SELMA – An eastbound silver SUV slammed into the rear of a black SUV, which had stopped for a stop sign, at the intersection of Highway 42 and Highway 96, around 10:00pm Thursday.
The driver of the silver SUV was transported to the hospital.
The driver of the black SUV was not injured. She and her husband had purchased the used vehicle only four days prior to the accident.
The State Highway Patrol investigated the accident.
Am curious if this was a rather new 4-way stop. Seems they are going up everywhere. Woods Cross rd 4-way in southern johnston county is rather a waste of tax payer dollars. Some were badly needed. Would certainly love to see the statistics on the locations of the new 4-ways and their track record of accidents.
Perfect location for a roundabout.
It’s relatively new, the stops on 42 have been there for less than two years IIRC.
They do no good because drivers just will not pay attention. Making commutes slower and longer only makes this problem worse due to boredom. Even roundabouts, which are definitely more efficient than making everyone stop and wait, have people drive across the middle occasionally.
It has nothing to do with stop signs, stop lights or roundabouts. Stupidity causes these crashes.
They should outlaw 4 way stops
Looks serious, hopefully everyone will be ok and will not have any permanent injury’s 🤔
I hope all will be ok also, but I do have an idea that might, and notice I use the word might help. I think a flashing light to warn a driver ahead of the stop sign powered by a solar panel could cut the problem way back. More and more places that have a traffic light getting ready to turn red have a flashing warning signal ahead of the red light is a big help. Might work for a stop sign. Just a thought. Another thought is for stupid drivers to turn in their driver’s license, if they have one. Stupid includes STOP TEXTING!