Snow Squall

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Yesterday, I warmed up my truck and cleaned it off so I can use it for my 0830 appt. I left at 0730 allowing travel time, boy was I way off on this. I decided to avoid I-15 with all its snail pace crawl, the snow was dumping quite heavily. Instead, I used the 1900 frontage road parallel to I-15 from 2700N. By the time I reached the 400N intersection in Farr West traffic was backed up. Traffic was at a stop & go from that point on all the way into 5600 in Roy. Those who were making left turns onto 1900 from many of the side streets would bog down traffic by running red lights clogging/stopping in the middle of intersections. The 1900 traffic was unable to move on green light so we sat thru 2-4 light changes before anything could move and only 3-4 vehicles got thru before red light occurs. For me sitting in line from a far distance I never experienced going thru 40-50+ light changes like this at one signal. This happened at several traffic signals. Also, whenever I could view I-15 from the frontage road I could see traffic backed up & stalled, it didn't matter what route to take. At 0815 I called ahead to my appt which I was locked in traffic nearing West Haven informing them I was not going to make it to my appt time but was enroute. They said just show up as they were receiving cancellations & they can get me in still. At 1000 I finally pulled into the parking lot of Davis North Hosp. What normally would take 15-20min to reach DNH took 2½hrs. At 1130 I was homeward bound with an additional 2"+ on my truck, took I-15 & clear sailing. By the time I got home there was a foot of snow on my driveway. 

I witnessed a few ungrateful drivers that didn't belong out in these conditions with their road rage mentality. Witnessed a few slide offs where anxious travelers trying to pass or getting ahead. Also, saw one low profile car merging from a parking lot from the right about 4 vehicles ahead of me at ramming speed to break thru a snowbank T-boning something bigger than he was, a dump truck. Do I need to say who lost that battle. Idiots out in force!
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