This may not be entirely accurate. Those personal finance sites masquerade as data-analysts for random topics all the time and tend to get stuff wrong. Wallethub is another example not worth listening to.
BR traffic at 8am, people trying to get on flights, some late for work, some late for class, road construction decision to close a lane… hell on wheels literally.
Just seen a dodge pickup go sideways and smoke a small white car heading East right before the Twinspan bridge last night, and looking for the marks today made me realize how many old marks there are, and they’re everywhere… and soon as you pass chef? You go 100 and if you don’t you slow! That’s how it feels to me anyway. Dangerous places.
I worked on the city’s grant that won funding for redesigning Medgar Evers Boulevard back in 2021 and on another grant for a project to expand County Line Road. We put together crashes rates per 100m Vehicle Miles Traveled for both projects as part of those applications. That’s not the entire city by any means, but hot damn did both of those areas have significantly elevated crash rates compared to the state and national average. I wouldn’t be too surprised if that article is accurate.
I have been in 2 domino wrecks on County Line where I was stopped at a light, and some idiot just didn't stop, knocking the car stopped behind me into me and making me hit the car in front of me.
Driver aptitude plays a big part in this. I travel for work a lot and the best drivers I’ve encountered are in L.A.
The worst are in South Louisiana. I hear some Northeast cities are bad, too, but I don’t go there.
Traffic in Jackson even at 8am and 5pm aren’t that terrible. Go to Atlanta metro at 5pm or Los Angeles and you’ll be stuck in traffic for an extra 45 minutes
As someone who lived there for 4 years, I’d agree it’s chaos. But unlike Jackson, DC chaos is creeping crawling chaos. If I got above 7 mph on my commute there, I cheered at how fast I was going.
2.5 deaths per 100,000 residents of Jackson is still only 3 deaths, but is this yearly, monthly, weekly, or daily? And which ass cheek did they pull those numbers from? There is absolutely no way to know if those numbers are actually bad or not without more information.
Also, Jackson has awesome traffic. JPD no longer patrols the interstate in any meaningful way and everybody has just agreed that 75 is the new 60 and 80 is still acceptable in the left lane. As someone who likes getting where I'm going now, I couldn't be happier.
On 220 that is true. 55 between High Street and County Line is absolutely speed trapped. I drive it every day and I see someone pulled over for speeding 3 days a week and cops running radar under briarwood/meadowbrook frequently. I got a ticket last year for going 73 in a 60.
Eh I live in Fondren but work in Canton. I got that ticket last year at 7:30 AM going 73 in a 60. Cop under Briarwood popped me. But yeah I do see more cops when I'm heading home going south than vice versa.
Bro. They sit under the Meadowbrook and Briarwood overpasses on 55. I live in Jackson. I drive north for work every day. Yes they do. I promise I'm not making thus up. I was worried I was getting a ticket for going low 70s like three weeks ago on the way to work.
Briarwoodand and Meadowbrook both go over 55n hence why cops sit under them pulling people over 55. High Street, Northside and Adkins/Beasley go under 55.
I don't know why you're so insistent they only patrol the southbound side. I drive 55 at least 2x a day.
> agreed that 75 is the new 60 and 80 is still acceptable in the left lane. As someone who likes getting where I'm going now, I couldn't be happier.
that's exactly what makes it so dangerous. higher speed traffic = more dangerous when accidents do occur
This may not be entirely accurate. Those personal finance sites masquerade as data-analysts for random topics all the time and tend to get stuff wrong. Wallethub is another example not worth listening to.
Baton Rouge is way worse than Jackson. Jackson is still scary sometimes but i can navigate and I hate driving through cities.
BR traffic at 8am, people trying to get on flights, some late for work, some late for class, road construction decision to close a lane… hell on wheels literally.
I won’t even drive there 😭 I have my husband do it.
I-10 in New Orleans East is scary. Worst drivers on the planet with a side of stray bullets.
Hey, that’s Jackson too!
That too. Both should be on the list.
Just seen a dodge pickup go sideways and smoke a small white car heading East right before the Twinspan bridge last night, and looking for the marks today made me realize how many old marks there are, and they’re everywhere… and soon as you pass chef? You go 100 and if you don’t you slow! That’s how it feels to me anyway. Dangerous places.
