Comments on: Five Injured In Highway 29 Five Vehicle Crash

By: Kim McGhee

Kim McGhee — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:24:09 +0000

l was the driver of the third car (Dodge Magnum), which also had my husband in it and my 13yr and 5 yr , that was in the backseat. Thank God we are all ok, just sore. For GET OUT OF MY WAY, if thats the way you feel, then I feel real sorry for you. It will catch up with you and you will either be behind bars or out of alot of money. I’m prettty sure that Mr.Phillips didnt mean to hurt no one, but know his insurance is gonna be paying out alot of money, which means his premium will go up or they will drop him. They told me that my car was a total loss because the frame was bent, and i know that the car that hit us was a total loss. I feel so sorry for the two guys that was in that car, I know they was alot worse then me and my family, I’m glad it wasnt us though that he actually hit because my two children was in the back seat. And for the record “GET OUT OF MY WAY”, we was stopped at a red light and we was all in the RIGHT lane!!!

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:17:19 +0000

REGARDING:
“This may seem contrary to common sense – but what is the point of having a 45 zone through a residential area like Hwy 29 is between about Detroit, just south of Nine Mile, and the Ten Mile Road if all scofflaws do is exceed the limit by 10 to 20 mph? ”

Considering the lack of residences along that stretch, what is the point of calling it a residential area?

David the confused

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:27:09 +0000

This may seem contrary to common sense – but what is the point of having a 45 zone through a residential area like Hwy 29 is between about Detroit, just south of Nine Mile, and the Ten Mile Road if all scofflaws do is exceed the limit by 10 to 20 mph?

It’s especially congested around the Walmart. And once people get across the overpass, they just floor it like they’re NASCAR.

Why not reduce the limit to 35 mph? Even then a head-on collision would be devastating, but at 45 and above, well, that’s just a fatality waiting for someone like “get out of my way” to come along! At least the speeders would have to slow down to a mere 45 mph or so, but that would be slower than they are doing now.

What would it take to get that speed limit reduced for public safety? State DOT?

I’m real tired of drivers, well I mean MANIACS really, like “get out of my way” taking all her anger and frustration out on people that actually obey the traffic laws like decent citizens. These aggressive drivers are the root cause of most collisions, even the one car wrecks.

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:56:08 +0000

My father was involved in an accident in the exact same spot earlier in the day, he was on 10 mile crossing over 29 when a lady blew through the red light and hit him. He had to be transported by ambulance. He had minor injuries, she hit him going 55 mph. The trooper said if she would have hit his driver door she would have killed him. I pray for those in this accident. I feel something has to be done to slow people down.

By: ad clark

ad clark — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:00:57 +0000

The real problem is lack of lanes at times of high volumes of traffic. The FST’s ECSO’s have all sat on the side of the Hwy 29 and wrote tickets.You let anything happen on the 4 lane part of Hwy 29, like an accident, and you have a log jam for sure! In my opinion we stay 5 to 10 years behind on engineering of our highway systems in Escambia Co. Florida. Look at 9 mile road. They finally got the intersection of 9 mile and Hwy 29 just about right.

People, if you are not turning left, get out of the left hand lane! Use your turn signals, that is what they are there for. Be curtious, cautious and God bless.

By: Byrneville Resident

Byrneville Resident — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:44:42 +0000

This is exactly why I am glad I don’t have to travel “29″ twice a day any longer. And it’s exactly why I drove a big Titan. Not that I wanted to spend all that money on gas but it’s the only way to be safe out there. Just try to be as big and heavy as possible.

By: a recent wreck victim

a recent wreck victim — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:57:25 +0000

My prayers are with all the ones involved, hope everyone has a full & speedy recovery.

@ “Get out of my way”…people who think that way should NOT be on the road! There’s a thing called “driver’s education”, you must have missed that class.
It’s not that people are driving ’slow’…they are driving the POSTED SPEED LIMIT…it is not anyone elses fault you & others feel they have to speed~for what ever your reason!
Me & my husband were in a really bad wreck because of people like you that seem to thing they own the road to drive whatever speed cutting people off with no concern the cost to others. ~ I was going the speed limit, the guy couldn’t wait another 30 or so seconds for me to get past~and there was NO ONE behind me~he thought he had to jump out on the hwy right then…did he care what it cost us? NO! I was taken by ambulace and he had the nerve to try to get my husband to say he wasn’t the other driver! We lost our car, and could have lost our lives because of him…an idiot like YOU seem to be!!! I still, almost 7 weeks later, have almost no use of my hand & little use of that arm, done went through one surgery and facing months of therapy, and may end up facing another surgery…all this, and the guy still trying to plead he wasn’t driving trying to get out of trouble! I am just thankfull to God that we were not killed, everyone who’s seen the pics of my car are amazed that we are here & walking!
People like him & you need to be barred from driving! The speed limits, traffic lights, and stop signs are all there for a reason~not just to inconvienience you idiots!!!

By: FED UP

FED UP — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:23:28 +0000

You know I just don’t know how someone can even think like that after
looking at what an agressive driver with big truck just did to the back end
of that little car and the fact that he just read that two people in that car had to be life flighted. Boy oh Boy some people.

By: WORRIED RESIDENT

WORRIED RESIDENT — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:55:42 +0000

MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:23:30 +0000

Looks like “Get out of my way” is a scoff-law and in a hurry to get to her next fatal accident.

Speed limits are there for a reason, reckless driving (should be called “wreckful”) is illegal, tailgating is illegal. Aggressive driving, like the poster admitted to here, is also illegal.

Hope you get your tickets and cool your jets before you kill yourself or someone else. And just so you know – that’s an area surrounded by homes, so there’s LOTS of folks that are turning LEFT off that stretch of highway to go home safely to their families.