Rude, speeding motorists put workers at risk
By Bo Petersen
Leroy Durant never saw it coming.
He was setting up traffic cones, one by one, to close off a lane on Interstate 26, walking in the dark with only a fluorescent vest and the arrow truck's blinking lights to separate him and the traffic blasting past. The work is dangerous anyway. It was about to get ugly.
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As traffic speeds by, Leroy Durant (from left), works with Jimmy Primes, Tedrick McFadden and Ronald Nelson along Interstate 26 to put up lane-closure signs near Ashley Phosphate Road.
"I picked up a cone from the truck and — Bam!" he said. Something smacked his head as he turned and knocked him sideways. He looked down and saw a plastic fast-food cup with the ice splattered out.
"All I saw was lights. I mean, traffic just flies through there. They don't pay attention to the arrows. They don't pay attention to the barricades. They don't go the 45 mph speed limit; they go 60, 70, 80 mph."
Durant is 53 years old. He has a daughter in college. A cup coming at him at that speed is as hard as a rock. He and the other workers widening the interstate in North Charleston are worried for their lives. Traffic just isn't slowing down.
It's at its worst when the crew is most exposed — the early evening and early morning hours when they're trying to set out or remove equipment, the periods at the edges of the rush hours.
The out-of-my-way nastiness of interstate rush-hour traffic is notorious among Lowcountry commuters; U.S. Group crews are getting an unnerving taste of it, up close and personal. Onrushing cars don't move to open lanes when there's nothing but an arm's length between them and a crew. The cars roar past so fast workers feel it in the pit of their stomachs.
"You just have to watch your back, keep looking over your shoulder," Durant said.
One parked truck with a crew leader inside has been rear-ended by a car dodging a box spring that fell from a car in front of it. Another truck was beaned by a full soda bottle that just missed its crew leader. Some workers are calling the behavior the worst they have seen.
The S.C. Highway Patrol is running saturation patrols in the three-mile work zone. State Transport police have joined them. In the first three weeks of work, 400 tickets were written. In October, 212 more were written, even though rain slowed down the work. They're still writing tickets.
"This is a combined effort to slow these people down," said Lance Cpl. Bob Beres of the S.C. Highway Patrol. "We're urging drivers to help us. It's each individual driver's responsibility to pay attention to the speed limit, but also to know when they drive recklessly in these construction areas they are putting their lives in jeopardy, everybody else's lives in jeopardy, and most importantly, the workers' lives in jeopardy."
Drivers who throw things from cars in the work zone can expect the book thrown at them, and the saturation patrols will be supplemented by North Charleston police, officials said.
"We still have a serious speeding problem in the area, yes. To throw something out of a vehicle at a worker on that highway is just crazy. If we catch somebody doing that, we are really going to go after the prosecution every bit possible," said James Law, of the S.C. Transportation Department.
"They're out there. The blue lights are on. There still seems to be a lot of people out there driving really fast, above the speed limit and certainly too fast for conditions," said Greg Cook, U.S. Group vice president. He pleaded for drivers to slow down and be cautious around workers and collapsing lanes. "Really it's for their convenience that we're working at night."
The drivers' lack of concern is no surprise to Tony Munoz, of North Charleston, a daily commuter on the road.
"I would not want to work out there on that highway. The people just don't care. They're tailgating. They're cutting people off. They just don't want to take the time to get in line like they're supposed to and make it safer for everybody."
Reach Bo Petersen at 745-5852 or bpetersen@postandcourier.com.
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NativeSon (anonymous) says...
"Better to have no laws, than to have laws not enforced', Thurgood Marshall.
As long as police are not inforcing laws, people will break as many laws as they want because they know they will either get away with it or get a slap on the hand by some moron of a lenient judge.
You cannot call a police officers "law enforcement officers" until they enforce all laws equally. If it is a law, it should be followed and enforced (including immigration status laws).
If a group does not like a law, put it on the ballot to have the people decide.
November 7, 2008 at 4:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ForPnC (anonymous) says...
Day off for me!
I drive this stretch of highway every morning. At no time this week were the 45mph signs uncovered. The speed limit has been posted at 55. I drive five under the posted limit because these workers are on the road. I'm damn near run down by traffic barreling on to my tail lights. I get honked at and brights flashed at me.
