TRAFFIC MADNESS

Yesterday I made the one hour trip from Oakland to Eugene to take care of some business at my credit union.   Usually the traffic on this portion of I-5 is not that bad depending on weather and time of season, but not the case yesterday.   For the most part I drive in the slow lane between 65 to 70 mph and pass trucks when necessary that are driving 60 to 65 mph.    Yesterday many trucks were passing me in excess of 75 mph and many passenger vehicles were going in excess of 80 mph.   The farther north I got the worst the traffic got.  North of Creswell both lanes going north were bumper to bumper with tail lights coming on that signal the start of rear end collisions.   Luckily exit 186, south of Goshen  was within sight and for my own sanity I took it over to old highway 99 and got on Dillard Road into the hills of south Eugene with not a car in sight until the city limits.   The drive back home was not much better and I pulled into Cottage Grove for a break then took old highway 99 south of Cottage Grove to the Douglas County line where it merges onto I-5.   Finally made it home feeling like a survivor.   Never saw any State police and wonder if there is any enforcement of the speed limits anymore or is it just a free for all these days?