Comments on: Three Injured in Hwy 97, Hwy 29 Crash

By: Michaelontherightatthecurve.

Michaelontherightatthecurve. — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:02:08 +0000

Sorry ahead of time for the careful law abiding drivers that travel on 97 and 29, but really people…..speed bumps and a red light? are you serious, please do a study of traffic accidents where there are red lights……plenty of accidents and deaths. Here is a novel idea……PAY ATTENTION and learn the rules of the road. If you don’t think that people are the problem, let the power go out and watch the circus begin. just my thoughts.

By: Toya

Toya — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:52:40 +0000

To all the people saying I just pulled out in front of the truck no I didn’t . And regardless there needs to be a red light regardless. That intersection is DANGEROUS point blank period! I don’t care how long people have been driving at that intersection.

By: mom

mom — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:44:37 +0000

it sucks knowing that people don’t know how to drive anymore and its true you can’t fix stupid, however I would spend every one of my tax dollars on a redlight for all 3 of moliinos intersections on 29. If it meant that maybe one more life was saved it would be worth it. For someone to say that its not worth our tax dollars to save an innocent persons life from a careless driver is just ridiculous. it takes a pretty worthless person to put such a price on precious life. Just think about all those foggy mornings when u try to cross the road and u can’t see if a car is coming because they didn’t think to turn on their lights. That scares me to death everytime I have to drive in the morning with my children.

By: BD

BD — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 03:10:28 +0000

SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION! Thats all you need.

By: pay_attention

pay_attention — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:16:22 +0000

I am so tired of hearing people say “this intersection needs a red light”. I go through this intersection 2-6 times a day everyday for years and years and it has NEVER been a problem for me. As long as you pay attention to what’s going on, there should be NO problem. It is definitely not confusing, rather very SIMPLE! We don’t need to ADD a stop light, we need to CUT DOWN on careless drivers!!!

By: Darren T.

Darren T. — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:44:49 +0000

I was on 29 N just approaching the intersection with 97 when this latest accident occurred. The driver of the gray car just pulled out in front of the pickup. There is nothing about this intersection particularly dangerous. I feel sorry most of the all for the pickup that was just minding his own business. This accident is about driver error pure and simple. There wasn’t even a lot of traffic. As I was approaching the intersection the gray car was going to pull almost in front of me and the thought was – hope she goes into the fast lane and not into my lane. But before that she pulled in front of the pickup. Bummer for all involved but hopefully the driver of the impala gets a fat ticket and her insurance goes way up. People who drive like that need to learn to think!

By: GrandMeemee

GrandMeemee — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:48:31 +0000

Sat. afternoon around 5 p.m. as I was getting out of car with 2 of my grand-children in Tom Thumb parking lot I noticed a white mini van (with a enclosed luggage compartment on the roof) headed south on Hwy. 97 going too fast to stop at the STOP SIGN!!! I told my grandchildren to look as it made NO attempt to slow down or STOP!!! As it cross over 29 and continued south -LUCKY for WHO was in that van- NO one was going in either direction of Hwy. 29 at that moment!! Perhaps they were pre-oppied by a unruley child or on a cellphone- GOD was with them- an 18 wheeler was coming!! Maybe some of those strips that make the roar sound(like the right-side white line would get their attention)so they would have time to apply brakes before the STOP SIGN !!!

By: tw

tw — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:29:13 +0000

@ngd, I agree. My husband and I were going down Hwy 29 Friday and a man in a pickup with a long trailer just pulled out from Hwy 97 and my husband had to hit his brakes to keep from hitting the trailer. Of course the drunk was safely across but the idiot must’ve forgotten he had the long trailer behind him. It’s not the intersection that’s dangerous it’s these dumb drivers.

By: ngd

ngd — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:34:13 +0000

I drove a bus to p’cola everyday for about 10 yrs and had to go through that intersection two times a day. In the a.m I was coming off of 97 and in the p.m I was turning off of 29…I never even had any close calls…On the other hand my husband and I went to p’cola the other day and three different times someone just ran out in front of us…People are not driving safely anymore…they all need to go to driving school…

By: NewGQman

NewGQman — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:24:00 +0000

Strange, Ive been through this intersection dozensand dozens of times, often at the busiest time of day, and…miraculously i managed to not hit anyone, or get hit by anyone. But then, I dont text while driving, or talk on the phone while driving. I feel like, while im driving, I need to focus on just that..DRIVING.