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Old 03-07-2005, 10:35 AM
ZTAngel ZTAngel is offline
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Heh, have you seen the response I've put for my location?

I HATE I-4!!!!!!!!! There use to be a website that was called IhateI4.com but it's no longer running.

The construction on I-4 in the Orlando area is unbelievable. I think they're trying to repave I-4 and then widen it which is need but it's a clusterfuck in the meantime. The entrance lane to get onto I-4 at Conroy is a disaster. There's barricades that block the entrance onto I-4 so, basically, as soon as you turn to get onto the highway, you have to immediately merge into 70mph traffic or ram into the barricades. If I'm heading East from the Mall of Millenia, I just get on at John Young Parkway which is slightly better but not much better.

And the drivers on I-4 are the worst. You have the tourists who don't know where they're going, the old people, the traffic weaving college students, and the slow soccer moms all thrown together. Oh, and I've found that the people from Polk County don't realize that the left lane is for passing. They just sit in the left lane going 20mph below the speed limit.

The part I hate the most about I-4: the I-4/408 interchange. What an asinine way to set up a system. If you get off I-4 West, most likely you'll want to take 408 West. If you get off I-4 East, most likely you'll want to take 408 East. Instead of keeping the I-4 East or West people on one path to get 408 East or West, they make you cross lanes to get to your destination. (It's kinda hard to explain but the Central Florida people will know exactly what I'm talking about) You have a bunch of people who are all trying to cross lanes at the same time. I have seen numerous accidents on that interchange with people sideswiping each other.

Every morning I listed to the traffic report and I don't think a day has gone by where the announcer doesn't say there's an accident on I-4 or a bunch of congestion.
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