New Jersey Turnpike Disaster September 23 1988 Part 1 of 5

[@JohnSullivan-jp6qp]

Damn this was a time when it looked like people in NJ were happy despite the situation. Today everyone would honk their horns and yell.

[@bullmantube]

You got that right!!!

[@johnfoltz8183]

Or people would be on edge as their phones would need to be charged and they can’t charge them

[@njnjnjsg699]

People seem much happier back then.

[@wwhhee]

+Bad Drivers of Central NJ There wasn't any internet drama. lol

[@jaybee3477]

+Bad Drivers of Central NJ Notice the lorry driver, who said, "I'm getting paid" with a smile...nowadays he'd be fuming because 30% of his pay or free time, which hasn't gone up by much since then, is dependant on whether he makes his deliveries quickly.

[@brapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrap]

njnjnjsg haha yea I know. That was sarcasm m

[@Cheezburgercatz]

wwhhee your life didn’t end if you couldn’t contact your work or family within a short amount of time. Disasters or inconveniences were handled like “good, I have an EXCUSE to have a break”. You gotta think it was still a modern world fast paced but there wasn’t the kind of competition with every day people - especially working poor - who are currently in danger of losing their job caught up in an incident like this no matter how widespread the story.

[@jackskudlarek3138]

Because they wont go homeless from missing a day of work unlike the 60% of anericans who will literalky go homeless and die of they miss a singular paycheck.

[@knowbodiesfull5768]

This was in 1988 - wow! Times have changed since then - except for the turnpike, of course. It still gets jammed at times due to accidents. And most of those cars are probably in junkyards now. Did I just see a Chevy Nova? I saw a Ford Escort hatchback and an Omni-derived Dodge Charger (formerly Omni 024).

[@SevereTstormFan]

Wow I was 3 months old when this was made. Crazy everyone in the video is 30 years older now.

[@Frank-qs3pe]

This is gold !!

[@Sun_set_Trucker_Cascadia]

Half of these people are in there 40 , 50 , 60 , 70 , 80 , 90 or even 100

[@bullmantube]

I was filming it. Now I am 75.

[@Scambush]

The woman on her way to Williamsburg, VA would probably be around 110 today.

[@TheSnapback]

Imagine the son or grandson, of one of the people, watching this and seeing how young they look lol

[@timbuktug3321]

My god Jersey sure Isn’t like it used to be

[@SAMEntalhealth]

People seemed happy even in disaster then :-( what happened today

[@bullmantube]

We had a grand memorable time!

[@rm5537]

that girl in the red car was really cute

[@mdteletom1288]

I haven't watched this yet but is this when the oil storage tanks caught fire in Linden or Elizabeth?

[@Scambush]

No, it was an asphalt truck that overturned further up the road, it's in the description.

[@DG-fe4ht]

I’m a retired nj trooper and this was my crash investigation.. I can’t believe it’s on YT!!! Side note, ppl sure were more calm back then lol

[@kashtan6]

why are some of the cars headed to the other direction in the same road?

[@bullmantube]

They were trying to go back to get off the highway at the last entrance.

[@jonstefanik9400]

Everybody Hurts.

[@CollectingCardboard]

6:40 - Interview with "The International Fan Club of 'The Golden Girls' ".

[@929Tracie]

I was almost 4 years old to the day!!!

[@Scambush]

Which car/truck is Don Bull's? I think it was a Chevy Astrovan?

[@bullmantube]

Yes

[@knowbodiesfull5768]

Railer505 Chevy Astro and GMC Safari - the pride of Baltimore from 1985 to 2005!

[@destroyer345hemi5]

Do anyone know these people in the video?

[@Scambush]

Since this is a toll road do you think these drivers got their tolls refunded? Clearly they didn't get the service they paid for...

[@bullmantube]

No, we didn't get a refund!

[@Scambush]

Yeah so I assume you never made it to the power plant that day? Given you didn't film up to when this traffic jam ended it seems like you ran out of film.

[@bullmantube]

We did miss our appointment. And, yes, the batteries in the camcorder were dead.

[@Scambush]

Damn. The fact that you remember the details 29 years later must mean this was a day you'd never forget. I can never imagine being in a traffic jam like this (been in a couple cases where no one was moving for a little while but it wasn't to the point we were all out of our cars).

[@bullmantube]

It was frustrating but we passed the time well.

[@Jonny_World]

This was 2 years before I was born lol

[@adam1st1984]

Feels odd seeing ppl without masks on

[@Scambush]

I wonder how many of those people were silently kicking themselves over having not taken the Western Spur instead?

[@georgehahn6149]

Or taking the Parkway

[@Scambush]

I bet it really smelled out there, did it? Even with all the vehicles engines turned off I am assuming.

[@nathanbush6781]

The First Lady appearing in the video, I’d love to hang out with (I’m gay so don’t get that idea LOL)…I enjoy her optimism!

[@Scambush]

Happy 30th anniversary... doing anything to commemorate?

[@bullmantube]

Nothing special - just a distant memory.

[@darealpapajon]

Now its cursing and robbing

[@shanejoseph1700]

I was born this day

[@brapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrap]

why dont they just call the people theyre supposed to pickup on their cellphones and tell them theyre going to be late?

[@bullmantube]

It was 1988. I don't think many of the folks had cellphones.

[@Scambush]

Don Bull I'm sure there was a Dyna-Tac or two among those motorists. Non-transportable car phones too. Not that such a call would have been cheap by any means.

[@honorbluelovelyful]

lol good one....car phones weren't even that common then...mostly businessmen had them....they even had fake ones that ppl would buy to pretend they had one.

[@brapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrapbrap]

@@bullmantube i know. i was kidding lol

[@MrSloika]

@@honorbluelovelyful Born and raised in Jersey. First cell phone I saw was mounted in a car which belonged to a lawyer..probably around 1983/84.