cur-mud-geon:
anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner
Why are there so many accidents on Hwys 41-45 between County Line Road and Good Hope Road?
It seems there is a significant accident at least once a month and sometimes more often.
Is it the fact that the roadway dips down low and is susceptible to rain water accumulation in the summer and freezing in the winter?
Is it the fact that traffic traveling both north and south end up on a downhill grade and lose awareness of the speed at which they’re traveling?
Or is it that we simply “get stupid” in that particular stretch of roadway? That seems unlikely unless we “get stupid” going both southbound and northbound.
Whatever the cause, today saw a semi-trailer that seriously slowed the flow of traffic from shortly after 6:00AM to nearly 5:00PM. So far as I know, there were no serious injuries…but it sure gets old not knowing if that stretch will require two minutes or two hours or more to traverse.
At times, the area looked as if a police convention were convening. The cost to the public of each of these incidents is significant although likely never measured, as such.
I wonder, if after cause is established, is there a billing to the party or parties at fault for the cost of cleaning up their respective messes?
Probably not…but wouldn’t that be a good idea?
