Comments on: New Signal Now Active At Highway 29, Highway 97 In Molino

By: Molino Resident

Molino Resident — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 23:05:12 +0000

I am all for the red light,ALTHO I have to say there are still the idiot drivers who are just “doing their own thing” once they get to the light. Its still a nightmare for the green light going east and west across Hwy 97 because there isn’t designated turn lanes so everyone just goes into the middle lane and then tries to figure out where everyone else is going … not good! No doubt there are going to be accidents there but hopefully not as many.

By: High cholesterol

High cholesterol — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:53:42 +0000

The red light was a bad idea….and time will prove
It. In the middle of nowhere….drivers already being surprised by it..ie comments from Tom Thumb workers…people going to run it and create more rear end collisions.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 02:34:25 +0000

I absolutely love the light there. I travel that road every day.

By: Ponch

Ponch — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 01:45:32 +0000

I understand the need for this light, but I think they should’ve completed the work before activating it. There needs to be a “no u-turn” sign from the northbound 29 turning lane (it won’t stop all idiots but at least hold them accountable when they cause a wreck or get caught) because they obviously think the median extension was created to make things pretty & new, and can anyone else tell me of any intersection with a traffic signal where the speed limit is 55mph? Also, the re-design of the Crabtree & 97 intersection is a must. Doesn’t matter which one you’re trying to turn on, it’s a nightmare.

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:13:37 +0000

Maybe they should use a pavement grinder and cut some “wake up grooves” into the pavement before the intersection.

By: Tax Payer

Tax Payer — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 02:19:37 +0000

Imagine that, a high dollar red light and people still run it, so if someone would have been coming the other way and they collided what would this high dollar traffic light have proved ?? NOTHING light there or not, it is the PEOPLE that are NOT paying attention !!! The light can be red all day if people run it, it is pointless. It won’t be long before they put a red light cameras up and then the intersection will get REALLY dangerous.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 21:47:03 +0000

I think Its Great, If This Had Been Done Years AGO, Some Of Our Loved One’s Would Still Be Here, WE will just have 2 get use 2 it, Good Job, We’re Moving On UP…..

By: Ponderosa hill

Ponderosa hill — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 20:25:09 +0000

The speed limits from 9 mile rd to the Alabama line ( Hwy 29 ) must change 15 times ? Hard to watch out for all potential trouble as well as constant speed changes. Maybe a more consistent speed limit would help. Speeding fines should be high enough to seriously subdue the desire for speed so many seem to have. I wonder what the max speed should be when approaching a traffic light ?

By: molino jim

molino jim — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 19:49:09 +0000

Maybe a strobe light on the light bar would help. The main thing that would help if drivers would just slow down when the speed drops as you top the hill south bound on 29.

By: N

Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:49:52 +0000

From the tom thumb the clerks said they were watching people skidding through the intersection trying to stop for the light but did not make it.