Question about Indianapolis IN -- San Jose, CA route

"Scott en Aztl" wrote in message
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223rem said in rec.autos.driving:

Does this sound reasonable? Which parts of the route are going to be
mountainous/twisty/slow and difficult at night or rain? The reason I'm
asking is that I may be driving a large truck, not my car.

You're moving to San Jose? You're going to become a Beige Aryan?


Welcome to Silicon Valley where the apartment rent hit the sky, but if you
work for Google, you have hit the jackpot.

Take a look at today (June 4) San Jose Mercury News headline:
http://www.mercurynews.com/
featuring: traffic - "better times bring more traffic"
http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_6055904
now you can tell when & where to avoid - usually inbound in the morning and
outbound in the evening in all directions of San Jose are BAD.

On May 23, 12:42 pm, 223rem wrote:
Here's what I'm planning:
Indianpolis -- Lincoln NE 11 hours

Seems reasonable.

Lincoln NE -- Salt Lake City UT 11 hours

Ugh, I'd say closer to 15... but I'm guessing, since I haven't driven
that route directly. Wyoming is 400 miles across, and Nebraska is 480.

Salt Lake -- San Jose CA 11 hours

Not possible. Depending on which route you take from Sacramento,
you're likely to hit a few hours of traffic along the way. I-80
between Reno and Sacramento is the worst strech of Interstate I've
ever driven on. Nevada is 400 miles across, and another two hours from
the state line (NV-UT) to Salt Lake City. So in my mind, under regular
driving speeds, that takes around 8-9 hours just to get to Reno. Reno
to San Francisco is usually about 4 hours, but you're not going there,
and probably not through there. With a few stops, I'd figure 15 hours
would be more reasonable.

Does this sound reasonable? Which parts of the route are going to be
mountainous/twisty/slow and difficult at night or rain? The reason I'm
asking is that I may be driving a large truck, not my car.

Like I said, I-80 between Reno and Sacramento sucks big time. Wyoming
isn't the greatest route to take in a truck (if the weather is bad)
but it's really hit and miss. They do close the Interstate from time
to time. I've been on a bus where the wind really shook things around,
so it does get nasty in the valley where wind blows.

The rest I'm not familiar with, I know mostly West Coast areas...

S.

"Sapphyre" wrote in message
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Salt Lake -- San Jose CA 11 hours

Not possible. Depending on which route you take from Sacramento,
you're likely to hit a few hours of traffic along the way. I-80
between Reno and Sacramento is the worst strech of Interstate I've
ever driven on. Nevada is 400 miles across, and another two hours from
the state line (NV-UT) to Salt Lake City. So in my mind, under regular
driving speeds, that takes around 8-9 hours just to get to Reno. Reno
to San Francisco is usually about 4 hours, but you're not going there,
and probably not through there. With a few stops, I'd figure 15 hours
would be more reasonable.


Actually, I-80 is not as bad as I-880 from Berkeley to San Jose. This is the
worse in the entire bay area. If you are in the evening outbound commute
time, you can take I-680 instead, but with a slight upgrade.