Look! Roller Coasters!

Last week I attended a conference in Indiana. This required me to drive through Chicago, which meant my life was threatened several times...

...by Illinois drivers.

Granted, Florida drivers are worse (at least in my experience), but there's nothing like being tailgated by a semi in a 45 mph construction zone when the flow of traffic is going at least 70. Construction zones are also perilous because, despite the signs signalling lane closures at least a mile in advance of said lane closure, some idiot always waits until the very last second to move over.  I had two near-miss accidents because of this stupidity.

This trip was actually better than my last trip through Chicago, though, because at least it wasn't raining.

There is one stretch of I-94 north, however, where traffic slows down considerably, every time, without fail. This phenomenon is the result of one thing - roller coasters.

I-94 passes right by Six Flags: Great America, and you'd think none of the people in any of the cars on the road had ever seen an amusement park before by the amount of rubbernecking that goes on. I was fortunate enough to pass through this stretch of road in light traffic, but I imagine the gradual slowing down and even, in some cases, braking, that goes on would be hazardous in heavy traffic.

I wonder if any attorneys have had car accident cases in Illinois where a fender bender was caused by Six Flags gawking.