OFFICIAL I70 BITCH THREAD....

[The SnowShow]

FYI I70 at Id Spr completely closed for rock scaling this week...everyone both directions has to get off and crawl through town.

[stfu&gbtw]

Hey, all you Denver Dorks stay home tomorrow! Kthxbye.

[simple]

Tunnel is already a disaster maycember

[Lindahl]

Can we just start hanging them?

[Micol]

Bring it !!!!!!!!

http://wane.com/2015/05/26/new-india...-to-move-over/


New Indiana law requires drivers not speeding to move over
By Associated Press Published: May 26, 2015, 1:58 pm Updated: May 26, 2015, 3:31 pm

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New Indiana law requires drivers not speeding to move over
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Motorists obeying the speed limit in the left lanes of highways soon will be required to move over to allow faster vehicles to pass them or risk a $500 fine under a new Indiana law.

The law signed by Gov. Mike Pence earlier this month and taking effect July 1 gives faster drivers the right of way in so-called highway fast lanes and permits police to issue tickets to left-lane drivers who fail to budge when they should reasonably know another vehicle is overtaking them, The (Munster) Times reported (http://bit.ly/1Ki6qjs ).

State Rep. Jud McMillin, R-Brookville, said he sponsored the law to ensure “individuals who are driving in the fast lane slowly are properly incentivized to get out of your way.”

The mandate does not apply during traffic congestion, bad weather, while exiting on the left, paying a toll or pulling over for an emergency vehicle.

However, at all other times motorists risks fines if they are in the left lane and do not move to the right when another vehicle wants to pass.

The law was approved by the Indiana House 97-0 and cleared the Senate in a 29-20 vote.

State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Portage, said during debate on the measure that it was “the silliest, most unjustifiable proposal of the entire session.”

“It really doesn’t make sense to put law-abiding citizens as the criminal here,” Tallian said. “You can be driving down the road at 70 miles per hour, doing the speed limit, and some joker comes up behind you doing 90 and you’re the one who gets the ticket?”

McMillin said numerous other states have similar laws and that it isn’t aimed at protecting speeders but to improve safety for all drivers.

“If you’re going the speed limit or you’re not going the speed limit, the left lane is the side to pass,” he said. “The law doesn’t say that you have to be in the right-hand lane all the time, it requires you to be there when it’s safe to do so.”

Tallian and state Sen. Jim Tomes, R-Wadesville, suggested that the new right-lane mandate likely would not be enforced since police officers more likely would pull over and ticket the speeding driver instead of the motorist blocking the speeder’s path.

“It’s really unenforceable, but it does go too far,” Tomes said. “I just think this is not what we need.”

Before passage of the new statute, Indiana law required vehicles traveling slower than the speed limit to use the right lane of a multi-lane highway, but did not address driving in the left lane.

[The SnowShow]

Traveling EB through the corridor between US 40 exit and Idaho Springs is such a construction clusterfuck right now...4 separate one lane merges in the span of like 5 miles.

[mdblows]

Today was the most I've ever feared for my life on that road. So many people without a fucking clue, paying zero attention.

[concretejungle]

Ah, summer it's even worse than winter.

[montanaskier]

Georgetown to the tunnel took me 1.5 hours on my way home Thursday.

[Micol]

ventured west of vail pass today, and they have their fair share of shit blocking up lanes of i-70

[mdblows]

I expect that this weekend on I-70 will be EPICTM. 4th of July is like the SuperBowl for gapers on the road

[montanaskier]

It was shitty coming back today...not epic shitty but shitty. I drive down this morning then home thru Boulder and Golden. I took Clear Creek Canyon as it was jacked from Floyd to Id Springs. The canyon was crowded but moving. Interstate was crowded the whole way back to Vail. Large # of folks just camped out in the left lane of course.

[The SnowShow]

Tomorrow and Sunday should be epic shitty for sure. I'm sure plenty of trucks and campers will keep the road flowing smoothly as always.

Maybe there will be a boat in a trailer, left sitting in the right lane by Gtown. Is that too much to ask?

[smitchell333]

No, this time of year it'll be a trailer full of snowmobiles dumped in the right lane.

[fastfred]

I expect that this weekend on I-70 will be EPICTM. 4th of July is like the SuperBowl for gapers on the road

well said

almost feels like christmas up here, shit show to the one hundreth degree.

I've honked my horn more times than I care to think about this week, 35 in a 50? Usually I don't honk 4 cars back but you know....... it's that bad

Almost been taken out three times this week on the road bike by people not paying attention, the girl on the cell phone with her friend you took the cake at least your windows were down so you could here me loud and clear

why do I feel safer riding a bike in traffic in the metro denver than I do in scummit county?

I have discovered the best time to drive 70 is between 9 pm and 4 am

[The SnowShow]

No, this time of year it'll be a trailer full of snowmobiles dumped in the right lane.

Touché

I'm going to brave the drive from Denver to Summit later today. <<vibes>>

[Bronic]

I have discovered the best time to drive 70 is between 9 pm and 4 am

Thank you for this enlightening contribution to the i70 bitch thread

[The SnowShow]

I70 party

[montanaskier]

That is terrible. According to Cdot texts on my phone, c470 to Idaho Springs was 1.5 hours today at one point.

[fastfred]

I70 party

soul crushing

might be better off going to estes park, rmnp, grand lake, kremmling, and then trailerthorne................

[The SnowShow]

Yeah, it was 1.5 Golden to Idaho Springs for us. Unfortunately we had no way of changing our peak time ;p

The thing it don't get is it was that congested all the way, then opened up immediately after the St Mary's exit. Went from a crawl to 75 just like that. Makes no sense to me.

[hatchgreenchile]

Everyone was going to St Marys to shred the glacial gnar. Duh.

[montanaskier]

I saw a couple of our 2nd home owner neighbors load up and head east at 6am this morning. That trek is probably going to sting today.

[fastfred]

The thing it don't get is it was that congested all the way, then opened up immediately after the St Mary's exit. Went from a crawl to 75 just like that. Makes no sense to me.

people don't know how to drive, thats he explaination, I don't know shit about physics but the average moron rides the brakes down floyd hill, has their head up their ass going through the canyon into idaho springs riding their brakes and unable to steer a car comfortably at 60 mph you multiply that by thousands of idiots and you have a back up, then the road straightens out and poof people can drive again

[montanaskier]

I agree that 90% of the people use the brake WAY more than they need to....