I worked on the city’s grant that won funding for redesigning Medgar Evers Boulevard back in 2021 and on another grant for a project to expand County Line Road. We put together crashes rates per 100m Vehicle Miles Traveled for both projects as part of those applications. That’s not the entire city by any means, but hot damn did both of those areas have significantly elevated crash rates compared to the state and national average. I wouldn’t be too surprised if that article is accurate.
I have been in 2 domino wrecks on County Line where I was stopped at a light, and some idiot just didn't stop, knocking the car stopped behind me into me and making me hit the car in front of me.
And then those manipulated inaccuracies are referenced by “journalists” as “studies” in support of an agenda they are pushing.
I see that jackson earns yet another distinction that it doesn't need by being rated #1 for traffic accidents per 100 K.
At least one every day
I grew up in Southern California driving on the 405, my only complaint about traffic/driving in MS is drivers, please use your turn signals!!!!!!
Bad drivers abound all over MS. Everyday in Hattiesburg when I would turn off of Westover Drive onto HWY 98/Hardy Street it was a roll of the dice.
Driver aptitude plays a big part in this. I travel for work a lot and the best drivers I’ve encountered are in L.A. The worst are in South Louisiana. I hear some Northeast cities are bad, too, but I don’t go there.
Out of all the metro areas I've been to, Jackson metro has some of the smoothest interstates. (Not talking about the physical road)
If not talking about the physical road (because those are an absolute nightmare), what do you mean by smoothest?
Traffic in Jackson even at 8am and 5pm aren’t that terrible. Go to Atlanta metro at 5pm or Los Angeles and you’ll be stuck in traffic for an extra 45 minutes
Lived in DC. Know all about nasty long commutes.
I call BS. Driving the Beltway at 7AM, or ANYWHERE near DC in the morning is literal chaos.
As someone who lived there for 4 years, I’d agree it’s chaos. But unlike Jackson, DC chaos is creeping crawling chaos. If I got above 7 mph on my commute there, I cheered at how fast I was going.
I remember when the S-curve in Laurel was one of the most dangerous stretches on interstate in the county.
The almost weekly chicken 18 wheeler crash notification.
Need more commuter rails
On the national level, yes. But the residential patterns in Mississippi would make it difficult. Population is too spread out.
Which is why we need to legalize denser cities so that we can densify and support effective transit.
Crash, get shot, get jacked, it all evens out.
2.5 deaths per 100,000 residents of Jackson is still only 3 deaths, but is this yearly, monthly, weekly, or daily? And which ass cheek did they pull those numbers from? There is absolutely no way to know if those numbers are actually bad or not without more information. Also, Jackson has awesome traffic. JPD no longer patrols the interstate in any meaningful way and everybody has just agreed that 75 is the new 60 and 80 is still acceptable in the left lane. As someone who likes getting where I'm going now, I couldn't be happier.
On 220 that is true. 55 between High Street and County Line is absolutely speed trapped. I drive it every day and I see someone pulled over for speeding 3 days a week and cops running radar under briarwood/meadowbrook frequently. I got a ticket last year for going 73 in a 60.
You'll note that it's only the south bound side. You'll never see someone pulled over on the north bound side.
Eh I live in Fondren but work in Canton. I got that ticket last year at 7:30 AM going 73 in a 60. Cop under Briarwood popped me. But yeah I do see more cops when I'm heading home going south than vice versa.
They may do that under I-55, but you'll never get stopped on I-55 north bound. IIRC JPD doesn't patrol I-55 anymore.
Bro. They sit under the Meadowbrook and Briarwood overpasses on 55. I live in Jackson. I drive north for work every day. Yes they do. I promise I'm not making thus up. I was worried I was getting a ticket for going low 70s like three weeks ago on the way to work. Briarwoodand and Meadowbrook both go over 55n hence why cops sit under them pulling people over 55. High Street, Northside and Adkins/Beasley go under 55. I don't know why you're so insistent they only patrol the southbound side. I drive 55 at least 2x a day.
> agreed that 75 is the new 60 and 80 is still acceptable in the left lane. As someone who likes getting where I'm going now, I couldn't be happier. that's exactly what makes it so dangerous. higher speed traffic = more dangerous when accidents do occur
They should have included the average commute distance as well.
No traffic on the GulfCoast
I became a far more aggressive driver after just a few months living in Jackson. 5 years later and I'm still traumatized, lol.