JohnA: ITD MIA Re: 4th Of July Pass

In twenty years of daily commuting, I’ve never seen carnage like that I saw just now. I actually slowed down, unlike some other fools I later saw on their sides, to witness the event. One truck after another jack-knifed, cars and RVs stopped, and the usual assortment of SUVs either on their side, or a new one for me, high-centered on the guard rail. I even saw one pour guy fall on his backside trying to figure out why his fifth-wheel trailer had changed places with his four-wheel drive. Bottom line, the westbound side of I-90 is closed and likely will be for some time. To those thirty semis and one hundred cars stranded in that seven-mile long parking lot, don’t blame me because I made it through/John Austin, Huckleberries Online (@ 7:16 p.m. Thursday). Full comment below.

Question: Do you agree with John that the Idaho Department of Transportation can do a much better job handling bad road conditions on Fourth of July Pass?

I have but two words of advice of whoever with the State DOT is in charge of maintaining the Fourth of July Pass. Retire now. Hang up the coffee mug and just go fishing.

Really, if you’re not going to plow the pass, close the mother.
And, if you opt to keep it open, at least activate the flashing lights that require semis to chain up.

In twenty years of daily commuting, I’ve never seen carnage like that I saw just now. I actually slowed down, unlike some other fools I later saw on their sides, to witness the event. One truck after another jack-knifed, cars and RVs stopped, and the usual assortment of SUVs either on their side, or a new one for me, high-centered on the guard rail. I even saw one pour guy fall on his backside trying to figure out why his fifth-wheel trailer had changed places with his four-wheel drive.

Bottom line, the westbound side of I-90 is closed and likely will be for some time. To those thirty semis and one hundred cars stranded in that seven-mile long parking lot, don’t blame me because I made it through..

Find out who is in charge and get to work