Comments on: Three People Injured In Highway 29, Highway 97 Crash

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:34:09 +0000

REGARDING:
“Stay in the correct part of the median when stopped there , if you are on the northbound side of 29 and wish to go accross or south , your position in the median crossing area is too the NORTH side of the area. South bound side position is in the south bound area of the median.”

That still doesn’t sound right.

David thinking you should be on the south side until it clears when northbound and turning west, north soid when southbound and turning east

By: CreamPuff

CreamPuff — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:54:55 +0000

LOL I thought I had gone nuts. Glad too to see that some of you know how
to turn at the center mediums.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:38:52 +0000

REGARDING:
“They also need to learn to hide and stay there and have
back up on down the road to pull them over and write the tickets so people
don’t realize what happened”

Hiding is effective for arresting violators, being in plain sight is effective in reducing violations in the first place.

AND
“I said SON, drive with caution and act as everyone around you, behind you, and coming at you is drunk or on drugs!”

Wise teaching. Congratulations.

AND
“if you even THINK you know squat and weren’t there then SHUT UP. God you people are so annoying with stuff like that just be glad nobody was seriously injured or killed or that it wasn’t anybody you know and do the people who were in it a courtesy and quit actin like y’all know everything. I saw the darn thing and it didn’t happen in the median at all”

If you aren’t careful, you’ll hurt somebody’s feelings talking like that.

From what I can see, they were discussing causes for problems, not saying they were the cause for this one. In fact, I’m confused by what they wrote, but that’s just because I tend to be confused. No reason to be mean about it, though. You really don’t have to read what they write if you don’t want to.

David for polite discussion
while pondering solutions
to pressing problems
in hopes of avoiding future injuries and deaths

By: CreamPuff

CreamPuff — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:03:06 +0000

People are still driving like idiots and way too fast.
The police need to come out and do radar over and over till people get it or
lose their license. They also need to learn to hide and stay there and have
back up on down the road to pull them over and write the tickets so people
don’t realize what happened.
I saw radar the other morning and it was in plain sight at Frans.
Now how is that going to do any good. The first car over the hill calls every
relative in town and they call….well you get the idea.
If he was just slowing them down again, Thanks for 1/2 hour of safety while they drive only by Frans. BIG DEAL!
We need them off the road. It is the same repeat offenders every morning who
tailgate pushing everyone else around, and who pass on double lines like
the idiots we all know they are doing 100 miles an hour.
I have been passed this month alone right in the school zone while the
yellow light was on at least 4 times..
No wonder nobody wants government up here they don’t give a fig if
they kill kids or rape them up here. Where are all of your values?
You need to get serious about speeders I don’t understand what is the problem,
are they your relatives or something?

By: Thank God, I'm not alone!!!

Thank God, I'm not alone!!! — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:10:38 +0000

All this time I thought I was the only person who knew and attempted to follow the correct rules for median use. It’s so nice to know that there actually others out there.
If you think about it, it is actually common sense because if you are on the correct side of the road, you will be able to clearly see oncoming traffic. If you are in the wrong lane, you can’t see the traffic because the other vehicle is blocking your view.
Many of the accidents that occur in medians are because of this rule not being followed.
I wish that more people would actually READ the traffic laws and then remember and follow them. How do so many people have driver’s licenses when so few seem to understand the rules of the road?

By: me

me — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:45:48 +0000

I wad in a wreck there in october. People drive like nuts there. I was hit by a lady doing over 50 when she was coming out of tom thumb. She was going north on 29 across the median. It is a daily intersection for me and my family. Need something to slow poeple down in that area.

By: EMD

EMD — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:34:42 +0000

I am so glad that some know the mediun rule, and posted it, whether or not that had anything to do with this accident, because I thought the rule must have been changed. I RARELY see ANYONE do it correctly. And, the offender often gets mad at the on doing it properly.

By: sandra

sandra — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:04:38 +0000

Somebody needs a little Jesus up in em !

By: leonheart32577

leonheart32577 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:48:08 +0000

None of y’all were there or saw it so y’all need to freakin quit running your mouths. If you were just curious fine but if you even THINK you know squat and weren’t there then SHUT UP. God you people are so annoying with stuff like that just be glad nobody was seriously injured or killed or that it wasn’t anybody you know and do the people who were in it a courtesy and quit actin like y’all know everything. I saw the darn thing and it didn’t happen in the median at all.

By: FL Girl

FL Girl — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:48:10 +0000

Thank you, PolythenePam, for explaining the rules of medians. It seems to me that the majority of people do not pull into the RIGHT hand side of the median, like the rule states. I have pulled to the right of the median and actually had people scream at me for being on the wrong side…duh! Read the driving handbook in any state…it will tell you to be on the right side of a median. Thanks for letting me vent! lol