Driving around Palm Coast and the rest of Flagler County, I'm sure, has taken your breath away from time to time. One reason would be the natural beauty of the area, like cruising down A1A with the shimmering Atlantic to the East, or over the bridge into Flagler Beach, when the vista of the Intracoastal and the ocean simultaneously come into view. My partner and I often say, "It's really cool to live and work in a place, where other people come for vacation!"
The other reasons I'm getting at would be the times our breath has been made short by "close call" traffic events. Those times when you'd like to pull off and say a prayer of thanks for being spared "one more time." It's apparent that efforts are underway to fix many of these problem areas. Good job, by the way, for fixing that side entrance/exit, onto Cypress Point, at Wally World... we all had anxious moments there, when trying to turn left towards Belle Terre. Yet we're a bit behind in other spots, simply because of our unprecedented population growth and accompanying explosion of vehicle registration from 1999 to 2007. And if you haven't figured this one out yet, some of Palm Coast's roads are pretty tricky. My guess is that the ITT planners, back in 1969 hippie days, were rollin' doobies when one of them shouted out, "Hey! I've got it... let's make Palm Coast Parkway with a big median in the middle... and have the main artery through town... ONE WAY East... and ONE WAY West! That will really make for some confusing intersections. Haa Haa Haa Haa!" Then another guy said, "Cool - and let's not have sidewalks either. If kids ever move to Palm Coast, they can wait for the bus in the middle of the road!" Then they all voted "Yea" and ordered 14 pizzas, and Chinese takeout.
Anyway, I'm asking for the readers of this new Blog to cast your vote for the spot in our area - "Where an accident is waiting to happen." Post your input to the "Comments" section below and I'll compile them. Then I'll make sure they get to the right people at the County for consideration. Here's my vote: Coming North on Belle Terre and turning left onto Easthampton at the traffic light by the new Publix. When the light is green - and inviting you to turn left - you can't see around the cars coming South and waiting to turn onto Central to get to Publix. It's extremely dangerous. Now... What's yours???
Friday, April 20, 2007
"Palm Coast: Traffic Accidents Waiting to Happen?"
Driving around Palm Coast and the rest of Flagler County, I'm sure, has taken your breath away from time to time. One reason would be the natural beauty of the area, like cruising down A1A with the shimmering Atlantic to the East, or over the bridge into Flagler Beach, when the vista of the Intracoastal and the ocean simultaneously come into view. My partner and I often say, "It's really cool to live and work in a place, where other people come for vacation!"
The other reasons I'm getting at would be the times our breath has been made short by "close call" traffic events. Those times when you'd like to pull off and say a prayer of thanks for being spared "one more time." It's apparent that efforts are underway to fix many of these problem areas. Good job, by the way, for fixing that side entrance/exit, onto Cypress Point, at Wally World... we all had anxious moments there, when trying to turn left towards Belle Terre. Yet we're a bit behind in other spots, simply because of our unprecedented population growth and accompanying explosion of vehicle registration from 1999 to 2007. And if you haven't figured this one out yet, some of Palm Coast's roads are pretty tricky. My guess is that the ITT planners, back in 1969 hippie days, were rollin' doobies when one of them shouted out, "Hey! I've got it... let's make Palm Coast Parkway with a big median in the middle... and have the main artery through town... ONE WAY East... and ONE WAY West! That will really make for some confusing intersections. Haa Haa Haa Haa!" Then another guy said, "Cool - and let's not have sidewalks either. If kids ever move to Palm Coast, they can wait for the bus in the middle of the road!" Then they all voted "Yea" and ordered 14 pizzas, and Chinese takeout.
Anyway, I'm asking for the readers of this new Blog to cast your vote for the spot in our area - "Where an accident is waiting to happen." Post your input to the "Comments" section below and I'll compile them. Then I'll make sure they get to the right people at the County for consideration. Here's my vote: Coming North on Belle Terre and turning left onto Easthampton at the traffic light by the new Publix. When the light is green - and inviting you to turn left - you can't see around the cars coming South and waiting to turn onto Central to get to Publix. It's extremely dangerous. Now... What's yours???
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I think the 30mph speed limits are stupid in many areas (like Florida Park Drive). I think it's just a money maker for the city on tickets! Driving too slow causes accidents!
The city needs to do a better job with STOP sign visibility. There are a lot of intersections where they are blocked by trees until you are right on top of them.
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