Passing legally on the St. George
Island Apalachicola
bridges may soon be a thing of the past.
County commissioners have agreed to ask the Department of
Transportation to put double yellow lines along the length of both bridges to
keep people from passing.
The board is concerned because of a pair of fatal accidents
on the Apalachicola bridge over the past few months including one in early May
that killed a woman from Eastpoint and a second earlier this month in which two
people were killed.
Even though there have been no accidents on the St.
George Island bridge the board felt it would be safer if passing were also
banned on that bridge because of the large number of teenagers who are not from
Franklin County that do not drive appropriately.
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2 comments:
two things: 1) I thought both accidents were a result of cars veering into the on coming lane and not a result of someone trying to pass
2) the large number of teenagers "that do not drive appropriately" are not any more likely to pay attention to passing rules either.
It seems like the change would not affect either situation to which they are refering but would prevent local people from going around and getting away from slower "sight-seers" that are looking around the bays instead of watching where they are going.
Once again..."government" sticking their noses in where it doesn't belong. Double yellows would have prevented neither accident. It happens...it's tragic. County, state, FEDERAL...all government is too big and spends too much of our hard-earned money. Re-elect nobody and don't forget, big government=big taxes.
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