Submitted by ravia t3_yye8bo in pittsburgh
Called State Police on speed dial. Sure hope I don't read of some head on collision in the AM.
Submitted by ravia t3_yye8bo in pittsburgh
Called State Police on speed dial. Sure hope I don't read of some head on collision in the AM.
Fourth time I've experienced that in 20 years of driving a cab. Only one in the tunnel. One was Boulevard of the Allies, me outbound. Connector to Fort Duquesne Bridge (heading toward 10th Street Bypass, someone popped out of the little tunnel). Another on Ohio River Boulevard around Avalon.
Scary as fuck. I’ve never seen it.
What?!?! Glad you're safe. I hope everyone else is! Take care.
How does that even happen? You’d have to try to get on the wrong side.
Ha that’s nothing l, I was going through there the other day and there were dozens of cars going the wrong way!
I thought at first it was going to be a post about actually maintaining speed in the tunnel.
Last night at about 9pm we were driving across the Liberty Bridge, about to enter the Liberty Tunnels going outbound. Some idiot from Ohio decided to try to make a left hand turn onto the PJ McArdle Roadway at the light (which says no left turn!). We watched him slam on his breaks when he realized that there was traffic coming out of the inbound tunnels, but then he still attempted to make the turn! By that point, we were in the other tunnels, so I have no idea what happened, but damn, what an idiot.
Yeah I read it twice and put two and two together! How terrifying!
Nah people have always been this stupid, it’s just easier to document it now.
Wonder if they came down 279, seems like people go the wrong way on 279 all the time.
I’ve seen that one before. Drunk lady leaned out to flip everybody off honking at her stopped with the left blinker on directly in front of “no left turn” sign.
Edit:
The drunk lady was not the one driving
I guess I thought that was funnier than everybody else
Know that, despite the downvotes, your joke was excellent
They had to have done a U-turn. Absolutely nuts.
A fellow optimist, birds of a feather.
I had this happen to me last year on I79-N near the southpointe exit. Around 9-10PM, I suddenly see headlights in my lane. It was scary.
Yours seems even scarier. I don’t understand why some people risk other people’s lives.
Wife calls her husband's cellphone, says, "Honey, be careful -- I just heard on the news that some idiot is driving the wrong way on the expressway."
"Oh, you have no idea," her husband replies. "It's not just one -- it's hundreds of them!"
We’re not going the wrong way ! How do they know where we’re going ?!!!
That entire sequence is brilliant. The subtle realization on Steve Martin's face always kills me.
Did you post this while driving?
How in the world would they get on the top deck to get in the tunnel anyway!? They had to know that they were on the wrong road even before they got in the tunnel!!! That would take some effort. WTH.
Omg, I had to read it like 5 times to understand.
Oh fuck off
And Del Griffith dressed as the devil.
Could have come up off of commonwealth place? That's all I can think of really.
Alcohol.
I’m new here and still don’t get it after reading it a bunch of times. What am I missing?
the tunnel traffic is only one way so someone was driving into traffic.
> How does that even happen?
I also want to know how having the state police on speed dial happened lol
The cab driver was heading into town (inbound) via 376E through the Fort Pitt tunnels. The moron driver going the opposite direction was using the inbound lane to go outbound. I’m not even entirely sure how it’s possible.
Being under the influence would be the highest percentage of reasons for this. Additionally, altered states of mind brought on by depression, manic episodes, or dementia would make up the majority of other causes. I'll throw sleep deprivation and confusion general Pittsburgh road confusion in there as well.
Or Grant Street I guess but Commonwealth Place would make more sense. And by sense I mean what little sense there is. Really just crazy if true.
Op drives/drove a cab. Seems reasonable.
none of them make sense, but like, that's the only one that I can really imagine.
Moron or possibly a jackals, or elderly/having a health crisis. My sister was driving down i70 and saw a driver driving the qrong way and slowed her down and pulled her over. Ironically/randomly, it was grandma! We had to get her evaluated and get her license revoked.
Great work gumshoe!
I was thinking of Commonwealth Place too, but you'd have to ignore the mass of Do Not Enter and Wrong Way signs...
Pro tip for driving safely at night… do not travel in the passing lane. The overwhelming majority of head on wrong way collisions occur in the passing lane because the wrong way driver thinks they’re in the correct lane.
This is fine. Per people on here we should trust people to see their own speed limits and traffic laws
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I was driving to get my friend after work one late night and I was on the west end bridge and I took the on ramp to 279. There was a black car, abandoned, parked going the wrong way half way down the onramp. Of course it was winter and snowing so I didn't see the car until too late. I swerved, hit a patch of black ice and ended up hitting the jersey barrier a bit further down. They had to be driving the wrong way on 279 for quite a while before they got to the onramp.
Ok....
You’re lucky. That would be terrifying
Weekend before a Holiday??? Asshole season.
I feel like this goes under the unexpected sub
How are they going in the opposite direction while passing you in the tunnel they would’ve been heading into oncoming traffic for a while
Well, they got in the bridge I assume but I'm not sure where from. I can't even think it backwards, but then again, how about from just like the off ramp that leads to Liberty, so they came onto the DO NOT ENTER part of the bridge ramp, rather than the correct side, which puts you on the lower level?
