cur-mud-geon:
anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner
Thanks to the inquiry from Sen. Darling’s office, the Department of Transportation has responded to my question as to accident rates on the stretch of Hwy 41-45 from County Line Road to Good Hope Road.
Part was a figment of my imagination. The crash rate for this segment of freeway is about 35% below the statewide average for an urban interstate.
DOT went on to say that the most interesting crash statistics for this segment are that approximately 50% of the crashes occurred in wet weather conditions and about 60% of the crashes involved a single vehicle only. The wet weather anomaly tracks with my supposition in the original Blog.
They went on to advise that in the fall of 2006, their highway maintenance crews did some extensive ditch work to improve the drainage along this corridor.
Again, my thanks to the folks in Sen. Darling’s office and to the DOT for their very prompt response.