I've not seen one, single, police officer. Not one. Every morning I wonder where they're at. There's revenue to be made for sure. I guess I'm the hazard on the road for slowing down like I do.
To the road crews -
I don't know if you're from here or an outside company. The rude, nasty drivers (which is 97% of the population) are actually very nice people once you get them out of their cars. They turn back into good christians and everything! Behind the wheel? I've traveled the world and they are the WORST drivers I've ever seen.
November 7, 2008 at 4:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sig (anonymous) says...
I agree with ForPnC. I normally get to I-26 around 4:45 A.M. The speed limit has been 55 going towards Charleston. I stay under that. Folks drive by me doing 70 or better all the time. Even when the right lane was closed last week and the speed limit was 45. There were many folks, to include 18 wheelers, going at least 60. It is amazing to me that one of the workers have not got hit by a vehicle.
I do not agree with ForPnC that they are good christians. And I have travelled the world also. This summer I drove through 22 states. South Carolina is on top for the worse drivers and the worse enforcement of the laws.
Anyone that throws there trash out of a vehicle should be put in jail right then and there. The speed patrol should be out every day and night around the work zone. Maybe folks will get a hint before one of the workers are seriously injured.
Be safe!
November 7, 2008 at 6:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
moonpie (anonymous) says...
Idiots, we have drivers with the Obama entitlement attitude. Its freaking amazing!
November 7, 2008 at 6:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
carolinamommyof4 (anonymous) says...
Please lets dont go there. This is a serious article.
November 7, 2008 at 6:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
counterpoint (anonymous) says...
I will personally fund a fingerprint hunt for anyone who has an object thrown at them from a car.
November 7, 2008 at 6:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ForPnC (anonymous) says...
Sig - I was TRYING to give them a break with the good christians line! LOL!
November 7, 2008 at 6:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
beefsaver (anonymous) says...
Wow it took all the way until the fifth comment until the usual suspects show up to blame this bad driving on the President Elect. I guess that I missed it yesterday when they were handing out dash-mounted, Princess Leia-style holographic displays of Obama that direct people to drive poorly. What was the excuse of SC drivers for the last 100 years before this innovation?
Every one of the idiots out there speeding, tailgating, and cycling between floored accelerator and slammed brakes is probably busy flapping their gums about the "ridiculous" gas prices. The mentally deficient can build no link between their own embarrassingly poor driving and their consumption of precious fluids. And I know that it will be a cold day in hell when the majority of the drivers figure out that following too closely and rubbernecking is the reason that, every morning, there is an accident near APR on I-26. Countless hours wasted every year, wasting gas, creating smog, making people late and frustrated, all because every day someone decides that the birds overhead are more interesting than the metal death machines surging around them.
To imagine people driving responsibly and with the designed, natural flow of traffic and giving due attention to the task at hand surely isn't too insane? Perhaps I've just been staring too long at my dash-mounted Obamaton.
November 7, 2008 at 7:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
kma71 (anonymous) says...
If we have the worst drivers, I think it's because we have so many out of state transplants! Florida's drivers are much worse!!!
November 7, 2008 at 7:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
This is where LEO looking for traffic violations need to concentrate...not on Hwy 61 looking for people going 48mph w/ the flow of traffic.
Everyday I see very dangerous driving maneuver, but not once in my 35 years of driving have I witnessed any of these people getting "caught".
Contrast this to the fact that I have witnessed, on a weekly basis, people going w/ the flow of traffic down 61, getting singled out for "speeding".
As people are going w/ the flow of traffic, the only way they can get stopped for speeding is w/ those stupid radar guns. If that is the only way LEO can determine if a driver is "breaking the law" or putting everyone else at risk, then we have a problem.
I suspect the problem is even more serious...the purpose of traffic patrol(making us safer) has been hijacked by another agenda: revenue generation.
LE-please get the creeps who are putting others at risk. I see plenty of them everyday.
November 7, 2008 at 7:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
theronce (anonymous) says...
I don't understand the false need for speed. For a 30 mile trip, the difference in time for a speed of 60 versus 45 is only 10 lousy minutes...and less for trips less than 30 miles, from 3 minutes to 4 minutes for only 3 miles...and that's on an unimpeded highway. In these situations, you can see that if you floor it, you are only going to go fast until you get to the next vehicle in front of you, or about 2 to 5 seconds. Calm down. We can help by driving the speed limit. I think that driving less than the speed limit, weather and traffic permitting, stirs the hornets nest.
