![]() He says something physical on the road - like rumble strips - might be more helpful. The plan was decided in 2020 and implemented in January 2021.īut Basconcillo’s camera has captured three more crashes since the new signage. KIRO 7 actually first spoke with Basconcillo about this problem three years ago in 2019, shortly after he installed a security camera and started taking the videos.Īfter that story, WSDOT - which manages this off-ramp tunnel - says crews did analyze the situation and added more speed limit signs, signs warning about the upcoming stoplight, and signage warning about the curve in the tunnel. “The Tesla bounced off the wall,” he said. “It missed me by two or three seconds,” Basconcillo said. In another video, Basconcillo was riding a Segway on the sidewalk, when a white Tesla crashes at the tunnel exit and nearly hits him. “If someone was standing there, they wouldn’t have survived,” Basconcillo said. Luckily, the street was empty at the time. One of those clips shows a white SUV careening out of the tunnel, taking out bushes, screeching down a sidewalk, then through a crosswalk intersection. The video compilation he made captures 17 crashes, though he sent KIRO7 two additional crashes that didn’t make it into the clip. (Btw poster sped it up 1.5x there, this is the original). Michael Basconcillo's video of 17 crashes over several years is now going viral on Reddit! ![]() Tunnel curves & pops you out to an intersection. ‼️ Crash magnet! This is the I-5 SB Union St exit to downtown Seattle. ![]()
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