Charlotte Traffic Accidents

[wwcitizen]

Yesterday, on our way from Asheville, NC, to the airport in Charlotte, we came upon a traffic jam. It seemed odd, but then we though, "Oh, it's Mother's Day.". Well, in less than 1/2 mile down the road and after 5 police cars, an EMT van and a fire truck passed us, it was clearly an accident holding us up. Actually, when we counted them, there were about 7 accidents within the span of 2 miles down the road. Good visibility, no rain, roads were fine... There was a really bad accident (with stretchers, an ambulance, and a different fire truck) at the forefront of all the activity, then all the other accidents were from rubber neckers, idiots, and absent-minded drivers switching lanes at the last minute without a blinker. One kind of accident I always find interesting in stop-and-go traffic is rear-end collissions. Yea, we saw three different ones along the highway, and one of them was 7 cars long. Seven. Unreal.