Glad I'm Not Driving North Out Of Waldorf

[huntr1]

Rt. 5 is shut down in both directions at Ed's Plant World. Over an hour backup between Mattawoman-Beantown and Ed's.

Traffic reporter obviously doesn't know SoMD, she first reported that there was an hour backup on Rt. 5 between M-W & E.P.W., then, as a seperate incident, said that Branch Ave. is shut down in both directions at Earnshaw Dr.
I think somebody needs to tell her that Earnshaw Dr. is the road across from E.P.W. and Rt. 5 = Branch Ave.

[Chasey_Lane]

Must be some big accident.

[huntr1]

Originally Posted by Chasey_Lane

Must be some big accident.

Yup, at least it is close to the hospital.

[Pete]

There was a big one in Hollywood right in front of the firehouse. A bunch of fire trucks and sheriff's cars and ambulances.

Originally Posted by huntr1

Rt. 5 is shut down in both directions at Ed's Plant World. Over an hour backup between Mattawoman-Beantown and Ed's.

Traffic reporter obviously doesn't know SoMD, she first reported that there was an hour backup on Rt. 5 between M-W & E.P.W., then, as a seperate incident, said that Branch Ave. is shut down in both directions at Earnshaw Dr.
I think somebody needs to tell her that Earnshaw Dr. is the road across from E.P.W. and Rt. 5 = Branch Ave.

So glad I took the day off.

[huntr1]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

So glad I took the day off.

Glad I took the bus this A.M. Was asleep before we pulled out of the lot @ 4:30 and woke momentarilly when someone sat down next to me in Waldorf, then slept until we got to the first stop in D.C., then dozed lightly until the stop before mine. Caught the 5:30 metro train (which I usually miss by about 30 seconds to a minute) and proceeded to sleep until we were pulling into the station in Silver Spring.

[AC/DC]

Originally Posted by huntr1

Yup, at least it is close to the hospital.

Tuesday night there was a bad accident at Surratts (sp) Road, right in front of Southern Maryland Hospital……..the helicopter circled three times before heading back the way it came, crashing so close to the hospital didn’t help that person.

Originally Posted by AC/DC

Tuesday night there was a bad accident at Surratts (sp) Road, right in front of Southern Maryland Hospital……..the helicopter circled three times before heading back the way it came, crashing so close to the hospital didn’t help that person.

That intersection is horrible. They really need to look at why they have so many accidents there, and what they can do about reducing that. The fatal rate for that intersection is very high.

[crabcake]

Originally Posted by huntr1

Glad I took the bus this A.M. Was asleep before we pulled out of the lot @ 4:30 and woke momentarilly when someone sat down next to me in Waldorf, then slept until we got to the first stop in D.C., then dozed lightly until the stop before mine. Caught the 5:30 metro train (which I usually miss by about 30 seconds to a minute) and proceeded to sleep until we were pulling into the station in Silver Spring.

Thank you for that enlightening account of your morning commute/nap experience.

[crabcake]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

That intersection is horrible. They really need to look at why they have so many accidents there, and what they can do about reducing that. The fatal rate for that intersection is very high.

I'd bet that a lot of the cause is that there's a huge hill there. Someone gets the momentum going down that hill and doesn't stop for a changing light and probably t-bones someone else crossing.

An overpass at that intersection for Rt. 5 N&S would help matters greatly, I think.