Comments on: Molino Man Charged With DUI After Wreck Near Highway 29, Highway 97

By: just me.

just me. — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 21:18:19 +0000

doesn;t matter what you do. we are north of 9 mile road and it doesn’t matter to the south what happens this way. more dead better off for some thinkers.

By: Walnut Hill Roy

Walnut Hill Roy — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:39:29 +0000

To JSCS:

“Saying that people will not obey the light is just not true. There are lights everywhere and mostly people do obey them.”

Most people follow the law at the intersection of 97 and 29 now too, that’s why there’s only an occasional accident. What would we gain with a traffic light that only “most” people would obey.

By: name

name — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:56:15 +0000

Never mind about the light and all the accidents……..drunk at 2:15 on a Monday afternoon????

By: someguy

someguy — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:35:22 +0000

“What happens when a 45 or 50 mph driver is at the head of the pack of cars waiting to make the left turn onto 97? I’ll tell you what will happen, for the 20+ miles to Atmore you are going to have cars passing cars at all legal spots and in some that aren’t.”

Not much different than it is now… ever wonder why there are so many wrecks on 97? Everyone says it’s the people going 90 trying to pass on curves but they always leave out the fact that they’re buried 6 deep in a line of 14+ cars going 43mph from Molino to Atmore (or vice versa.)

By: JSCS

JSCS — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:30:46 +0000

Start the petition, let us know where it is so we can begin signing it and MAYBE get some action started to get a redlight.
There have been too many accidents there and it will not get better until the traffic is controlled at this intersection.
Saying that people will not obey the light is just not true. There are lights everywhere and mostly people do obey them.
We have seen fatal accidents there and many, many ones not fatal but it will never get better until changes are made. The new turn lane is just one more distraction. Wasted money that will not help the accident problem.

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:56:16 +0000

Doesnt matter if there is a light or not if you are dealing with a drunk driver. This was the exact time that all the school buses and parents picked the kids up from Molino Park.

The intersection is bad bc not only are people in the intersection turning and going across, many cars going north turn left and do a u turn to get in the store which causes one more person sitting in the middle. It is a horrible intersection. Just takes people slowing down, watching all traffic all ways and NOT DRINKING AND DRIVING!!

By: Walnut Hill Roy

Walnut Hill Roy — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:29:11 +0000

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: all that a traffic light at that intersection would do is move the accidents further up route 97. What happens when a 45 or 50 mph driver is at the head of the pack of cars waiting to make the left turn onto 97? I’ll tell you what will happen, for the 20+ miles to Atmore you are going to have cars passing cars at all legal spots and in some that aren’t. The amount of accidents that a light would cause would be horrific.

All of this is not to mention that you pick the worst case accidents to further your misguided cause, when has a light ever stopped someone charged with DUI from running it???

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:20:49 +0000

My money is on your logic Richard.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:20:05 +0000

Maybe a red light would at least slow some people down. There are always accidents at that intersection. Yes, I have talked to FDOT…they didn’t even know there was a school near there and they tried to tell me there had only been 27 accidents in a year there. We all know that there have been a lot more than that. Talk to any LEO who works at this end of the county. We are working our way up the line…have to start somewhere.

By: maeyjobobbisue

maeyjobobbisue — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:01:17 +0000

How is getting a red light going to stop people from drinking and driving?