Something Big and Bad always happens.....

It's that time of year in the run up to Christmas when something always happens that is  huge in volume and that impacts a lot of people. On Friday the 13th, right on time for those of us who think this is a bad luck day,  a lorry with a huge trailer jacknifed and flipped across the whole of the South bound lane of the A-7 just past the turnoff to the CV-35 which takes traffic into Valencia city.

As I write this I have not determined the full extent of the crash. It's difficult to see how no-one lost their life as it was such a disaster that would have involved other vehicles.  For one thing other South bound traffic came to a halt and stood still for hours. How far back the tail would have gone is any body's guess.

I first encountered the tailback as I was travelling North, making myself a note to avoid the A-7 on my return. I then promptly forgot that advice to myself, so it's no surprise that on my return I made the turn that took me straight into the thick of it. This was three hours later. I couldn't believe I did that. There was nothing else for it but to sit there and simmer for about thirty-minutes. Then, to my great surprise and delight there was movement, albeit very slow, but we were moving.

For my unmindfullness a journey from one entrance to the next exit that normally takes five minutes took close to an hour. It's just as well I'm a retired person when there is no hurry left in my life.

When that type of incident takes place that's when we come to realise how many trucks daily use the roads. When they all come to a stop it is an amazing sight.

Something Big and Bad, I can only hope that no one lost their life but that seems improbable.

Safe Holiday driving everyone!

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Eugene Carmichael