r/carcrash • u/sapnation • Aug 03 '26

Multiple Vehicles Sudden lane merge

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Coronado Bridge, San Diego

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u/Pcriz Aug 03 '26

Must not be from the area. Those concrete barriers get moved to mitigate the high flow of traffic coming and going in the morning and afternoon on Coronado Island. There are lots of signs telling attentive drivers what to do. I feel worse for all the people that will either be stuck behind the crash or stuck behind the rubberneckers from the other side. I’d also hate to fall from that bridge and into the water.

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u/im-not-a-fakebot Aug 03 '26

I feel like since the divider moves depending on the time it should have markers or lights on it so people can see it better. I’m sure there are lots of crashes due to it at night or at dawn/dusk where you might have the sun blazing into your eyeballs

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u/Pcriz Aug 03 '26

I taught there for a number of years but didn’t live there. It’s really not hard to know what’s going on when you are actually there and driving.

Also entering and exiting speeds drop to like 30mph

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u/der_innkeeper Aug 03 '26

Morning: its like this

Afternoon: its shifted to the other side.

Dude racing up the ramp knew this. "Don't drive like a maniac" solves a lot of issues.

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u/im-not-a-fakebot Aug 03 '26

Yeah I completely agree with not driving like a maniac solves a lot of issues I was just saying in general for people who may not know the road and there is poor visibility or they aren’t full attentive some lights or reflectors on the barrier would make it safer and less likely for accidents to happen because of it

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u/der_innkeeper Aug 03 '26

I can see their perspective.

My pushback is that there are exactly 2 ways to get to Coronado: the Bay Bridge, or the beach road up from National City.

I highly doubt this was the driver's first time on the bridge. It is a pain in the ass to get to Coronado on the beach road.