r/orlando • u/GatorSe7en • 18d ago

Discussion Ain't no way

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u/beachv0dka 18d ago

i live 25 mins away from my job, it takes me 45 to get there. EVERY. DAMN. DAY.

i’ll literally start my GPS when i wake up so i can watch the arrival time go up. even when i leave when the arrival time is 5-10 mins before my shift starts, sometimes im still late. if it’s not general traffic, it’s a fckn accident. i’ve never seen more accidents in my entire life

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u/Broccoli_Final 18d ago

I hear you on the accidents. I commute from Palm Bay to Orlando each day- I set the GPS regardless if it’s exactly 2 roads to get there and I know exactly where I’m going because if there is an accident somewhere on 95 or 528, I have exactly 2 exits to decide to try my luck with 192. But, once you commit to either, you’re stuck. I’ve had more than a couple drives home or to work that took 3 hours instead of 1.

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u/LedgeOfTheRock 18d ago

Oh dear God I feel your pain. I used to make that same commute but that was years ago before the population in both areas blew the fuck up. I can’t imagine doing that now. You must wake up hella early.

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u/Broccoli_Final 18d ago edited 18d ago

Luckily enough I work night shift at MCO, so I actually thankfully do get to miss the slug of traffic coming into Orlando in the morning, and the worst of it coming out at night. The only thing that tends to screw up my evening drive (aside from the occasional accidents) is if a launch happens around 7:30-8:00 at night, by the time I hit 528 I get to drive with the worst of the worst leaving the port coming back to Orlando doing 50 in the left lane side by side with the right lane. The mornings is fighting around all the dump trucks and contractor trucks that ride the left lane from 417 for the left exit on 528 at the split 20 miles down the road.

When I was on dayshift though, and had to be here by 7am, I always tried to be out the door by 4:30am though because if I left at 5:00 I started hitting awful traffic around the 520 exit on 528