re: Vol reporter Wes Rucker dead in fatal car crash

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That ~20 miles stretch feels like a death trap, traffic is moving way too fast with how distracted people are and how often it comes to a complete standstill.

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Lived in Nashville for a decade and moved back to Knoxville a few years ago. Nashville traffic is way worse in total congestion (you can find yourself inching forwards on all sorts of roads) but I40 through Knoxville is crazy dangerous.

You can be going on 40 West through downtown at 65-70 mph, take a corner and have visibility obscured due to interstate ramps then suddenly encounter standstill traffic around 17th and Sutherland. Nashville traffic drove me mad. Knoxville traffic scares me sometimes. Nothing like hitting the brakes hard on the interstate and hoping the truck behind you wont run you over

I don’t know what the solution is but I’m hoping something can improve because of this tragedy