Comments on: County Makes $265K Commitment For Hwy 29, Hwy 97 Traffic Light

By: Molino Raised

Molino Raised — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 22:15:11 +0000

Speed – you see it everywhere and that is not the issue. Hwy 29 North AND South have the right of way, Period! Those coming off Hwy 97 do not! They have a RED STOP SIGN that they often fail to stop at. Also, when you are crossing Hwy 29 from Hwy 97 most people do not know the proper way of doing this.

Cars turning left on Hwy 97 should be sitting on the NORTH side of the car crossing or even going North on Hwy 29. This way You have a view of your oncoming traffic! So many times I have been there sitting in the proper spot and some Idiot fails to execute a proper positioning at the intersection. That causes accidents!

I am 44 yrs old and been in the Molino area my whole life. Been driving since I was 15 .. no accidents.

Traffic turning right onto Hwy 29 from Hwy 97 have a merge lane with a RED STOP SIGN at the head of it. No one pays attention. Only way to keep many wrecks from happening – NO TURN ON RED – and place cameras for those that do not pay attention to the RED STOP SIGN now and will not pay attention to the RED TRAFFIC LIGHT when in place, a nice, steep ticket to help pay for the light.

Speed does not always kill – Stupidity will everytime though

Molino Raised for keeping Molino Rural!

By: Paul Alexander

Paul Alexander — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:09:24 +0000

bet this doesn’t stop the wrecks.main cause,people just dont look before turning.. people will always turn in front of moving traffic

By: Michael Weaver

Michael Weaver — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 08:48:25 +0000

Red light there will be fine. But the 2 main issues that cause wrecks is not being addressed. #1. There is a STOP sign on hwy 97. It’s not a yield sign. Stop means Stop. #2. There is a half mile long acceleration lane on southbound hwy 29. You ever see anyone using it? Me either. Bottom line is that people have got to start paying attention!!!!!!

By: r

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:22:33 +0000

Sone of u people kill me. I have lived in Molino for over 35 years and never had a issue at this intersection. Someone’s comment was the speed limit being 65. Maybe ur one of the ones that needs to pay attention because the limit drops to 55 south of Frans and picks back up north of where 95-A dead ends to 29. I feel that people complaing had to come from the city and have not lived here all your life. Oh yeah get ur facts straight, Atmore Hwy belongs to the state so the county really has nothing to do with Atmore Hwy. As far as running radar. Sorry boys with the county blowing this kinda cash there probably won’t be any raises this year because if they want a redlight the state needs to fund it not the county.

By: North end resident

North end resident — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:42:06 +0000

Opinions….everyone has one, that’s what makes the world go around!

I personally support having a red light there to better organize the various directions that are needed for one to travel. There are always going to be drivers not paying attention, not adhering to the speed limit and who simply just don’t like change.

Bottom line is, the wrecks will probably still continue because wrecks do happen, red light or no red light, but at least now, everyone will have a better chance of getting where they want to go with having their fair time (y)

By: No light will help? Your the joke

No light will help? Your the joke — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:06:54 +0000

Finally! To those who think this won’t help really? How so? Signs warning drivers there’s a red light ahead. Change in the intersection. Making other lanes STOP. Really this won’t help? Then maybe your the idiots driving though without slowing down. This is great! I cringe watching school buses drive through hoping one of you “light won’t help idiots” don’t hit them.

By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:43:29 +0000

You guys are right. Let’s just get rid of all lights everywhere. Who needs them? Hey, you know what has not been a factor in any one of those accidents at that intersection?……,,a light. Clearly, you can’t rely on people alone. Time to move forward. It’s happening whether you like it or not.

By: MIC

MIC — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:06:56 +0000

I travel this section of road just about daily. Never had an accident, never even had a close call. I’ve turned into the Tom Thumb coming from the Atmore Rd and H/W 29 south and north, turned on to the Atmore Rd, and turned from the Atmore Rd north and south on H/w 29. So do you just think I’m lucky or that I actually pay attention to what is going on around me on the roads? IT AIN’T LUCK!

SWscs might be right! We need traffic lights at every intersection, so people can then complain about the lights not being synchronized.

Heard about a woman once that pulled out in front of an 18 wheeler. Both her and her husband was seriously hurt. The woman’s comment was “he” (the 18 wheeler) had enough time to slow down, if he had wanted to. The idea the “She” didn’t have to be in such a hurry to pull out in front of the truck didn’t seem to click.

Watch what’s around you, when you’re driving. You might save your own self a lot of pain and suffering.

By: Bama

Bama — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:44:38 +0000

This will not solve the problem. Really you have to come to a stop at intersection. Your still
Gonna pull out right on red. The accidents will
Still happen. It is not then intersection it’s the people that refuse to
Pay attention ,, really waste of money

By: Really

Really — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:38:23 +0000

People do you really think a red light will solve this problem. People just need to slow down and STOP and look before they drive onto 29. Saturday we were driving down 29 and a tanker truck never did stop at the stop sign at 97 he just pulled on out. Thankfully we was in the left lane or we would have ran right into it (an no we were not speeding). And there was a cop there and the cop didn’t even stop the trucker for not stopping at the stop sign.
Traffic lights are not going to stop the wrecks….if that was the case there never would be wrecks at any traffic light anywhere. People have just got to take the time to stop and look at what is going on around them. Leave a little earlier for whatever they are going to. Be aware of what is going on around you.