Comments on: County To Enforce ‘No Trucks’ On 95A; Seek Red Light At 29 & 97

By: JOHN BODIE

JOHN BODIE — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 03:44:48 +0000

Sometimes We pick on Farmers for driving Their tractors to slow , and I bet if the log truck or dump truck was doing the speed limit We would not like that if We were behind Him or Her. Lets just have something to raise cane about and leave them alone. Lol. works for Me. Or We can raise cane and maybe They will shut down the company and one of Us or a family member will lose Their job. Or We can be careful on those roads. And trucking companies do pay tax also…be careful what You ask for..

By: Somethings gotta give

Somethings gotta give — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 03:03:07 +0000

I wish they would ban trucks on Jacks Branch!!!!!!!! I seriously fear for my life daily when driving down that road!! Log trucks have zero regard for speed or others safety and its only a matter of time before someone is very badly hurt or killed. I dread having my kids in the car when Im going down that road. Not to mention I’m on my 3rd windshield this year due to the rocks they throw when swerving around corners!!!

By: ABC

ABC — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 01:50:20 +0000

Thank you 3rd of 3 piga, and No excuses for spelling it out for some people, I didnt realize that there would be folks who needed clarification of common sense…… Naturally the roads cant be closed to garbage trucks, power trucks, and service vehicles, and needs for landholders, but if folks dont realize a logging truck weights approx 80,000 lbs and they do tremendous damage to ur small briges that specify weightallowance, etc. semis fully loaded are defiitely a weight danger also, gads, just cause we live in the country???? doesnt mean we have to abuse it.

By: Interesting

Interesting — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 00:09:34 +0000

Thoughts to ponder…
How many permits have these companies paid for, how many inspections have these companies been thru, how many applications have they had to get approved, how many hoops have they Been forced to jump thur, to get approval from the county to put the business in? The county didn’t refuse their permit or their money, so why make it illegal to drive on the road right in front of their business now?

And I am not relative of any one of the businesses on that road…I’m just thinking logically….

By: Teresa Tipton

Teresa Tipton — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 22:01:58 +0000

You do realize DOT is not exclusive to Hwy 29 .They stop truckers on 95-A also. The issue is not just the truckers unsafe driving , Impatient people always in a hurry that causes most of these wrecks. The weigh station is not always maned Let’s keep to the issue of a few people want a exclusive neighbor hood that every one pays for that streach of road and turning on 97 has became dangerous for all people Let calmer heads prevail and talk out the issues before drawing a conclusion

By: Debbie Gulsby

Debbie Gulsby — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 20:50:55 +0000

Hwy29 /97 needs a light ,Do not understand why that wasn’t done along time ago ,lve lived in this community all my life an know the lifes of many people that have been lost there now our children cross that dangerous entersection every day going to school!Lord knows we’ve payed enough taxes to have this done its only common sense.

By: still wondering

still wondering — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:22:25 +0000

Still waiting for one of the “pro-truckers” to justify why a logging truck going to the paper mill needs to use 45mph 2 lane 95A instead of 4 lane 65mph 29. Surely they must just want to take the scenic route and it has nothing to do with the fact that it happens to bypass the DOT check point.

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:07:56 +0000

@Neighbor, I have been here, excepting military service, since 1966.

I do not know where you are from or how you were raised, but by my standards people with upbringing do not get out on a Sunday morning with a jackhammer.

I do agree though that it takes all sorts to make a world.

By: common sense

common sense — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:31:38 +0000

If the trucks would slow down, this would have never been an issue. I have seen them coming around curves so fast they are almost on two wheels. The red light should have been done ALONG time ago, too many cars going 15 different directions at once.

By: neighbor

neighbor — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:17:36 +0000

@ 429SCJ…..that area you live is zoned industrial…….hello , did you think about that before you moved there? Most people don’t live in an industrial area for a reason!!