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Facebook asks: What’s our craziest freeway?

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There’s a meme circulating on Facebook called “The Freeway System in Las Vegas.” It presents the 215 as Las Vegas Motor Speedway; the 15 with a skeleton driving a car, implying he’d withered away in gridlock; and the 95 as Death Race. It rang true, particularly the 95 bit (I white-knuckle that commute daily), but statistics say otherwise. Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin says the 215 has a 65 MPH speed limit, and it slows further for traffic signals and construction in its northwest leg. And the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Adrienne Packer says that it’s not the 95 that sees daily Death Race-like action: “We average three crashes a day on I-15, between Sahara and Charleston.” The message is clear: Slow down for I-15’s Project Neon construction traffic, and don’t check Facebook while you drive.

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