Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Accident @ US 13 and Stockton Rd.

Yesterday one of my sons friends and his brother were crossing US 13 on Stockton Rd. I don't know if he didn't see the vehicle on 13 or if he just misjudged the distance, both had to be transported to PRMC.

This is and has been a very bad intersection for many years and for some reason, the cries of the people to the state to have a stop light at this intersection have so far gone rejected.

How many injuries and/or fatalities does it take for the state to recognize that this is a dangerous location?

For those of us that are experienced drivers and have crossed that portion of US 13 many times, we realize that when a vehicle pops around that south-bound turn they are on top of us and we don't chance it. To new drivers and/or visitors this optical illusion looks as if they have plenty of time to cross.

This intersection needs attention, lets get it done before someone else is seriously injured or killed.






More pictures HERE VIA PCVFD

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I hope everyone is ok . the intersection where northbound 13 crosses over into town is a bad optical illuision also I often wait the extra minute or so because the crossing is longer than one may think.