The Editor:
I’m writing this letter in regards to Marge Young’s letter in the May 4 issue of the Mercury.
First off, I would like to give my condolences to the family who lost their loved one at the intersection of Highways 39 and 47.
Secondly, I do agree it would have been nice to have seen an overpass built at that intersection.
The thing that bothers me the most is that the committee thinks traffic lights would have prevented this accident and the other ones, from happening.
This is not true. What would have prevented all these accidents from happening is people paying attention to their surroundings, especially at highway intersections.
There are already rumble strips, flashing red light and a huge Stop sign on Highway 47.
I travel this route to work every day and have witnessed many people still not obeying the traffic sign.
If people are not going to stop for the proper signage on the north/south highway, why would it be any different for stopping on the east/west traffic lights or no traffic lights?
Marge and the committee are the ones fighting to twin Highway 39 and I commended them on that because Highways 39 and 6 are definitely in need of twinning. But, let’s not go about blaming an intersection for a problem that could be solved by just taking an extra minute to look both ways and by making sure we have the time to pull out and cross the intersection.
Sincerely,
Troy Duncan
Estevan
