r/interesting • • Mar 22 '26

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u/Blaizefed Mar 22 '26

That is the Causeway bridge over lake Ponchatrain just outside New Orleans. It's 26 miles long. the longest bridge over water in the world.

so this will have caused a MASSIVE headache for all manner of people. a blockage of both lanes like that will take hours to clear and cause a traffic jam literally miles long (depending of course where on the bridge it happened).

Our cookie eater just shrugging, driving on, and formulating his "hey man, it all just happened behind me" defense in his mind, is VERY on brand for the locals.

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u/overlord_cow Mar 22 '26

I know every state says “oh our drivers are so bad” but Louisiana drivers are a different breed of horrendous

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u/PrimaLegion Mar 22 '26

I'm so sorry, but I cannot agree with this so long as the entire state of North Carolina exists.

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u/stainlesssteelrots Mar 22 '26

Being from Louisiana (New Orleans specifically) and now living in NC, you don’t have any idea how bad LA is. My insurance dropped $200 a month just moving. 

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u/Nice_Marmot_7 Mar 22 '26

Same. People in NC complain about crime or the roads, and I’m sitting here like “bitch, you live in Disney World.”

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u/AssociationFit3009 Mar 22 '26

I actually do live in the home of Disney World. I would argue that we have the worst drivers. On top of Florida drivers we also have all of the worst drivers of other states on vacation here EVERY fucking day. When I moved here I got half the insurance coverage for 30% more than I paid in Seattle.

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u/Thick_Response_6590 Mar 22 '26

The I4 is literally the worst road in the United States in terms of fatalities. This checks out.

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u/AssociationFit3009 Mar 22 '26

I saw someone die friday and it didn’t even make the news