A reader has complained that the new temporary traffic lights on Bayview south of Moore are not safe. He comments as follows: “These new lights are quite possibly the most dangerous that I have seen in my 43 years of driving. To put lights in the middle of a blind, downhill, reverse-camber corner is nothing short of insane. All of the driver’s attention needs to be focused on the road and the corner, preventing him from looking up to see the traffic signals. The worst thing that you can do when navigating a corner like this is to apply the brakes. If it’s even a little slippery, the car will end up skidding right over the divider and into oncoming traffic. Or worse, you will end up running down a pedestrian or pushing them into oncoming traffic. I predict countless fender benders will occur at these lights. I hope, but I’m not optimistic, that there won’t be any fatalities.The whole problem could have been avoided by putting the lights and the stop line before the corner instead of just after it.” Ed — Thanks for the comment. You make sense.
