Heavy traffic and risky driving reported on I-35 near Buda, Austin TX
TrafficDrivers on I-35 near Buda report heavy traffic and dangerous driving behaviors. Some have experienced being rear-ended or nearly side-swiped by speeding vehicles going 85 to 90 mph. One driver described a vehicle passing dangerously on an off ramp gore area and almost hitting others in the left lane. There is concern about erratic driving with significant speed differences creating unsafe conditions on the highway.
Audio|Source: Austin Metro Area Amateur Repeaters
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Transcript:
00:00
I'm on 35, just passing Buda.
00:06
Ah, traffic must have been pretty reasonable going that way today. I don't, I avoid going that way. I just, because sometimes it bites me, and it's like, sometimes like, oh, it's 20 minutes, other times it's 40, 5 minutes, and it's a gamble every day.
00:21
Only took like 40 minutes, or, yeah, wait, 30 minutes and change today.
00:38
At least won't get rear-ended again in the work truck. I've been in two rear-end accidents in the work truck and it's too much paperwork.
00:48
Oh,
00:51
those are the worst.
00:53
I got a dash cam at least to prove what I was doing wasn't stupid when I get hit.
00:59
I've gotten a couple rear ends as well.
01:06
Yeah, I've been rear-ended twice in this truck and then another car somewhat side-swiped me on 35.
01:16
They were doing like probably 85, 90 miles an hour, came into my lane and almost took my mirror off with theirs and just kept on driving.
01:27
I was like, oh, that's pleasant.
01:34
I had a close call with my wife's car a couple days ago where I was coming back and somebody like basically, you know, like, you know, where the gore for an off ramp, somebody passed me on it, like I was in the right lane, they passed me from the off ramp across the gore. They just missed, like hairs length and then almost went and hit a bunch of other people. in the left lane as they cut across.
02:06
We were driving like probably 65, 70, and that person was probably going at least 90. There was a huge speed differential.
02:26
doing yeah 75 plus driving erratically it's it's something else out here
02:39
like I just want to get home to my family
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