Comments about ‘Accidents tie up I-15 traffic’

Wow, most freeway overpasses are well marked in feet and inches. If this overpass was appropriately marked he should pay a steep fine and lose his license. Dummies like this guy don't belong on the road!

Judging from the photo, I have my doubts the drivers foot could reach the brake pedal...

looks like the 15' something sign is wedged under the tank on the bridge.

You can see in the third photo quite clearly the sign indicating the height of the overpass. Of course you can only tell that its 15 feet and can't see the rest of the sign since the driver crashed right into it. If he missed an exit and knew he had a required route due to clearance he should have pulled over and called for help admitting he screwed up rather than blatently ignoring signs and creating a dangerous situation.

Looks like a trucking company just bought a fuel tank.

Thanks goodness for Legacy

Maybe the UHP officer is just tall...

It's a good thing no one was seriously hurt!

That must have been one quick stop.

Driving accidents occur in fraction of seconds. Missed exits and on-ramps occur daily. This accident is probably one of hundreds that occur daily in Utah, but it just so happened that this one oversight had big consequences, but missing an exit is so easy to do if you're not familiar with the freeway. It's lucky that nobody was injured. Hopefully, this will be just one big headache that will be forgotten in a month. Things like this just happen and it can happen to anyone, no matter how good a driver you are.

The only question I'd have was what the normal speed of the transport was and were there any support cars one in front and back going along for additional safety? If the transport was going may 30 or 40 mph, maybe it's possible that all exits and entrances can be easily supported, but with all the construction and changes going on on the Interstate, it's a pretty mess of confusion. Try keeping up with changes, freeway signs, cones, and the rest going at 50, 60, 70 mphs and well. It happens.

Funny, i just passed by the lehi crash, its been 9 hours and the lane is still closed!

I was driving southbound around 5pm in the Lehi area and the interstate was backed up for miles. Imagine my surprise when I drove past the accident and realized it happened on the other side of the road! Stupid drivers HAVE to look at the accident and slow down traffic.

I was driving southbound from Bountiful to American Fork and drove past both accidents and was caught in both traffic jams. It was quite annoying because I ended up an hour late for a wedding.

But, I did drive past the tipped semi-truck about 10pm and it was still at the crash site. It looked like crews were removing it. I wonder what took so long?

i saw the walmart crash ,, it took long because they were unloading it by hand ,,, cases of soda pop

btw please note that the walmart crash was caused NOT by the trucker , but by a vehicle that cut him off
today i was cut off twice by cars ,,, i drive a flatdeck 18 wheeler , loaded im almost 80g pounds
you cant stop fast even at ten miles an hour
seems the UTAH billboards about giving trucks room are NOT working !

Yeah Dutch, thank goodness for Legacy, but yesterday IT WAS CLOSED FOR A MARATHON!!!! So it did little good for those going north bound. We were back to taking the surface streets yet again!!!

Three accidents in five days of travelling to work. That's a 60% chance of accidents. It's about time to slow down and pay attention to the road and the conditions. Slow down also to follow the rules of the road. How about Staying alive at 65. Most accidents can be prevented if we take the time to be safe. I'm tired of the accidents and tired of the pain it causes the drivers and people who are involved in them. SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN. Winter is soon coming upon us. Time to slow down and practice safe habits now befor ethe weather turns bad.

If the UHP would enforce traffic laws concerning speeding, illegal lane changes, distracted drivers and DWI there would more revenue and fewer accidents.

I agree with the comment from "Dumb Drivers." I was also headed South on I-15 around 5:00 PM last night. There is no reason traffic should have been backed up at all from the Draper to Thanksgiving Point... the accident was on the OTHER SIDE of the freeway. I really think people who want to have no courtesy and slow everyone else down by bringing traffic to nearly a stand-still because they want to stare at the accident should move their car over to an outside lane and let those of us who really need to be places and realize you can't really see anything anyway pass them at a normal freeway speed on the inside lanes. Slowing traffic down unnecessarily to be stop-and-go is just another accident waiting to happen!

I'm guessing you're advanced in age. You seem to think that slowing down would solve all traffic problems. I guess if everyone slowed to 0, you'd be right. The fact is, drivers traveling too slow cause traffic jams and a huge number of accident. The answer is to drive intelligently and in a manner where you don't negatively impact others. Sometimes that means slowing down a bit, but it often means speeding up as well. A safe driver travels the speed of surrounding traffic, not slower.