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Traffic by the Numbers
Busiest holiday travel day not so busy
Date published: 11/26/2007 By Flowers Umble BY AMY FLOWERS UMBLE Wayne and Penny Seipel once drove through St. Martin moments after Hurricane George ripped through the West Indies island. So the Winchester couple didn't think twice about braving the busiest travel day of the Thanksgiving holiday. "We travel whenever we want to," Penny said. They became two of the 1.1 million Virginians AAA Mid-Atlantic expected to travel 50 miles or more over the holiday weekend, driving to Myrtle Beach to spend the holiday with some of their grandchildren. They didn't know what they'd find on the road north yesterday, when many other travelers were expected to head home. "Fortunately, we have not hit a lot of traffic," Penny said at a Caroline County rest stop along The couple left Myrtle Beach, S.C., at noon and hit the rest stop at 6 p.m. They only hit one bad spot, near Richmond, where an accident clogged traffic, they said. Interviews with travelers at two rest stops along I-95 indicated that through early evening, the traffic wasn't the nightmare many had anticipated. Ian Wiscovitch and Joshua Barton said they were able to travel at 80 mph for most of their trip from the Virginia Beach area back to George Mason University. The students said they could have left a day earlier and not chanced traffic, but they wanted to spend more time with their families. They had to slow down to 5 mph near Williamsburg because of an accident on Sgt. F.L. Tyler, spokesperson for the Virginia State Police, said yesterday was expected to be the busiest travel day, and extra police officers would be working until midnight. As of 6 p.m., there were no major incidents on area roads, he said. Southbound travelers reported more traffic troubles. Holly McGonigle, driving from Pennsylvania back home to Ft. Bragg, N.C., was nearly halfway through her trip when she stopped at the Welcome Center near the State Route 3 exit off of It had already taken her five hours. She had six to go, and the entire trip typically lasts eight, she said. "This is the worst it's ever been," said McGonigle, who has made the drive on holiday weekends since 2001. Once she got near Fredericksburg, the traffic eased some. But it was slow driving until then. Luckily, her two sons, Scott, who will turn 6 next week, and Thomas, 18 months, and her puppy, an 8-week-old boxer named Duke, were good travelers. "Just put a DVD in and they're good to go," said McGonigle's mom, Carol Gearhart. Amy Flowers Umble: 540/735-1973Email: aumble@freelancestar.com
Date published: 11/26/2007
They can't be that stupid
(posted by
freedomfirst
, Nov. 26, 2007 8:42 pm)
They must have given a fake name and place of abode...or they were partaking of some mind altering powders..
what dummies
(posted by
1eviltwin
, Nov. 26, 2007 10:49 am)
he should get a fine for being stupid enough to admit he was doing 80...slap a civil liberties fine on him 3k pay up for being dumb
80 MPH?
(posted by
werstenz
, Nov. 26, 2007 9:26 am)
I wasn't aware the speed limit was raised. 20MPH over the speed limit is reckless driving. Thanks for being idiots on the highway!
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