Sunday, January 25, 2015

Snowstorm leads to crashes on I-91

Mark Ankuda
A Springfield man was injured Saturday morning in a crash on snow-covered I-91, and a little later a tractor-trailer accident partially closed the interstate’s northbound lanes for more than two hours. http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20150125/THISJUSTIN/701259935

14 comments :

  1. Another testament to the incompetence of the state DOT crews stationed out of Springfield, aka 'Accidents R Us'. I've NEVER seen a stretch of highway so poorly maintained. Time for heads to roll!

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    1. maybe you should get your facts straight,the accident happened in Windsor,not Springfield,so I'm guessing the dot crew was from Windsor or Ascutney, Time for a apology from you

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    2. chuck gregory1/27/15, 5:58 PM

      7:50, it just now struck me how so many Anonymice appear to be Springfielders who love to foul the nest.

      It's not that they just carp rather than carp and offer a practical solution. Besides sending a message-- often, like 1:53's, false or unfounded-- that damns the town, they quite often reveal themselves to be not particularly nice people to have in one's town.

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    3. It might be due to your poor eyesight, but I'm betting that it's your leftist ideology that dictates that you refuse to acknowledge any thoughts contrary to leftist propaganda, which is why you allege an absence of practical solutions being offered on this site. In reality, there have been multitudes of them, but because they usually either don't involve government or involve an expectation of responsible citizenship, you ignore them. Your "nest" metaphor is all that needs to be said for your view of life - society should be tucked into its tidy little nest and cared for by mama and papa bird. Your nest is being fouled by a growing brood of all of those coddled little chickies that never leave the nest, not by those who took to their wings and are now producing the wealth of which you are insatiably envious.

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  2. How in the world are these accidents the DOT fault? Given the amount of miles of road to clear and the ever changing weather, I fail to see how the DOT can make every road clear for every minute of the day. These accidents are under investigation so, gee, it may be the fault of the driver (going too fast, no seat belt or any other number of issues) or possibly just a pure and simple accident. Time for heads to roll? You must be kidding.

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    1. This is Springfield, everything is someone else's fault.

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  3. Maybe the headline should read "Driving to fast for conditions leads to accidents on I-91" I don't think DOT is responsible for someone losing control of "their" vehicle

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  4. Get well soon Mark!

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  5. I drive from Springfield to the Upper Valley each morning (around 8:00am mind you). There are times when a snow plow hasn't even plowed the slow lane..... and then you get to I89 in NH the both lane are clear. VT DOT will say it takes time to deploy crews, why doesn't NH have that problem? I remember when VT roads were superior to NH. Those who say the DOT does a good job and you just need to slow down, are either old, do not work or both.

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  6. chuck gregory1/26/15, 7:58 PM

    Years ago I was talking with Dave Patterson, who was the manager of the DOT garage in Ludlow. He mentioned that the state, in order to keep within budget, had reduced the salting and sanding of state roads by 40%. About the same time, a state senator, Ed Flanagan, skidded off a road and was not found for a couple of days. He suffered traumatic brain injury and has since spent the rest of his life coping as best he can at about two-thirds his former speed. Needless to say, recovery was very, very expensive. What his insurance didn't cover and he couldn't cover we may be sure the hospitals passed on to us.

    I calculated what my tax share would be to restore Vermont's winter roads to top condition of drivability, providing a surface which would have helped Ed keep to the road and prevented a lifelong disaster.

    The sum was $109, the price of one medium-quality cowboy boot. If it were your child, spouse or significant other out there, how willing would you be to pay to keep them from lifelong handicap?

    If we don't pay taxes for good roads, we don't have the right to complain about what we get.

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  7. Chuck and his good old calculator. It always produces an answer that is easily attainable by just giving up one cup of coffee per day. He must be on a secret campaign to put D.D. and Starbuck's out of business!

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    1. chuck gregory1/28/15, 11:15 AM

      Well, there are the people who complain about taxes the way they complain about the weather, and then there are the people who complain about taxes because they don't understand what taxes are used for. Which group are you in?

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    2. The one that sees the government's enormous waste, fraud, and abuse of our money. I don't live (or aspire to live) in a tidy socialist cocoon like you!

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    3. I'm in the group that works 80 hrs/wk to sustain my family, home and small business. A business whose payroll contributes to the local economy and pays far more in taxes then we will ever get in return. Worst of all, my personal taxes go to support those with a diametrically opposed value system to my own.

      So Chuck, explain to me one more time, exactly what have you done to improve this community? Can start with justifying the eyesore on Mineral Street.

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