Especially the cell phone thing. A co-worker checks her voice mail everytime she gets in the car and as she is buckling up, backing up, leaving the parking lot - in other words - when she is most distracted, she adds another distraction. I asked her once why she can't wait until she's on the highway - about 1 minute later. Answer - she's afraid she may miss something.

So stupid and someday she or someone else will back over a kid or a dog.

Pretty simple really. It is where the most vehicles are. It's not rocket science.

That's probably a very big factor.
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There are intersections in other places with ten times the traffic of 54/74 intersection, that have fewer accidents than this one.

This is about the worst designed one I have ever seen! It is on a slant making vision poor, and it is way too far across it---one can start out with nothing sight and get creamed by a light change while you are traveling.

It should have been a crossover bridge initially and will eventually have to be. I suppose a thousand more wrecks will do the trick!

This is "Lenox Junction" in case you don't remember!

Same guy designed it that designed the Post Office Lot!

"There are intersections in other places with ten times the traffic of 54/74 intersection, that have fewer accidents than this one."

I'm not sure how serious you are to need to know the names of other intersections! Sounds like a bluff!

I'm not talking about PTC!

Howevr, just one would be 54/GA85!

There are scores of them in Atlanta!

That is a terrible intersection!!!!!

Your words, not mine.

I would say the ONE intersection you named doesn't have anywhere near 10 TIMES the traffic of 74/54.

Your blustering is HILARIOUS.

So you like that intersection, 54/74, do you?

There are many intersection in the Atlanta area with many more times the traffic and fewer accidents, and you know it!
It also will get twice as bad shortly! Seen what is going on at the county line and beyond?

Just think how bad when MARTA stops at the RR tracks!

We don't have any long term thinkers around here!

All I asked for was for you to name ONE intersection that has 10 times the traffic and less accidents.

You can't even pretend to comprehend a question, or for that matter your own comments, can you?

He responds to about every single topic, every day, and just goes on and on. And on.

By the way, in 2006, 85/54 had 3,000 more cars per day than 54/74(26,000 vs. 23,000). I'd imagine at this point they are either about the same or 54/74 has slightly more.

Is this space for responding or not?

I see you at lot!

I can't help it if you think conventional only!

Anyway I expect the site master to cut me out for irritating the local yokels and cons soon.

The kick I get out of your drivel is priceless...

They didn't grade it properly either. They just paved over what was there. How could anyone design handicapped parking and access that goes uphill? When the city put a stop work order on them and told them to go back and do it right the contractor started to do that and the post office overruled him said that federal agencies do not have to obey local ordinances. City council decided not to pursue the issue in court (I sure would have) because of the expense. The year? 1986, I think.

Pay attention to the pavement next time to are there.

They didn't grade it properly either. They just paved over what was there. How could anyone design handicapped parking and access that goes uphill? When the city put a stop work order on them and told them to go back and do it right the contractor started to do that and the post office overruled him said that federal agencies do not have to obey local ordinances. City council decided not to pursue the issue in court (I sure would have) because of the expense. The year? 1986, I think.

Pay attention to the pavement next time to are there.

All intersections are dangerous now because we (the old folks) are driving with a generation that thinks you should accelerate when you see a yellow light. My generation was taught to slow down and stop.