Ive been drunk many times and never had the instinct to drive into oncoming traffic
Interesting. However, is the passing lane safer for avoiding deer?
That's how many jagoffs there are!
Yes, right the end of the tunnel, while I was driving, after he passed me.
He was going fast, too. Probably drunk? Maybe fleeing police, going all Jason Bourne...
FIFO's...
Speed limits halt progress in efficient travel. We need to revamp the licensing system to one federal test with teired licenses so better drivers are afforded the ability to travel more efficiently. If Jeff Gordon can go 100+ on a packed NASCAR track he shouldn’t have to follow the same rules as my grandmother
Bunch of savages in this town
Bring out Rockapella!
Oh, holy hell! That's terrifying!
Any scenario involving a car coming directly at you, is terrifying. With that being said:
There is no comparison between someone coming head on down the highway vs inside a tunnel. You can jerk the wheel and there’s shoulders, barriers, hopefully forgiving medians. But a tunnel? I don’t like the thought of it.
I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or not.
You had me in the first half, not gonna lie.
my guess:
they were coming from the west end along carson street and took the ramp up to the top-deck and turned right into the tunnels.
I've seen this happen so many times.
I live on Mt Washington so I'm on that bridge a lot.
Had someone Halloween weekend who was coming north in the south lanes of 279 at the north shore off ramp… watched them pull a u turn in front of about 5 other cars and go up 65… like… how do you fuck that up so bad?
Let's hope he didn't take anyone with him.
True story.
Oh, also, it was 1:30 AM.
I don't understand the concern if he's doing 65 or why it's a concern if you were coming out of the tunnel while he was coming in. I'd be more concerned if he were switching lanes inside the tunnel, which some idiots are known for. I regularly drive through the Ft. Pitt, Liberty and Squirrel Hills tunnels and find that the traffic through latter and into the Parkway East is sometimes more aggressive. FWIW I sometimes get up to 65 inside the tunnel if traffic is light, but I'm not one to switch lanes or tailgate. I just learned to drive in another area that also has tunnels, but less traffic.
Umm. Yeah. See the point was the vehicle going the other way was in the tunnel with him. With him. In a one way tunnel. Let it marinate. You got this.
He was going in the opposite direction, headed westbound, while I was headed eastbound along with the rest of the traffic. Fortunately there was very little traffic. And fortunately he stayed in "his" lane. He was driving the wrong way.
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That’s a good question. Hitting a deer is obviously far less potentially deadly then being struck head on by a wrong way driver on the highway. However, you’re probably more likely to hit a deer then be hit by a wrong way driver.
Personally, I’ll take the deer. I’ve yet to see a fatal accident from hitting a deer. I know they happen, but I haven’t seen one yet. What I have seen is multiple deadly head on collisions.
Be safe, use good judgement.
I thought they meant they just went around them in the tunnel at first and I was like I see this pretty often what's the bfd? 😂😂😂 but now I'm about to pull up pulse point and be a nebshit about it
They have their own emergency dispatch number, it's frankly better than calling 911 cause the county will just transfer you to the state police number anyway. Saves you 20-30 seconds.
Only works on highways and if it's something like an accident with injuries just call 911 so they can dispatch ambulance/fire first.
In the original design, when this highway was going to be more of an urban boulevard, not an interstate, there is a connection between the upper and lower level on the north end of the tunnel. I would have to expect that is has been barricaded or blocked, unless it is used for emergency situations.
Oh. That is bad. Clearly he was on his way to Youngstown.
Sorry. I’m old and recently concussed.
Then accelerate to 65??
That stretch of 65 always makes me feel like it's way too easy to cross the center line/have another car cross the center line into me.
agreed the only other way i can see is a really goofy up the exit off of liberty or the Blvd of the Allies and both of those require a reallllllly long run across the bridge against traffic. Surely the tunnels have cameras to see the car... I wonder if they record?
fair cop.
coming up the off ramp from Blvd of the allies would give them ample time to accelerate.
I mean it's definitely possible especially if dui or suicidal. I don't question your thought, just surprised by the actions. I had someone pass me going about 70 south on 79 northbound near Grove City once. It's absolutely terrifying.
doo wah, dooba dooba doo wah.....YEAH
The amount of concentration required to pull this off makes that seem unlikely
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I think this guy did it on purpose (on ORB). I chased him a bit. He sped off.
Omg, that’s scary!
I don't believe a god damned word of this story. Everyone knows there is a tunnel monster and the only way to safely proceed is to slow down to approximately 15mph as you near/enter the tunnel. No one goes 55 through the tunnel, liar.
Some apparel for you.
Only around here; it's the Moon base. lol.
I tried it around Erie and they had to direct me to another number or I think call 911. Can't remember which.
I say they put animation stills along the wall of the tunnels, and you wear special glasses and the pictures play a cartoon about the tunnel monster when you look out the passenger window.
mandalorian222 t1_iwtrv92 wrote
Jesus. That’s terrifying.