Ok, I understand the warning signs, and flashing warning lights etc.. AND I understand most of the drivers have CDL's and should know better. But what I don't understand if why the highway agency with jurisdiction do something about it? Yes it would cost some money to dig out the roadway and rebuilt it about a foot lower in grade, but think of the millions of dollars of property damage it would save, and also the possibility of killing some innocent person in a car following too close in a car and getting things dumped on them. What if the trailing car was a convertible or a motorcyclists? As you know I am not a big government guy, but there is a role for government to play, and making our roadways safer is one of them. When I was a child, a new highway 60 was built near our local town. This new highway had a new intersection that divided for about a mile or so. This was new to the local drivers, and of course someone died their within a week of the highway being opened. More deaths followed, and the local newspaper started calling the intersection "the booby trap".. Well a "booby trap" is a trap that "booby's" fall into. Yes the people that died were "stupid" "ignorant" and "bad drivers" but the deaths just continued to pile up. Dozens and dozens of them. Finally after many years the State Highway department just closed off the divided portion and funneled everyone back to two lanes and put in a light.. Of course the death rate plummeted and the "booby trap" was no more. So the point of my rant is, why not fix the problem?
James K0UA