And I have to deal with this crap every day
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Safety officials are reminding drivers to pay attention as state crash data reveals dangerous stretches of Interstate 24 in Rutherford County.
Data from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security shows a series of crash hot spots on I-24 between La Vergne and Smyrna in 2023.
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Between January 2022 to January 2025, there were more than 2,500 crashes between La Vergne and Murfreesboro city limits (between mile markers 63 and 84), according to THP. More than 300 of the crashes had suspected injuries, and 17 were deadly.The data shows in 2024 alone, 771 crashes were reported, eight of them fatal. More than 75 crashes have been reported on that stretch so far this year.
Crash data reveals dangerous stretches of I-24 in Rutherford County
I believe I got caught in the traffic of half those effing accidents.
Data from THP reveals the top five driver factors in crashes between La Vergne and Murfreesboro in recent years:
Failure to yield right of way
Failure to keep in proper lane
Under the influence of drugs/alcohol
Speeding
Distracted driving
My own observation is a mixture of people being impolite assholes while updating their TikTokGrams accounts and chewing on a chicken biscuit.
Once again: I am not surprised that there are road rage shootings, I am amazed that there are so effing few.
Seems common thread is idiots.
Sounds like Massachusetts, which has an amazing number of "dangerous roads" and "dangerous intersections". They get described in ways similar to what you said.
It seems to me all that can be summarized as "inadequate or nonexistent enforcement". One wonders why. It isn't hard to enforce traffic laws, and inflict appropriate pain on offenders especially repeat ones. But some states don't seem to get it.