Once in the city limits of Knoxville, the traffic was thin and moving rather briskly until all of a sudden traffic was stopped, backed up, and slowly moving to the left as emergency vehicles creeped past us with sirens blaring. Fortunately, most of the drivers (including truckers) were polite, allowing every other vehicle to merge left from 4 lanes down to 1 lane that was actually the pull over zone for disabled vehicles.
As I drove by the wreck, it looked like 4-5 vehicles were involved and that a few had been injured since there were 3 ambulances. One of the vehicle involved in the crash was facing me as I drove by, the front end of the car completely smashed up against the front seat and the driver was still pinned in behind the wheel.
I later found out that all the vehicles involved were driving too fast and following too close and with the amount of rain coming down on the road and hydroplaning conditions in place... it was the perfect storm for an accident.
I would suspect that there are twice as many vehicles on the road in 2020 as there were in the 1960's and I have personally observed that unless there is a highway patrolman or cop in plain sight, NO ONE OBSERVES the speed limit and that includes: Old/Young, Black/White, Male/Female as well as Hispanics, and illegal immigrants.
Personally, I don't care who lives or dies anymore because when I drive, I assume EVERYONE IS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE and watch my speed, keep my distance, and am constantly on the lookout for asshole drivers.
It's nothing personal, just the world that we are living in today.
