I've driven the New England to South Florida (and back) route several times
in the past four years, but never at the December Holiday Season.

Never again.

We arrived back in Florida today, surviving three major, and I mean MAJOR
traffic jams along the way down route 95.

The first involved a 18 wheeler accident - no injuries- but we spent 2 and
a half hours crawling along at 0 to 15 miles an hour to clear the accident
scene, without exaggeration. When we finally arrived at the scene, there
were about half a dozen state troupers standing around, sipping coffee and
none of them where attempting to control the traffic flow from three lanes
down to one. All the drivers were on their own, to snarl, beep, single
finger communicate, etc. It would have been very effective to have one or
more of these cops coordinating the traffic flow, rather than standing
around shooting the whatever. This was in CT.

Happened again in North Carolina, although not as bad. Then again, just
south of Jacksonville, FL, although I was able to exit onto RT 1 south and
bypass all the delays.

In the future, I'll forgo the white Christmas crap in New England, and just
stay in sunny, 74 degree south Florida.

Eisboch