Lawmaker Wants Electronic Signs on at I-75 Crash Stretch
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Posted: 10:05 AM Feb 8, 2012
Lawmaker Wants Electronic Signs on at I-75 Crash Stretch
Following news that there are no warning signs on a stretch of Interstate 75 near Gainesville where 11 people recently died in a fog and smoke shrouded crash, a Republican lawmaker from the area plans to introduce legislation to require them.
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Tallahassee, Florida - Feb. 8, 2012 -

Following news that there are no warning signs on a stretch of Interstate 75 near Gainesville where 11 people recently died in a fog and smoke shrouded crash, a Republican lawmaker from the area plans to introduce legislation to require them. Rep. Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, plans to file an amendment to an omnibus transportation bill (HB 1399) that would require electronic signs in the area near Paynes Prairie to warn motorists when there's danger. The area is particularly vulnerable to fog because it's low-lying. A chain reaction crash in the morning of Jan. 29 along the interstate killed 11 and injured 18. WESH TV in Orlando reported this week that unlike many other areas along Florida's interstates, that stretch of highway has no electronic messaging.

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Posted by: Florida Taxpayer on Feb 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM

How? I've seen smoke warning signs many times in my years of driving, but I've never seen someone change their driving behavior due to them.
Posted by: J on Feb 9, 2012 at 10:03 AM

11 people died and all you can think about is the traffic you got caught in? Do you enjoy being the scum of the earth??
Posted by: AW on Feb 8, 2012 at 10:22 PM

You couldn't even see the smoke and fog until it was too late. It just kinda happened upon you. It wasn't people "not paying attention to the road ahead" or "not knowing how to operate a vehicle". The road went from visable to not in no time at all. Also, 11 people died in those crashes. The least you can do is to have the decency to not refer to them as idiots.
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