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Originally Posted by Bearcat
To KC and back, I usually get off I-40 at Tucumcari, NM, taking 54/400 to Wichita... few cops and saves ~100 miles from staying on 40, but also several small towns with reduced speed limits. Probably doesn't save a ton of time in the end, but saves me one gas stop. (granted, 1-40 east of that point is infinitely better than New Mexico and Arizona, as there are shit ton of truckers and none of them seem to give a shit if they stay in the left lane for 3 hours because they can't ever get enough momentum between the hills to pass.  ) |
I'd done that route in the past, when I was much younger, but it really only saves about 30 minutes. My biggest criteria for driving back over the holidays was to avoid any and all 2 lane highways because they can be so difficult to navigate, especially at night.
We attended an October 2019 wedding in Palo Alto, which required me to take the California 152 at night, which is a two lane freeway. It was just scary as hell because Semi's were rolling at 75 miles an hour or more on winding roads and it was all I could do to keep my vehicle in my lane to avoid an accident.
After that, I vowed to myself never to take busy 2 lane freeways, especially with my family in the vehicle. I was like 3 feet from a serious car accident a dozen or more times that night and I could barely sleep after the six hour drive because my adrenaline was still pumping.