Comments on: One Injured In Wreck That Closed Eastbound Nine Mile Road

By: Pensacola

Pensacola — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:18:47 +0000

@ Facetious Bob
I witness this accident one lane was stopped due to traffic other lane had no one in it the white gmc never seen it coming the gray truck came across never looked to see if anyone was in other lane ! So the state should lower the speed limit if it was due to speed . In this case if the gmc wouldve been going 20mph this wreck wouldve still happened !

By: Facetious Bob

Facetious Bob — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 03:36:28 +0000

I think I can speak for many of my neighbors who have lived in this neighborhood for many years. We once lived in the country. With the sudden growth, commercial and residential, the traffic on Nine Mile Road has grown to the point, between Chisholm Rd. and University Parkway, it has become dangerous to try to enter Nine Mile Rd. We try to use the few back roads for our convenience, but they have been “discovered” also.

It appears the problem is traffic driving too fast for conditions, heavy stop and go traffic, drivers attempting to enter the main highway, and other drivers maintaining they have the absolute “right-of-way.”

And we have new construction, commercial and residential, coming as we speak.

By: Shocked

Shocked — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:26:56 +0000

I watched the tow truck driver crank and drive the gmc 2500

By: Physics

Physics — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:23:10 +0000

You are correct, Cantonment. Just like the cars in auto racing–the absorption and dissipation of force protects the driver’s cocoon.

Thanks to the US government who mandated these advanced safety features to protect US citizens!

By: Cantonment

Cantonment — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:40:17 +0000

“Both folded like a beer can.”

Yes, as they were engineered to do. Crumpling absorbs force by gradually slowing the vehicle, thereby ensuring said force isn’t transferred to the driver.

By: Earl Scheib

Earl Scheib — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:47:30 +0000

Both folded like a beer can.