A commute that normally runs 35 - 45 minutes, the state line to O'Hare, was 95 minutes on the highway sign this morning. I saw where a white pickup truck had flown off the far right lane into the ditch, ending up facing backward. Another, darker pickup truck was upside down, facing backward in the embankment on the far side of the ditch. A third vehicle of unknown make and model was in the ditch; I saw a cop climbing out of the ditch where the tire tracks indicated its flight off the road. This was all from Highway 20 in Racine to Highway 132 in Gurnee. Yesterday, a woman from Kenosha was killed on this stretch of the highway, amidst several other wrecks.
I called one of my bosses - the one that told me to work remotely yesterday - and checked on HIS progress. At 7:45 he was only halfway to work, having left at 6:30. We thought it would be prudent for me to turn around and remote in again today. He said that the traffic reports indicated that there was a series of roll-overs, crashes and vehicles-leaving-the-road ahead of me.
I pulled off at 132 westbound, viewing the bumper-to-bumper eastbound traffic, drivers all waiting to get ON the expressway. Not wanting to risk taking Hunt Club road (it being smaller and possibly less well maintained than the expressway) I pulled off to one of the several strip malls near Gurnee Mills and set up shop in a Caribou Coffee with its lovely, lovely free Wi-Fi! (Thanks, Caribou Coffee!) As soon as traffic clears a bit I'll get back on the road and head home.
In snowy weather when traffic is slow I will keep my camera handy, but one lack-of-traction-while-braking incident said I needed to keep all faculties involved with driving.
Tags: driving, snow, weather
Current Location: Caribou Coffee, iced in
Current Mood:  thoughtful
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