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At about 2:46 p.m., Salem Lakes Fire/Rescue units and sheriff’s deputies are responding to a crash at Highways 83 and C in Trevor.
Per dispatch: Three vehicles involved. Injuries being reported.
UPDATE 4:11 p.m. — Just received a report from someone who just passed through the area that whole intersection is blocked except for the right (eastbound) turn from Highway 83 to Highway C.
Could have been prevented if Salem didn’t prevent the roundabout. Studies have shown that roundabouts are safer than traditional stop sign or signal-controlled intersections. Roundabouts reduced injury crashes by 75 percent at intersections where stop signs or signals were previously used for traffic control, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
Could have been avoided if people pay attention!
With that logic they should go everywhere.
Put one at 50 & 75 in front of the Walgreens.
45 & 50. JF & 83
C & 45. This one was voted down by Bristol.
Where do you stop?
For what it’s worth, roundabouts have been on some scale proposed for Hwys 50 & 75/83, Hwys 50 & 45 and Hway 45 & 50, before being nixed. I’m not saying they got very far in some of those locations but I at least heard them raised in official proceedings as a possibility. As to where do you stop, why stop if they do the job? Where have we stopped with the traffic signals? The best example I can think of is the Hwys C and MB intersection, an infamous location for severe crashes for a long time. Now, severe crashes don’t happen there. I know people who were dead set against that roundabout, who now praise it for that reason. It worked.