NWA traffic!

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Bluff_Dweller

Strange Nita, 71 didn't seem congested 6 years ago when I came up from visiting Mena. It was fall and the colors were outstanding.

I used to live with my gmother in Carthage when 71 went thru Carthage past her house on Garrison. Her house was so old the semi's would rattle the glass in the window frames. lol

The truly worst is from about 6:45am to about 8am traveling south from the Mo border to Bentonville. As soon as you get past exit 93 it opens up. In the afternoon the traffic doesn't seem as busy as people are hitting the highway at different times. From about 3:30pm to about 5:30 it can be bad, still not like the mornings. The rest of the time it is not as congested as it is slow due to the trucks and the signals.

[Loveswater_outdoors]

What bothers me is you have a lot of people who won't turn into the right lane making a right turn when there are cars in the left lane. During the morning hours and after work rush hours especially you don't always have a choice. They wanna wait until NO cars are coming, and that doesn't happen. It feels like we have some small town drivers here who haven't adjusted to the growing traffic NWA has seen.