucks per??? Where does that money go?
May 22, 2014 at 7:22 AM
and 36 per truck