Concerning the recent heart-breaking accident on the interstate near East Ridge:
When I first saw that design, I thought WHAT? What genius rocket scientist designed this?
You wanna continue north toward Knoxville? One would think automatically, start merging right...... but NOOOO!!! If you wanna go north, you gotta get in the left lane, which is opposite of what one's natural instinct tells you... then watch for dangerous sudden lane changes from drivers who think they must change lanes immediately. Wanna go west? Then you must get in the right lane... the very lane that one's instinct tells you that you are now headed to Knoxville.
I'm afraid there will be more horrible accidents until this is corrected.
Chattanooga now has its very own Malfunction Junction in my opinion, All this confusion, thanks to bonehead planners with the so called Tennessee Department of Safety.
Fix it, guys, just FIX IT. -
I am Ben Cagle and I approve this message.
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When someone has bad instincts, maybe they should actually look at the signs.
If going north (or any direction) on a major highway where a different highway starts by splitting off of the one you are on, it is bad instincts to think you would have to go to a right hand exit to continue on the road you are on. That was the original design of “exit” positioning to continue on I-75 going north. And there was always last minute drivers forcing their way into the right hand “exit” position to continue on I-75. Before the change, I have had a mirror ripped off by a late lane changer panicking to go right to the “exit” position in order to continue on I-75, as well as many other times with close calls.
When going north on I-75, it is an “exit” to change from I-75 to I-24 and that belongs on the right, while the continuous left lanes continue on I-75. But it does not really matter if people would read the signs.
According to someone’s instinct, I guess the TN-153 exit off of I-75 north needs to be changed to be on the left and to continue north on I-75, shouldn’t it have to move right to the “exit” position to continue north?
Left hand exits from a highway are never a good option over having left hand lanes CONTINUE on the same road. Left (I-75 to I-75), not (I-75 to I-24) or (I-75 to TN-153).
I am Jim Hill and I ONLY approve this message.