November 7, 2008 at 7:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nelsnjef (anonymous) says...
One of the things wrong on the roadways is a lot of folks have this me first , It is a scary thing these days to drive anywhere on an interstate highway , I for one try to keep to the posted speed limit as I believe they are the law and not a suggestion , as for these folks that have all these green earth feel good bumper stickers on the backs of there cars yet they drive in excess of the speed limit don't make me think they are very green minded , since it has been proven that speeding wastes gas,which adds to our greenhouse gases , that being said then you have folks with the Jesus fish emblems and other christian stickers on there cars driving in some of the most unchristian manner ever If you are a christian you should not be breaking any law and that includes speed laws If you are a green earth person you should slow down and save gas In the meantime our roads would become safer !!!
November 7, 2008 at 7:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
halfsheli (anonymous) says...
I agree. People drive with an air of self-centered urgency. Drivers are not scared to cut anyone off because they feel as though they deserve to be ahead of everyone else. Hardly anyone practices courteous driving anymore. Are we that eager to get to work in the mornings that we are willing to endanger the lives of others as well as ourselves?
I, for one, am perfectly willing to drive slowly (or at least conservatively) to enjoy my commute to work; there will be enough hustle-bustle and chaos to endure once I walk in the doors of my place of employment.
I don't need to converse on the phone the entire time that I speed along roadways, running red lights, cutting off other drivers, and slamming on my brakes because I've driven nearly into the back end of the poor driver in front of me. Enjoy the commute. Listen to music. Relax. You will get to work. And you probably won't hurt of endanger anyone in the process.
November 7, 2008 at 7:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jhota (anonymous) says...
ditto from me on the "where are the police officers" comments.
"saturation" patrols must mean something other than what it sounds like.
November 7, 2008 at 7:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
crj3279 (anonymous) says...
SC's drivers are NOT the worst. I have driven in every state many times in my life and most places are about the same, South Carolina included. Want bad, rude, self-absorbed drivers? Go to South Florida or the NJ-NY-CT area. You will then experience the true joy of bad drivers.
November 7, 2008 at 8:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
halfsheli (anonymous) says...
NJ-NY-CT drivers are the WORST!!!! They are impatient, overbearing, and they will run anyone over in order to get where they are going in record time. Charleston drivers are becoming worse. I have seen the courtesy and patience of drivers in this area decline threefold in the 6 years that I have lived here.
November 7, 2008 at 8:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
katrenavantassle (anonymous) says...
I too am concerned about the rudeness and safety of SC drivers. I will tell you this...I ride with my husband to work daily to save gas. Thank God prices are down so I can drive myself again!!! WE NEVER SEE ANY POLICE OFFICERS ON OUR WAY TO WORK. MY husband is one of those rude, mean, nasty drivers and I am totally appauld when I have to ride to work with him. I have told him many times that KARMA is going to come get him!! He never breaks the law but instead he tailgates people who drive at 5 mph under the speed limit while griping that they should do at least the speed limit; He passes whenever he is able to do so, he huffs and puffs with road rage every time I am with him...as if his life depends on him getting to work by 8 am (and it does not, he is always early) I have had my family witness his attitude in the mornings and even was told that I could ride in with them some mornings to avoid "MR.RoadRage".
It is not only embarrassing but plain out stupid.
This man is not the same man I married anymore. He used to be laid back and cruise on a motorcycle when we met.
It is beyond me how driving can make a person go crazy. Yes, we do have alot of traffic in the mornings and evenings, and some people who do not know how to drive make it harder...BUT YOU ROAD RAGE DRIVING MANIACS..ROAD RAGE IS NOT THE WAY TO HANDLE YOUR STRESS. INNOCENT PEOPLE CAN BE KILLED by your stupidity. I am tired of bad attitudes and negativity. Life is too short and there are many more important things to worry about then if your going to be late getting somewhere. SLOW DOWN AND BE GLAD YOU ARE ALIVE AND ABLE TO DRIVE PERIOD. DRIVING IS A PRIVILEDGE, NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT!!!
November 7, 2008 at 8:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
halfsheli (anonymous) says...
