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I get it, and its sad, HOWEVER accidents sometimes just happen!! We have drifted so far past that concept that now, every time something bad happens everyone screams WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE A CHANGE!!!!

In reality, this was likely just a tragic accident and rumble strips would have done little to change the outcome. I mean no disrespect to the family or the deceased but I don't want to drive over those things 17,000 times on a morning commute.

MDOT doesn't do anything until someone (or more than one) dies.

Passing a “hands free” cellphone requirement would save many more lives and cut down on traffic accidents.

Exactly what needed saying, 11:37. Thank you.

Had a serious accident in the same spot on Highway 7 nearly 50 years ago. Longstanding problem.

Self driving cars will solve 100% of these issues but they can only exist in a cohesive, high-trust society. That is something we simply no longer have in turd world America.

Ummm, "......the car drifted into the left lane".....Dear God Jesus, WHEN will we get back to people taking responsibility for their actions? This video is sickening in its narcissism to deflect from this young man's lack of awareness that killed an innocent person.

I understand that for many parents, it gives them purpose to turn an accident into a crusade to save others.
But in some cases, its just a freak accident that could happen to anyone and the parents should focus on properly grieving the loss instead.
Sometimes we don't need to rewrite laws, or pass legislation.
We just need to accept the horrors we cannot control.

Am I the only one who thinks it is odd that they used some weird computer generated voice over that says they are the person that died in the crash? Why not get the parents on video asking for it, if they really want it. This is just a really odd approach to me.

I have been in the situation where I am blinded by a rising or setting sun by being on roads at the incorrect time. My father always taught me to slow down and look at the lines on the road to my left and right to make sure I was staying straight, until I got in a better spot. Same goes for when blinded my headlights from oncoming traffic at night.

When my grandson 1st started driving he did this same thing. Traveling East on hwy 16 between Benton & Canton, just drifted into oncoming traffic...Which in this case was a Frieghtliner Gravel Truck! He didn't hit it head on but hit about the left side fuel tank. Grandson said he "Was Just Daydreaming"...I told him you can't lay your brain on the seat when you're driving & you're Lucky To Be Alive!!! I also took that opportunity to point out the misery he coulda caused that truck driver! So far so good since then...

That stretch of Highway from Grenada to Holly Springs should have been expanded to 4 lanes years ago for economic development purposes, but the State Legislature is mostly captured by petty MSU grads who would rather see people die than help bring even more development to Oxford.

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11:37 Absolutely correct.

Ya'll are so right!! Why do we have to wear seatbelts? Why can't we text and drive if we do it responsibly? Why can we have a few drinks and drive if we do it responsibly? It is tyranny on the drivers.

Quick Google search reveals evidence that these strips save lives by decreasing head-on collisions. Either make it 4 lane as noted above or lay down the strips. More than happy to have my tax dollars fund either as opposed to other pointless ventures and grifter schemes.

I have driven through Themis entire country from coast to coast and border to border. Mississippi is always dead last to get any highway safety features added. We wee the last state to install the steel cable barriers in the median on the interstate. And most states have had rumble strips on the center lines if traffic is heading in opposite directions. I know Texas has this and so does Kansas and Missouri.

It may be me but since Covid drivers have become more inept. Usually younger drivers when they did away with testing an allowed an affidavit system to ok drivers. I also think snooze alarms need to be abolished. Get up at the time you're supposed to so you're not rushing. My friend made me say that.

this is why i will never give up my 2003 toyota land cruiser .
when i get hit by some idiot ,meth head, drunk, and sooner or later i will, im gonna live through it...............
i dont need rumble strips.

What ever happened to the rules of the road; keep control of your motor vehicle and steer and maintain it in the correct lane of travel. No strips will solve this veering off road or into other lane of travel, if you are not attentive and in control of the motor vehicle. I have traveled that stretch of highway 7 on and off over 30 years and find no issue staying in correct lane. I challenge the presenter of this video to document that each accident (cone in video) is the result of highway design or construction, and not as result of other issues such as lack of control of motor vehicle, lack of attentiveness, excessive speeding for conditions, etc.

You, sir, are correct. I understand the anguish of the parents, but the problem was the failure of their son to have his vehicle under control, and to maintain his lane of travel. That doesn't make me heartless, or uncaring, to point this out.

I agree. I was very surprised when I learned that our legislators are overwhelmingly State fans with bad attitudes towards anything and everything to do with Ole Miss and Oxford.

I get it. No one would die in traffic accidents if we all just had the perfect driving skills of the nascar veterans at 3:50 and 5:09. We should get rid of all painted roadway lines because those are safety features and if everyone had total constant control of their vehicles like 3:50 and 5:09 they wouldn’t need a reminder where their lane ends. And no 5:09, you may sympathize with them but you do not “understand” the anguish of the parents.

It's not hard to control your vehicle, millions of drivers do it every day. I stated that the young man's death was caused by his failure to control his vehicle. It doesn't require NASCAR skills to control your vehicle, millions of drivers do it every day.

You must think that couple is the only one that has had to bury their child. I, also, have had to bury a child, so I very much understand their anguish. Good evening to you.

@11:51, and congestion. And rubber band traffic at lights. And commute times. And fuel waste/costs. And GHG emissions. And road rage!

@1:52, seat belt laws most directly affect the occupants of the vehicle in which the choice is made...not other drivers. However texting and drinking impinge on the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of everyone else around them. I could see your argument for the former, but not the latter two...i.e. do what you want as long as you don't affect me and mine!

And yes, I know you were being a sarcastic yutz.

I decided to ride with one of my step sons(22) to town a few weeks back. Whew. Drifting in and out of the lane seemed normal to him ! I had to scream at him to put his cellphone down ! Never again.

8:55 Unfortunately many parents have had to bury a child. If these strips can save a life, use them.

The sound of that rumble strip will be the last thing that driver hears, in this life, if they fail to maintain their lane. I was taught, as a driver, to use the old boxer's rule, that is, to protect yourself at all times.

Maybe parents should spend more time teaching kids to be responsible drivers.
Add handing kids a license with no driving test required as one of the dumbest things Mississippi has done recently.
I don't oppose adding the rumble strips. But can we also lobby our legislators for personal responsibility to be added to the highways too?