For a lot of people in the Bay Area Saturday, driving in the wet conditions felt a bit like playing a vehicular version of Russian roulette.
CONCORD -- Heavy rain was predicted for Saturday throughout the Bay Area and it did not disappoint. For a lot of people, driving in the wet conditions felt a bit like playing a vehicular version of Russian roulette.
"It's very smooth, too wet so I stop," he said. "Yeah, I hit somebody. I am OK but the weather is too wet so, I can't stop!" In the Novato area, northbound Highway 101 traffic at San Antonio Road was backed up for miles, reportedly due to flooding on the road coming from a construction zone in the highway median.
"People are driving crazy over the rain," said Nai Chao, at the Target shopping center in Pleasant Hill. "We saw a lot of accidents, so we weren't really looking forward to this weather."
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