And at the peril of angering SUV drivers (even further). You guys are the worst! Now, I know that drivers of all types of vehicles are to blame (and some SUV drivers are quite courteous and safe). BUT, I can't tell you how many times I've been cut off, tailgated, and even actually run onto the shoulder of the road by drivers of SUV's. The fact that your veheicle is bigger than and guzzles more gasoline than my wee-little Galant does not mean you should be a road bully!!!
November 7, 2008 at 8:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
UrGatorbait (anonymous) says...
Why do people need signs to tell them to slow down when workers are around? Some people have nil common sense and no courtesy. It covers all classes of people, vehicles, and drivers.
katrenavantassle, excellent post. Those folks have to be first, everything is a competition until some one is killed, injured or maimed by stupidity of others. The article says someone threw a cup at the workers? What a...four letter word.
November 7, 2008 at 8:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tides (anonymous) says...
Government is out of control just as society has become out of control.
Monkey see monkey do.
November 7, 2008 at 8:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ArrBee (anonymous) says...
So why not mount cameras on trucks and equipment working directly adjacent to the traffic flow. Surely there are cameras and lighting that can overcome the difficult conditions of filming/photographing at night, with car headlights, etc. The construction company could purchase/own the equipment under QC and safety management...so what if it adds 25-50k to a multi-million dollar project. And for the paranoid folks, the government & DOT would not own it so folks would not feel as if big brother was spying on them.
November 7, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tides (anonymous) says...
counterpoint,
good idea to fingerprint. I also think the vehicle they were riding in or driving should be confiscated by the state and sold at auction.
There has never been strict traffic enforcement. rush hour is a good example. i see vehicles driving about 40 mph in residential neighbors posted at 25 mph.
Even the garbage trucks and county/city vehicles are grossly breaking speed limits. have you ever seen one of them pulled over for speeding on our streets?
November 7, 2008 at 8:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
wtw53 (anonymous) says...
Been in Columbia about 18 months after that many years in Charleston. In Charleston, you never signal intent to change lanes as it warns people to speed up so you cannot pull over. In Columbia, drivers actually slow down when they see that turn signal come on. Drivers are MUCH more courteous in the Midlands. Occasionally on I-26, someone will still make sure no one can pull in front of them but I assume these are Charlestonians just passing through.
If it makes you feel any better, Columbia drivers fare no better in rain. Just like Charleston, accidents are everywhere.
November 7, 2008 at 9 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tides (anonymous) says...
moonpie
i am noticing that about obama mentality. its gotten really bad among blacks towards white people in charleston. they have chips on their shoulders like they are god himself or something.
November 7, 2008 at 9:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
1963 (anonymous) says...
To the people speeding, if you need to be there in a hurry why don't you leave earlier? I have, in the past, seen police in other states on the interstate in the middle lane with a sign on the roof of their vehicle with the scrolling words "Speed Limit 55 MPH" and no one passes them. Of course there are many vehicles behind the police cars just waiting for the officer to get off the interstate so they can put the metal to the pedal.
November 7, 2008 at 9:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Tides (anonymous) says...
Pay attention to those police cars. Watch how many of them do not obey traffic laws.
Monkey see, monkey do.
November 7, 2008 at 9:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
nelsnjef (anonymous) says...
Yes unfortunately our esteemed Law Enforcement Officers do not lead by example!!!!
November 7, 2008 at 9:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rewchrUlwys (anonymous) says...
Posted by ForPnC:I've traveled the world and they are the WORST drivers I've ever seen.
Posted by sig:South Carolina is on top for the worse drivers and the worse enforcement of the laws.
This was as far as I got before I became enraged, I am sure many other's have posted how horrible you believe drivers in our area to be, however let me write my opinion on your opinion: I do not know where you are originally from nor do I actually care, but I do know that I am from Charleston and I can remember traffic when I began to drive. (Many years ago) During that period the majority of drivers on our roads were natives to Charleston. I remember I-26 being congested, but I do not remember as many accidents, I remember when the shipyard closed and we thought traffic would get better, and then I remember an onslaught of people moving to this area, and have seen traffic diminish. I believe if you stopped 10 cars, 8 of them would not originally be from Charleston. I also believe, if you are unhappy here, please, please, please return to wherever you came from. I do not recall extending you an invitation to move to my state. You came here for some reason, I will venture a guess that your home state was a dreary place in the winter, people lived on top of one another, your property taxes were eating you alive and the size home you could afford was nothing compared to the home you could afford here. If I moved to your state I too may be unhappy, but at least I would have the sense God gave a Billy goat to leave and find happiness elsewhere instead of b****ing and complaining and making all around me miserable. Your accents assault my ears and your attitudes assault my city, my home, my heritage and my southern nature.
