Grapevine and Plano encounters, same week
Grapevine and Plano encounters, same week
It hasn't been a great week for me on the road... after years of not getting stopped, I was involved in a minor fender-bender in heavy stop-and-go traffic in the construction at the 114-121 junction early in the week, to which Grapevine PD responded to write a report, then got stopped in Plano today for going 10 over the limit. Presented CHL to both LEOs, with the same response: "Are you carrying?" "Yes, it's in the console." "OK." The second officer requested "just keep your hands on the wheel please while I step back to my vehicle for a moment to print out a warning and then you'll be on your way." Both were very professional and I was please that they treated licensed carry as a non-issue.
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Re: Grapevine and Plano encounters, same week
Good to hear everything went well. I'm not surprised you had a wreck in Grapevine. The construction around here is nuts. As soon as you get used to how the traffic lanes are, they get shuffled around. It's going quickly, but it's a pain while we're going through it.
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Yeah, I was almost rear-ended by an 18 wheeler the other night at the DFW airport 114/121 split. Messy traffic even at 9:30 pm!
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Re: Grapevine and Plano encounters, same week
With that construction over there, it seems to be a mess 7x24. I actually started cutting off on 26 by Bass Pro and go through Grapevine when heading over to Roanoke for CHL classes at Cabela's. I usually check the GPS to see how congested the interchange is, but have found i can make it almost as quick across 26 no matter.Lonest4r wrote:Yeah, I was almost rear-ended by an 18 wheeler the other night at the DFW airport 114/121 split. Messy traffic even at 9:30 pm!
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Re: Grapevine and Plano encounters, same week
Not just Grapevine. I think every hiway in the metroplex is under construction of some type.
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Seriously. I moved here from Southern California where the traffic is BAD because there are so many people. I moved out here thinking the traffic might be better but in many cases its WORSE because of the construction all over the place.RPBrown wrote:Not just Grapevine. I think every hiway in the metroplex is under construction of some type.
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Now you know why I'm vacationing over here... I'll come back when the construction is finishedhi-power wrote: I'm not surprised you had a wreck in Grapevine. The construction around here is nuts.
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Re: Grapevine and Plano encounters, same week
Good luck with that. I've been here for 69 years and it hasn't finished yet!MadMonkey wrote:Now you know why I'm vacationing over here... I'll come back when the construction is finishedhi-power wrote: I'm not surprised you had a wreck in Grapevine. The construction around here is nuts.
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Re: Grapevine and Plano encounters, same week
Well... the new corridor anywayMel wrote:Good luck with that. I've been here for 69 years and it hasn't finished yet!MadMonkey wrote:Now you know why I'm vacationing over here... I'll come back when the construction is finishedhi-power wrote: I'm not surprised you had a wreck in Grapevine. The construction around here is nuts.
I lived there for about 4 years and it wasn't too bad until that crap started. When I get back I'm planning to move to Justin. My sisters and brother all live in Grapevine though.
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