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(Chicago Tribune) Dumbass Driver manages to drive the wrong way for eleven miles on the Edens Expressway   (chicagotribune.com) divider line 39
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markie_farkie [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 11:17:26 AM
www.examiner.com
 
litespeed74
2011-12-15 11:28:03 AM
Was he grabbing the passengers boob?
 
ihatedumbpeople
2011-12-15 11:28:12 AM
"Jesus Bethel, look at these hundreds of idiots going in the wrong direction. Can't they read road signs?"
 
AverageAmericanGuy
2011-12-15 11:28:24 AM
More like the Evan Williams Expressway!

/amirite
 
Linkage
2011-12-15 11:34:23 AM
The Bob Evan's Memorial Expressway.
 
DaddyRat
2011-12-15 11:34:28 AM
FTA:
dodging dozens of motorists--and they him--for about 11 miles over 10 minutes until he was finally stopped by police

That's some pretty quick drunk-driving, Lou.
 
MooseUpNorth
2011-12-15 11:34:54 AM
ts4.mm.bing.net
 
Harry Freakstorm [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 11:35:27 AM
Oh, the Edens. Driving the wrong way on the Edens is a cakewalk compared to driving on the Evan. The Evans is a specially built toll road that only shows up on the maps and GPS units of Illinois toll road officials, some state representatives and Chicago Alderman. Special holographic "Highway Closed" and "Coming soon in 2004 - A new way to Chicago!" block regular drivers from accessing it. It is patrolled by 200 State police who also pick up little and polish the lane reflectors.

I really shouldn't even be mentioning it in a public forum. Hang on. There's a Illinois State Police helicopter landing outside.
 
Lumbar Puncture
2011-12-15 11:39:21 AM
That doesn't make any sense, he should've maxed out his respect meter for driving into oncoming traffic after about 5 miles.
 
buckeyebrain
2011-12-15 11:39:53 AM
markie_farkie: [www.examiner.com image 430x286]

How would they know where we're going?
 
Tricky Chicken
2011-12-15 11:41:39 AM
markie_farkie: [www.examiner.com image 430x286]

How do they know which way we are going?
 
starzman2003
2011-12-15 11:50:07 AM
markie_farkie:

Done in one.

"He says we're going the wrong way."

"Aww what does he know? "

"Yeah, what does he know. Thank you, thanks again." *waves*

/john candy as the devil made me lol so much
 
MadAzza [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 11:56:06 AM
I'm guessing male driver.

*clicks link*

Yup. Typical.
 
Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf
2011-12-15 11:56:15 AM
markie_farkie: [www.examiner.com image 430x286]

Done in one!
 
Baz the Spaz
2011-12-15 12:10:56 PM
"Sergio Galez-Delira, 24, of Glenview was charged with DUI..."

Alcohol. The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

/Btw...it's Edens. We are very protective of our expressway names here.
 
RobSeace [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 12:24:20 PM
Lumbar Puncture: That doesn't make any sense, he should've maxed out his respect meter for driving into oncoming traffic after about 5 miles.

I was going to say something along those lines...

/Hated SR1 and 2, but am loving the hell out of SR3!
 
johndalek
2011-12-15 12:35:26 PM
from murphy in the morning--and you people from chicago should remember back when he was on q-101

chicago expressways were called--

barbara edens
george kennedy
irene ryan

can't remember the rest of the names---a little help here please
 
J.Garcia'sRightMiddleFinger
2011-12-15 12:41:44 PM
MadAzza: I'm guessing male driver.

*clicks link*

Yup. Typical.

Yes the gender can often be deduced by the type of driving idiocy displayed.
 
blueyd1
2011-12-15 01:00:29 PM
johndalek: from murphy in the morning--and you people from chicago should remember back when he was on q-101

chicago expressways were called--

barbara edens
george kennedy
irene ryan

can't remember the rest of the names---a little help here please

The Jane Addams (aka NW Hwy between Roselle Road and Cumberland), the Ronald Reagan (I-88) and the Adlai Stevenson (I-55).

That's all I can think of right now.
 
blueyd1
2011-12-15 01:01:06 PM
And, duh, the Eisenhower!
 
Donnchadha [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 01:14:27 PM
DaddyRat: FTA:
dodging dozens of motorists--and they him--for about 11 miles over 10 minutes until he was finally stopped by police

That's some pretty quick drunk-driving, Lou.

66 MPH? Unless it was rush hour traffic, that's pretty slow for Chicago.

Oh, has anybody else pointed out that it's Edens, not Evans?
 
Fark It [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 01:22:51 PM
MadAzza: I'm guessing male driver.

*clicks link*

Yup. Typical.

Yeah, you can tell it was a male driver because he didn't hit anybody.
 
