Hopes for New Signs in Construction Area

Amber Wheat

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The construction on I-5 is a necessary evil, but after two collisions over the weekend, the CHP wants new signs put up to keep motorists safe.

Both accidents involved the metal guardrail, a sign to CHP officers that the lanes have been narrowed and people need to be warned of that fact.

Thankfully, the two men in the accidents were not severely injured, but I-5 was shut down for a while after the second collision.

Construction is always going on somewhere, being a commuter society breeds the necessity for good, reliable roads. We are lucky to have a transportation service that takes that responsibility seriously, but at the same time it can get frustrating having to drive slower, dealing with backups, and feeling like the construction will NEVER end!

Here are a few tips to make your commute easier:
1) Don’t go faster than the posted speed limit, even if there is nobody around, those limits are changed because maybe the curves are sharper, or maybe the lanes are more narrow, the speed limit is there for your safety.

2) Keep a following distance, I know that it is extremely frustrating to have a proper following distance, only for someone to cut you off, but there will always be jerks out there, let it go and then back off again, recreate your following distance so that if the person in front of you has to break quickly, you have enough time to stop.

3) Let people in when lanes merge, don’t hug the bumper of the person in front of you, create enough space to let one person in and hopefully the person behind you will do the same. When everybody takes turns one after the other, traffic moves faster. It is when nobody is letting anybody else over into the lane that back ups occur and slow everybody down.

4) Avoid construction areas if you can. I regularly change my route if construction starts on my regular drive. I am very much into avoidance. If you can’t avoid construction all together, choose the least invasive sites to pass. Pay attention to when construction is due to end so that you know when you can use your regular streets again.

Above all, be patient, and please be safe out there. If you are involved in a collision, give us a call, we’re here to help.