Joe Willie On The Shrimpbox: Another head-on fatality on the Causeway!

Here we go again. The sad news that yet another motorist has been killed in a
head-on crash on the St. Simons Island Causeway. 30 year old St. Simon Island resident Joshua Franklin became the third person to die from a head-on crash on the roadway within two months. How many more people will have to die until the Georgia Department of Transportation officials pull their head out from the butts and put in a divider. The DOT keeps saying that a divider is not the answer. Hmmm. Why did they put one on the new Sidney Lanier Bridge? Let's put it back on the DOT. If a traffic divider is not the answer to traffic fatalities on The Causeway, then what is the answer? Are you gonna slow down traffic? Don't think so. Police officials admit that's be hard to do. Are you cut down the number of vehicles on the stretch of road? Don't think so! Enforce a ban on using cell phones while driving? See above about cutting down on speeding! The most logical answer is a barrier that would keep vehicles from crossing into on-coming traffic. A well respected local politician and a retired police chief recently told me that when it comes to common sense answers to hard problems, The DOT has never gotten it. And, sadly never will unless we the citizens crank up the heat on city, county and state officials! Start making the calls today!