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Old 12-24-2015, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruiser1 View Post
I usually take I-75 . I would avoid I-75 on holiday weekends. On 11/29
I got as far as Ocala before coming to a complete stop. Everyone was doing 85 with one car length between cars. One little bump and it was a 9 car wreck. Naturally every accident then causes a 5 mile back up in both directions.

The weather was perfect- bone dry roads ,,but due density (and I mean density) of traffic and drivers it was one of the most brutal drives I have ever experienced.
The trip to South Carolina took 7 hours rather than the estimated 5 hours.
I took 301 for the first time coming back. Yes there were slow downs in communities but as least the traffic was moving.
You make a very good point about bumper to bumper traffic going 85 mph. And add the fact that when there are 3 lanes, drivers going fast pass on the right as well. No, I don't think interstate driving is safer than 301.