November 7, 2008 at 9:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
gunlover (anonymous) says...
Reading some of these comments, I agree with most of them, however when it comes to tail-gating, I don't do it, and I am ready to put a sign on the back of my truck that says," If I can't see your headlights or grill in my rear-veiw mirror, I will do a brake check".
November 7, 2008 at 9:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ColdBud (anonymous) says...
Oh great, now we have yet another self proclaimed native to the area acting ignorant and giving the rest of the low country residents a bad name... just what we need.
November 7, 2008 at 10:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ForPnC (anonymous) says...
rew -
Now that you're enraged by simply reading, please drive to the store and take it out on people you don't know.
November 7, 2008 at 10:05 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ForPnC (anonymous) says...
No ColdBud. There are many wonderful people here. In my book The Low Country doesn't have a bad name.
November 7, 2008 at 10:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
I too have driven in countries around the world and for those of you that are saying that Charleston drivers are the worse, what countries have you driven in? LOL. I have seen crazier driving in Sicily, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Philliphines, Germany, Qatar, Turkey, etc.
While we do have crazy offensive drivers here, they can't beat any of the drivers in the countries above. I too agree that anyone that throws trash at the workers needs to be arrested on the spot!! Po-Po needs to be proactive with this before someone gets killed!!
November 7, 2008 at 10:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
greggnapier (anonymous) says...
it's that way everywhere, it's a symptom of a troubled society and i'm sure that's why so many states have gone to doing major road work after hours when the traffic has thinned and more can be accomplished. that could be one alternative, thus reducing stress on all parties.
November 7, 2008 at 10:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ForPnC (anonymous) says...
Tail-gaters are irritating. I just down shift. No brakes needed! The only taillights are theirs.
There's a car around here somewhere that has this on their back window:
"Get off my butt unless you're pulling my hair!"
Well, replace 'butt' with the word we're not allowed to type.
I'd LOVE to meet that person. What a great sense of humor they have!
November 7, 2008 at 10:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
blah_blah_blah (anonymous) says...
every state claims to have the worst drivers.
ever been to boston?
ever been behind someone from Florida driving in the Mountains?
States don't educate drivers, so, in general, PEOPLE suck at driving. they just happen to be driving in particular state!
counterpoint - i'm with you, i would love to fingerprint these people!
November 7, 2008 at 10:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dwfrance (anonymous) says...
Just close down the Interstate until the job is completed...make everybody use back roads...that way everyone goes slow and no one dies
November 7, 2008 at 10:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Landy3261 (anonymous) says...
While we're on the subject, turn signals on automobiles are becoming more and more optional. Why do we need them anyway? It appears they are just on the steering wheel for decoration judging by the number of drivers who use them. Tailgaters, weavers, brakers, speeders, and the absoulute worse, cell phone users!...maybe you should all be given your own roads. See how long it takes for someone like you to get on your last nerve!
November 7, 2008 at 11:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ForPnC (anonymous) says...
Now Burton! Why did you have to go and throw all that in? LOL! Okay, point proven! Egyptians can take a two-lane lane and get six lanes out of it.
Not the worst in the world but definitely in the U.S.
November 7, 2008 at 11:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coahtrtaylor (anonymous) says...
Columbia, S.C. November 5, 2008 - The average auto insurance expenditure in South Carolina remains below the national average according to a recent study released by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. South Carolina drivers on average spend $756.11 per year on auto insurance which is $61 less than the national average of $817.11 according to the latest study from 2006 just released.
Year Average Expenditure
2006 $756.11
2005 $753.84
2004 $763.35
2003 $745.42
2002 $702.88
2001 $636.26
2000 $619.57
I think maybe the post that embaresses Early, may be correct based on the above study. I have been in the insurance industry for 21+ years and I can say that there are more claims and more accidents than there were in the 80's. Could be from the influx of people moving here as well as the number of vehicles per household. But there is definetly an increase in accidents compared to 20 years ago.
Premiums are partially based on driving experience as well as claim factors, which affect us all. So it only stands to reason that the more drivers on the road, the larger the population, the more accidents are recorded, the higher insurance rates will become.
