Kurt’s answer to traffic on I-5

Last night Kurt made the comment that his commute was the shortest he had in the five years that we’ve lived in our house. He was just ecstatic. This morning I was reading the paper and came across this short article, “6-vehicle crash snarls I-5 traffic“.

Friday, September 7, 2007 - Page updated at 07:39 AM
6-vehicle crash snarls I-5 traffic
By Seattle Times staff
MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES

All lanes of northbound I-5 were shut down through Shoreline by a crash caused by a pickup with faulty brakes pulling a trailer, according to the State Patrol.

A six-vehicle crash that sent one person to the hospital and snarled traffic on northbound Interstate 5 through Shoreline on Thursday afternoon was caused by a pickup with faulty brakes pulling a camping trailer, according to the State Patrol.
All lanes of the freeway were shut down at about 3 p.m. near Northeast 175th Street. Traffic quickly backed up nearly six miles to Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood, according to the state Department of Transportation.

A woman, a passenger in the pickup, was hospitalized with serious injuries, State Patrol spokesman Cliff Pratt said. No one else was seriously hurt.

The chain-reaction crash resulted when the pickup, from British Columbia, failed to stop, Pratt said.

The freeway was reopened at about 5 p.m.

Copyright © 2007 The Seattle Times Company

I sent the link to Kurt with the email subject, “What made your commute tolerable…” He replied with this email which he also sent to some friends…

I commented last night that my commute was the best in 5 years of living in *our city*.

The freeway was strangely quiet.

I thought there must have been an accident south of *area where he works*.

I enjoyed this so much, I’m praying for more 6 car pile ups.

I’m thinking I might buy some $50 junker cars and then pay homeless guys $20 to play demolition derby on I-5 in *city south of where he works* to the benefit of my commute.