Bekah vs. Semi-Trucks

So today I left class around 930 so I could run by the ATM, fill up my gas tank, and grab a soda before I set off for Nashville. I got off campus in record time and had grabbed money, the gas, and the soda by 9:45 and was on my way. My appointment in Nashville wasn't until 11:30 so I thought I was gonna be uber early since it only takes an hour to get there, so I started thinking of things to do before my meeting until about 15 minutes down the road traffic slowed down....really down. Wayyyyyy down. So down, that I spent the next hour and a half within the same 10 mile radius. With no visible construction or accidents and no sirens blaring I was at a loss for what was slowing everyone down.

So I call my trusty friend, Christy, who lives in Nashville, and ask her to check traffic conditions and she informs me of an accident that has happened near the border more than 4 hours earlier.

This must be some accident, I think, death and destruction. Absolute carnage, right?

Wrong.

I finally reach one of those light signs that tells you of traffic delays, and it says "ACCIDENT AHEAD, 1 MILE."

Don't you think it would have made a LITTLE more sense to put one of those WAY back, so that those that didn't need to be on the interstate could get off and use back roads and cut down on the congestion? But that's not the point.

So I start seeing orange cones, more orange cones, and some more. Finally, I see some D.O.T. trucks and a police car, and a semi that's run off the road as well as two tow trucks that are attempting to remove the runaway truck from the grass beside the interstate.

I. was. frustrated. I know there's nothing that could be done about it, and yes, the semi-truck had to be removed, but an hour and a half to go through 10 miles?! I was irritated, not to mention 30 minutes late for my meeting (thank God for cell phones) but I did finally arrive in Nashville at noon. 2 hours and 15 minutes to get to Nashville. Ridiculous.

So if that wasn't enough.

I left Nashville (after a fabulous afternoon with Christy and Marion) around 4, and I get on the road and about 5 minutes down the interstate traffic slowed down....really down. Wayyyyyy down.

Here we go again.

So I spent the next while braking and going a little bit and braking and going a little more, and we pass a three car wreck. But traffic is still backed up. WHY?! So, another mile or three down the road, I see police cars off to the side of the road on the opposite side of the interstate monitoring a semi that is snapped in half. Yeah. Snapped. In. Half. Like an obtuse "V." But after I passed that, it was pretty much smooth sailing, but it still took close to two hours to get home, which is still ridiculous. But I am now back in my dorm room, safe, sound, and traffic free.