Re: how many motorists did Florida traffic engineers kill in August?

On Aug 31, 10:45 am, "misterf...@xxxxxxxxx" <misterf...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Most left turn collisions with oncoming traffic occur at green lights-
which are found in abundance in Florida! Few left-turn collisions
occur at blinking red arrows.

In Michigan and most NORTHERN states where traffic engineers seem to
display more intelligence and are quick to react to injury and death
statistics:

They know that a blinking red left-turn arrow (as well as a blinking
left-turn yellow arrow)is well understood by all drivers to mean:
oncoming traffic has the green light and does not stop!

Many Florida left turn lanes do not have their OWN left-turn COMPLETE
signal configuration. Florida left-turn signals are often combined
with the signal for the thru lane(s) which are to the right. The
result is a massive continuing epidemic of collisions with oncoming
traffic. It's time for Florida traffic engineers to WAKE UP and
standardize with the rest of the country!.

Left-turn carnage is EPIDEMIC in Florida!

The man in a position to correct all the left-turn carnage is:

Florida Dept of Transportation:

Ken Bass
ph (863) 519-2495 (Barlow, Fl)

Mt suggestion: Call him and:
Politely YELL BLOODY MURDER!

ALSO EMAIL DOT: fdot.pio@ dot.state.fl.us

Cindy.Clemmons-Ade...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mike Corman

misterf...@xxxxxxxxx

Being that there's a lot of northern state people here, including
myself, I can easily verify that you are wrong when you believe that
northern states use a lot of red blinking arrows. Outside of
Delaware, I can't really think of any place where I've seen them.

In fact, in most places, you simply turn left on green. Just like in
Florida. And there's no epidemic of people dying due to it.

Oh, btw, Delaware is discontinuing a lot of blinking red arrows.
Appearantly, they cause accidents as people speed thru the blinking
arrow.


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