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View submission: Wrong way driver on 45 S
Does this ONLY happen here? I cover the West Coast for work and I never hear or see this happening in LA, Portland, Vegas etc
Comment by Starkeshia at 09/03/2025 at 14:31 UTC
64 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I suspect it has a lot to do with our ubiquitous feeder roads. Turn the wrong way on the feeder and every exit ramp turns into an entrance ramp.
Comment by britneynp1 at 09/03/2025 at 16:35 UTC
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This happens on the west coast. Literally had a 3 car pileup in Pasadena less than 6 months ago for this same reason. Every city needs to install wrong way spike strips 🤦🏾♀️
Comment by TheDevil-YouKnow at 09/03/2025 at 13:43 UTC
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Well, I can tell you I, a native Houstonian, completely sober, somehow ended up driving the wrong way on some pretty major road in Vegas. I did manage to put together that all.. 6? Lanes had headlights facing me, so I popped a curb and drove through a parking lot to find brake lights.
The only time I've ever driven the wrong way in Houston was after Rita. The whole city was basically abandoned, so me and some friends drove around like we were the survivors of an extinction event.
Comment by aj8435 at 09/03/2025 at 16:34 UTC
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Wrong way drivers were pretty bad when I lived in Phoenix and I thought it couldn’t get any worse than there, but Houston definitely takes the crown.
Comment by Texaschica92 at 10/03/2025 at 00:59 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
My cousin unfortunately died from a wrong way driver in Philly so this I’m guessing this is a problem other places. I do notice it is not uncommon here and hear about a wrong way crash almost every weekend .