Paris1127 [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 01:29:15 PM
The SUV continued north into suburban Glencoe, where local police stopped the SUV just north of Tower Road and took the driver into custody, Stangl said.

I've driven that exact stretch of road SO many times...

/grew up in Northbrook
//Edens, you moran
 
L33t Squirrel [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 01:59:03 PM
Chalji: I always feel bad for out of towners trying to decipher Chicago traffic reports.

"An hour from O'Hare to the Junction on the Kennedy, Tri State backed up past the toll plaza, 2 hours from the interchange etc etc"

You get the same thing in SoCal as well. I remember being out that way years ago, and while watching the morning traffic report I had no goddamn idea what was going on, 'cause I knew the roads by their number designation but not by their names.
 
Malathion
2011-12-15 02:09:32 PM
i.imgur.com
 
IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T
2011-12-15 02:14:20 PM
Paris1127:
grew up in Northbrook

Me too

Did every single one of you miss the "Good Times" reference by subby?

/Oh, and it was most definitely done in one
 
rockradio1
2011-12-15 02:47:36 PM
You know, I started out this morning in Bennyville in Wake County and went west on St. Belvelsewhere past 131 (aka Greenway Rd) and went on to hwy 241 south to hook up with the Evans. Somewhere around Glenbrook, you know, near Northbrook High not far from the old Northbrook Navel Orange Station (now skyscrapers) and got lost looking for the Evans in the fog.

I said ta Hell with it and went toward the ocean and hooked with Shannahan Rd South. Took it past Evansville and on to Seashore Drive...even past Silver City. The city looked great! I miss Raleigh!
 
Tricky Chicken
2011-12-15 03:27:38 PM
BERRRRRRRWYN!
 
DrBear
2011-12-15 03:47:09 PM
Driver manages to drive the wrong way for eleven miles on the Edens Expressway.

FTFY - and it would be bigger news.
 
FDR Jones
2011-12-15 04:48:15 PM
And he missed the exit for Glenview.
 
DrWhy
2011-12-15 05:00:27 PM
Tada?
 
Paris1127 [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 05:01:49 PM
Tricky Chicken: BERRRRRRRWYN!

www.chicagotelevision.com

However, he was heading in the wrong direction... He should've taken the Edens towards Chicago, merged with the Kennedy, and then switched to the Eisenhower, getting off at Central or Harlem. Alternatively, he could've gotten off at Dundee, taken Landwehr to Willow, taken the Tri-State to the Ike via the (former) Hillside Strangler and then gotten off at one of those exits I mentioned previously.

I don't understand why it's so hard for people to understand Chicago driving directions...
 
R.A.Danny [TotalFark]
2011-12-15 05:31:22 PM
And no one linked a pic of the WGN reporter in question yet

media.trb.com
 
Roy_G_Biv
2011-12-15 06:02:07 PM
johndalek: from murphy in the morning--and you people from chicago should remember back when he was on q-101

chicago expressways were called--

barbara edens
george kennedy
irene ryan

can't remember the rest of the names---a little help here please

the McLean Stevenson
the Trisexual Tollway
 
Roy_G_Biv
2011-12-15 06:04:03 PM
Roy_G_Biv: johndalek: from murphy in the morning--and you people from chicago should remember back when he was on q-101

chicago expressways were called--

barbara edens
george kennedy
irene ryan

can't remember the rest of the names---a little help here please

the McLean Stevenson
the Trisexual Tollway

the Martin Borman
 
Big_Fat_Liar
2011-12-15 06:42:29 PM
MadAzza: I'm guessing male driver.

*clicks link*

Yup. Typical.

Of course it was a man. A woman would have been on the side of the road crying and shaking like the McElroy broad in this story.

Midnight to to 4AM is for drunks. If you aren't man enough for that, take public transportation like the other women.

;)
 
Oznog
2011-12-15 07:06:23 PM
l.yimg.com

Somebody missed their exit.
 
ShirleySerious
2011-12-15 08:34:17 PM
IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T: Paris1127:
grew up in Northbrook

Me too

Did every single one of you miss the "Good Times" reference by subby?

/Oh, and it was most definitely done in one

Count me in as the 3rd former Spartan in the thread.

Driving in the wrong direction? I've seen worse. I'll take this crazy guy any day of the week over what we have here.

/Austin
 
nucal
2011-12-16 01:21:56 AM
IamSoSmart_S_M_R_T: Paris1127:
grew up in Northbrook

Me too

Did every single one of you miss the "Good Times" reference by subby?

/Oh, and it was most definitely done in one

Dyn-O-Mite

/guess they edited the Headline
//Thought Tower Rd was in Winnetka
///At 2:30 AM the Edens is pretty empty
 
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