There was yet another T-bone accident just in front of the Deloitte building (across from NFCU on 235)
Another instance of someone trying to make a U-turn onto NB 235 during afternoon rush hour and an idiot racing up the RIGHT TURN ONLY lane to get ahead hit them doing about 45-50MPH! This is the 4th time I personally have seen this type of accident at that exact place in the last 6 months! Do the sheriffs do anything about this? Do they patrol that area at all? I never see one on the road during this time.
Does it take fatalities to get someone to do their job around here??
Well you just perpetuated the myth that it's a "merge" lane. The markings on the road and the posted signs say "RIGHT TURN ONLY", not "Acceleration Lane" or "Merge"
Cops can't do 100% enforcement when people don't even know what the signs say.
They certainly can't do 100% enforcement from Pegg Rd to RT 4. It's not just in there, it's the entire length. It's not just speeding up the shoulder, but some people would argue that they are making a right - into Wa Wa to come out on the other side of the light. Then the argument is, what is a reasonable distance to be in that lane to make a right turn - a half mile, a quarter mile, a tenth of a mile? What's the speed limit in that lane? Posted limit of 45? Less?
It's like lane spitting with a bike, you can do it, it's stupid because someone may actually make a legal maneuver and , well, you're dead or worse (disabled for life).
The only solution is to (a) drop the speed limit on 235 to 30 MPH, (b) add more stop lights and (c) remove the cut through u-turns. Easy as A, B, C.
It might take an hour to go from Rt 4 to Pegg Rd, but it's the only alternative to reduce serious accidents since you can't change the poor design and fix stupid.
IMHO, anyone who refers to the RIGHT TURN lane as a MERGE is stupid.