Comments on: Morning Wreck Slows Traffic On Nine Mile Road (Updated)

By: well

well — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:31:51 +0000

Since you want a light here don’t forget chisolm, 200 yards down the road. Oh yeah i like chicken too.

By: Wharf Rat

Wharf Rat — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:41:19 +0000

From my experience, if you have an accident at an intersection governed by a stop sign, you know who has to yield the right of way. Florida State Statutes in no way gives you the right of way. If you have an accident at an intersection governed by a traffic signal, EVERYBODY has the green light, unless you can find some uninvolved citizen, who will stay at the scene to tell the investigating officer what actually happened. But the real interesting scenario, is when the power is off, traffic light is just an object hanging in the sky, the person driving the fastest has the right of way. Just an observation from a totally worn out LEO.

By: tallyho

tallyho — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:28:04 +0000

Your right people never run red lights, they just blow right threw them. Do not go at the intersection of old Palafox and nine mile road if you have the green light. What makes it dangerous is the bad drivers can have a cell phone and every one says i can text and drive, just ask me its not a distraction. It does not matter how many stop signs you have, or red lights or even what the speed limit is. Bad drivers are still going to do stupid things.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:02:23 +0000

Another light isn’t my knee-jerk reaction but in this case my considered opinion is that one should go there.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:39:14 +0000

If lights didn’t help, we wouldn’t have any at all. Lights help control the flow of traffic. It is not a fix all for so called ” bad drivers”. I presume none of you have ran a stop sign/light by accident. Thats what this was, an accident. There will always be bad drivers, and there will always be good driver’s making mistakes or poor decisions.

By: SmartOwlick

SmartOwlick — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:32:53 +0000

YES MORE RED LIGHTS. That’s the answer. There is scientific evidence that no one has ever been injured at a red light. It should be Florida law that every time there is an accident a red light should be put up. That’s the only way we’re ever going to stop accidents, according to people on NE comments.

I think they should serve chicken at every intersection too with skrawberry drink. Makes as much sense as red lights at every intersection to me.

Doesn’t a STOP sign control traffic in the same way. I think a stop sign means STOP, but people run stop signs all the time you say……people NEVER run red lights …so lets put up a hundred red lights.

P.S. I love chicken

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:32:51 +0000

There have to be a certain number of deaths at an intersection it seems before they will put up a light.

Look at Copter Road and Nine Mile or Beulah Road and Nine Mile. It took them forever to put up lights there.

By: tallyho

tallyho — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:58:07 +0000

Thank you Cindy, if more people understand that more lights will not help with bad drivers.

By: CIndy Knowles

CIndy Knowles — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:58:28 +0000

I worked at the office at that intersection for almost 20 years. Always a wreck; to many people entereing one intersection. Most of the problem is the speed for one and turn lane headed west is to long.

By: YELLARHAMMER

YELLARHAMMER — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:06:00 +0000

More lights won’t help better drivers is what you need.