Now with that said, I am the bad insurance agent and everyone can yell at me and tell me what a rip off my industry is, yadda yadda yadda, however after this post I will be logged off, so if you want to let me have it, you will have to do so in another post down the road!! :)
November 7, 2008 at 12:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Charles_Town (anonymous) says...
I drive West on I-26 every weekday about 5:45am - 6am. Trying to stay the speed has almost put a few unexpected passengers in the bed of my truck. Got a loud horn blow this morning by an 18 wheeler. When I pass the workes inthe morning they are just setting out the cones. The merge signs are uncovered but no one else gets over until they are about 100 yards (often less) from the truck with the flashing yellow lights slowly following the workers putting out the cones. It is crazy. But I have never seen a police officer out there during this time since construction started.
November 7, 2008 at 12:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
SingleSexynSassy (anonymous) says...
Tides said: moonpie
i am noticing that about obama mentality. its gotten really bad among blacks towards white people in charleston. they have chips on their shoulders like they are god himself or something.
I thought long and hard before VMO to this post. What does this comment have to do with this article? What area are seeing "blacks" being really bad toward white people. Just because president elect Obama is black that does not mean he is only working for blacks. He is here to make changes for everyone. Blacks alone did not get him elected. This is why racism is still alive in America. Get a life and grow up. You are treated the way you treat others. If you want respect than give respect.
November 7, 2008 at 12:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KidYendor (anonymous) says...
The police ought to be raking in the dough for drivers going over 60 mph in these construction zones. Spread the wealth. Police should shoot out tires of drivers going over 70. Workers on the highways deserve protection. And as of Thursday Nov.6, why is gas below $2 in Georgetown and Charleston is above $2.18?
November 7, 2008 at 1:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sdaygirl (anonymous) says...
This is off topic, but I just had to respond to rewchrulwys comment:
The "native" argument is really not valid anywhere in the U.S.. If you have ventured away from South Carolina, you would see that the population has boomed everywhere. Traffic has increased in most cities across the United States, and will continue to do so.
I find the "natives" to be quite hostile...from the car stickers (that serve what purpose?), to the idea that anyone who moves in should have to pay more in taxes than those who already live here (ridiculous), to this posting. We as Anerican citizens have every right to move, live, and work wherever we please, and to be treated equally. You do not have any more right to live here than anyone else, just because you were here first and decided to stay.
However, your argument that if we don't like it here, we should just leave, (because everything is just fine for you)is no solution, and it is most likely not going to happen anyway.
As for the traffic issue, I travel from Summerville to James Island every day and back. I have been wondering myself about the speed and what is being done about it. I am not one to always go the speed limit, admittedly, but when I see the workers, I try to slow down, but it is hard when you've got people on your tail, and a narrow lane with cones and workers to avoid. The signs should be clearer, and more enforcement truly is needed. I did see some blue lights last night on the east bound side, but haven't seen any westbound in the afternoon or evening.
November 7, 2008 at 4:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dbeast420 (anonymous) says...
Posted by dwfrance on November 7, 2008 at 10:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Just close down the Interstate until the job is completed...make everybody use back roads...that way everyone goes slow and no one dies
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Terrible idea. I drive back roads to work everyday and I enjoy the lack of traffic.
The best way to make sure there is a cop in the work zones....
Stick a Dunkin' or Krispy Kreme donut shop every 50 yards :-)
November 7, 2008 at 7:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Acecool (anonymous) says...
BS, I pay $3,200 a year on insurance, I am 23, I was in the military, and I am state and FBI certified! (2 cars, 2003 land rover, and 20 year old nissan)
November 7, 2008 at 9:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
christinader (anonymous) says...
Wow... You need to get a new insurance company!
November 7, 2008 at 11:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ForPnC (anonymous) says...
Wow Ace! There's got to be something somewhere on a driving record in your household. DUI, multiple tickets or wrecks?
If not, then you are getting SCREWED.
Change companies now!
I don't pay even half that for full coverage on a truck, car, AND boat.
November 8, 2008 at 11:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
PalmettoDP (anonymous) says...
I disagree with the majority opinion here - I think drivers here are much better than other areas of the country.
If they're doing construction at night, they should close all lanes but one in each direction, and make that one the farthest away from the workers.
November 10, 2008 at 1:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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