Delays Following Garden State Parkway Accident Near Exit 109
Morning crash caused 1 1/2-mile delay on the express lanes.
An accident near Exit 109 on the Garden State Parkway caused delays during the Tuesday morning commute.
According to 511nj.org, the New Jersey Department of Transportation's traffic information site, there was a 1 1/2-mile delay on the northbound express lanes just south of Exit 109 following the accident.
Information on the number of vehicles involved in the crash or whether anyone was injured was not immediately available.
NJarhead
8:07 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
I'm convinced this is the "most dangerous 12 miles" on the GSP.
helen bogad
8:56 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
between 117 and 109 is my guess as the most dangerous! People drive like they are the only ones on the road and everyone should get out of their way!
NJarhead
9:04 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
I had it as 105 to 117, but same difference.
paul heyman
9:43 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
You are all wrong. As I stated earlier it is 98 to 82. The Ocean county people are insane. I love how you guys think your anecdotal observations can become facts.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/08/parkway_widening_project_desig.html
NJarhead
1:11 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Well Paul, having only some of the facts hasn't really helped your cause either.
Giving only half the information is the same as lying.
bud
9:25 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Obviously you folks do not travel to NNJ. The saving grace up there is that there is so much traffic, you cannot go more than 25 mph during half the day. I drove to Atlantic City from MT area. Average car was doing 80 to 90mph with no exageration. You cannot walk away from an accident at that speed. SPEED KILLS, and not just in NJ. Over 40,000 people per year killed on US roads in auto accidents. Much bigger threat to safety than guns, sorry to report.
NJarhead
9:30 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Commuted to Teterboro for eight years. I saw some accidents (usually a flipped tractor trailor on an exit ramp). The fact is, we read about an accident (usually serious) between 105 and 117 seemingly every week.
paul heyman
9:43 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Speed does not kill. Ignorance kills and you are clearly ignorant. Show me one scientific peer reviewed study that links causality between speed and death in auto accidents and I will get you a date with jarhead.
NJarhead
11:58 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Paul, there are so many studies to choose from, even you can find one on your own. Heck, "The Convincer" demonstrated the importance of a seatbelt in a collsion at only 30mph.
And quit trying to pimp me out.
http://r.b5z.net/i/u/10047986/i/Nevada_small.jpg
Kaitlyn Anness
12:14 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Name calling will not be tolerated on Patch. Further name calling of other users in a comment threat will result in the suspension or deletion of usernames.
commonman
11:43 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
I drive 80-90 mph everyday on the GSP not a problem cars today are so much better engineered these speeds are fine. U want to drive 60 stay of the highway I have got places to go.
Shoregal
12:45 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
It's people like you who cause the problems. I think you need to stay off the road.
Publius
11:55 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
And the same people leave the highway and drive over the speed limit on local roads inches from children waiting for school buses and residents walking their pets. Speed not a factor in accidents? What about the people that routinely drive into fences and trees on roads leading to the Parkway (not anectotal evidence - first hand experience)? What about the girl that drove into a tree on Schwartzel Drive in Middletown (cart hit triee 6 feet in the air)? Speeding on local roads also leads to decreased property values. I don't care if you kill yourself - have at it - just don't hurt someone else or their property.
Paul Heyman
2:21 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
It is clearly anecdotal if you are using a car in a fence exiting a highway as proof that speeding kills. Where is the direct scientific evidence showing that the cars speed caused the accident. You do not have any. None. Even the girl on swartzel. Maybe she was going 50. I have seen cars travelling much faster than that and yet they did not crash. So clearly it was not speed. Her inexperience, distractions maybe she just had some nyquil. Who knows.
Glad to see you back thought john j. I look forward to you fighting with mary lou again.
Publius
12:14 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Please stop the DB, uninformed, third-grade bullying responses - "It is well established that speeding represents a risk to public safety. Excessive speed increases the likelihood of crashing and risk of severe injury in a crash. In 2005, more than 13,000 lives were lost in speeding related crashes (NHTSA, 2006a)." See Speed Enforcement Program Guidelines, U.S. DOT, NHTSA (Mar. 2008). Just one such report. Ask a police officer too about "too fast for conditions." Attacking the person and not the substance is not persuasive.
Tom
12:29 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Why is this a news story? Is the Patch going to start posting a story for every fender bender?
Paul Heyman
2:06 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The patch is almost as clueless as these posters. The NHTSA is not conducting scientifc research on causality. None of you idiots can find that it is clearly not possible there are too many variables to account for. The NHTSA is only saying that 13,000 lives were lost in accidents that they think the car was speeding. Even if the car was speeding which they cannot prove in 99.9% of the cases, the driver could have been distracted, got a cramp, been inexperienced or a woman. You are all unable to prove your statements.
Publius
4:02 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Reduced to name calling again? If you don't have the facts - pound the table. Facts are stubborn things. Where are your citations? See my earlier post. Driving faster reduces reaction time - that's a fact. Driving faster than the limited speed is ranked as the highest cause of road accidents. See ARPN Journal of Science and Technology (March 2012). "Increased travel speeds historically have led to increased traffic fatalities." (IIHS, 1999).
Mattytas
4:24 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
are there 2 paul heymans? one is lower case, one is upper. Someone is trying to get him banned I think...lol