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Just how crazy is batshit?

Don't ask me why I've been thinking about this so much the past day. I have no solid explanation, except perhaps thinking that if any bridge in Cleveland were to collapse like the one in Minneapolis did, it would be the I-90 Innerbelt bridge that goes through the downtown area.
_{(Or the I-480 bridge, which is freaking huge and REALLY REALLY tall and kinda frightening. Or the 1-77 bridge that crosses over I-480, which is currently under construction and looks terrifying right now. They're all scary, period.)}

( I-90 Bridge, going over the Cuyahoga River and a bunch of piles of... stuff. )
See, that bridge is over a mile long. That photo doesn't even grab all of it - that's just one chunk. I go over it every day. Oh, AND under it every day.

And then there's Dead Man's Curve, also on I-90. Actually, it's just a mile or two east of the long-ass bridge. Google maps has it here. (It's in the middle.) I know there's lots of Dean Man's Curves, but why is it that Cleveland's is the only one on Wikipedia that has any sort of detail? Tons of accidents here; mostly semi drivers that don't take the twenty million flashing lights, rumble strips, and "SLOW DOWN" signs seriously.

Why is it that Cleveland's Innerbelt stretch of I-90 (which is the longest interstate in the United States, by the way) is so... screwed up?

For that matter, why is it that Ohio seems to be the only state that's REALLY FOND of the word 'Innerbelt?' I know Wikipedia isn't a reliable source of information, but here we go. Akron, Cleveland, and Columbus all have Innerbelts; Charlotte, NC is the only other city listed here.

My weird driving questions, to satisfy my curiosity:
- Innerbelt? Do you have one, know of one, or is Wikipedia actually telling the truth?
- Does anyone else have rumble strips? Do you call them rumble strips? (If you don't know what I'm talking about, they're... little sections of lines cut into the road that are designed to make you wake up, I suppose.)
- In Ohio, there are often little memorials built wherever someone was killed in a car accident. I'm used to this, so I thought this was common everywhere until someone on my friends' list (I can't remember who) asked about it a few months ago. Anyone else have traditions like that?
- In Cleveland, if you're not tailgating someone during rush hour, you're in danger. Someone will cut you off, without using their turn signal, just because they think it will get them somewhere faster. I once actually had someone beckon me to drive closer to their bumper because I was too far away for their taste. I know Chicago traffic is pretty similar (except even crazier). Anyone else forced to drive like an asshole?

... this concludes my most random post ever. I don't even know what this is about. CARS. Hello. Using My Dean/Metallicar icon for inappropriateness.

Have you ever noticed that Mr. Weasley is in the very first episode of Red Dwarf?

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Well, he is. :)