TC accident CA99 in Bakersfield
Prayers for this couple and their family. Happened yesterday but I have not seen any updates. Put this here since it involved a TC but moderators feel free to move it. http://www.kget.c...
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When we might never learn what really happen, discovery4us confirmed my observation that the accident happen north of reported cross street, what would make it end of merging lane.
To shade some light how crazy that stretch of freeway is:
Highway 58 is San Francisco - Las Vegas route. It crosses freeway 99, but not in straight intersection, but by merging for 2-3 miles.
So drivers going on 58 toward Vegas have to enter 99 on uphill ramp, merge with 80+ mph traffic, only to hit brakes and exit into single lane couple miles later.
99 is 4 or 5 lanes on this stretch, but lot of semitrucks not going much slower than quoted 80 mph.
That said, I drive that route for 30 years and avoid west side of 58, going few miles north to 46 via Wasco. Couple miles longer, but I don't have adrenaline coming out my ears.
It is just too bad elderly campers ended there at wrong time.
To shade some light how crazy that stretch of freeway is:
Highway 58 is San Francisco - Las Vegas route. It crosses freeway 99, but not in straight intersection, but by merging for 2-3 miles.
So drivers going on 58 toward Vegas have to enter 99 on uphill ramp, merge with 80+ mph traffic, only to hit brakes and exit into single lane couple miles later.
99 is 4 or 5 lanes on this stretch, but lot of semitrucks not going much slower than quoted 80 mph.
That said, I drive that route for 30 years and avoid west side of 58, going few miles north to 46 via Wasco. Couple miles longer, but I don't have adrenaline coming out my ears.
It is just too bad elderly campers ended there at wrong time.
