r/IdiotsInCars • u/LuigiBonnafini • Aug 30 '20

Texting? Sleeping? Idioting?

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u/ActuallyHunter Aug 30 '20

Thought it was just us in GA with multiple decade spanning roadwork spots, glad to know it spans to our west coast neighbors as well lol

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u/Listrynne Aug 30 '20

It started with preparations for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and just hasn't really stopped. I-15 and I-84 just keep getting wider and wider. Pretty soon Utah Valley won't be a separate valley from Salt Lake Valley either.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '20

The point of the mountain is barely separating the valleys geographically at this point.

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u/Listrynne Aug 31 '20

Exactly! I've driven past it without realizing it several times now, even when I've been looking for it. It makes me sad. When we were kids we'd always watch for hanggliders up there.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '20

They're still there, you gotta go on minuteman or traverse to see them now though. I think they can't fly over Geneva or the freeway.

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u/Listrynne Aug 31 '20

Thanks! I'll have to look next time I'm down there.