Now that we know that no one was seriously hurt in this legitimately terrifying one-car crash into Lake Anne yesterday afternoon, thanks in no small part to a bystander jumping into the water to help the passengers, we have two options for this one:
1) Wow, the things people will do to avoid paying for parking at RTC, or
2) After the latest in what seem like near-weekly serious accidents along this stretch of Wiehle Avenue, which have only been exacerbated by the exponential increase in speeding cut-through commuters since the Metro station opened, maybe it's time for someone to actually, you know, do something about this.
Southbound Wiehle at Inlet has a substantial bump in the right lane. This is due to high camber on Inlet meeting high camber on Wiehle. It does throw your car if you hit it at speed.
ReplyDeleteI can see an inept (or snockered) driver over-compensating for the change in direction. Stll, he must have been goin'a-hellin' to have enough momentum to plow through the trees and into the lake.
I fear our liberal overlords will "traffic calm" Wiehle down to one lane. Then all traffic will stack up behind DUIs and undocumented aliens going 5 MPH under the limit 'cause they can't afford a traffic-stop.