>>
>> WE
>> WE WILL KEEP ASKING FOR THAT ACCESS AND WE WILL PASS IT
ALONG WHEN WE GET IT.
>>> A FOUR SOUTH COUNTY 4@DEAN
WAS CITED FOR FAILING TO YIELD.
JOHN HAS MORE.
>> IT HAS BEEN A MENACE TO
DRIVERS.
DRIVERS.
DRIVERS. >> YEARS, 4@4@THIS INTERSECTION
BENTLEY ROAD IN FORSYTH COUNTY,
>> YEARS, 4@4@THIS INTERSECTION BENTLEY ROAD IN FORSYTH COUNTY,@
THIS IS WHERE ON AUGUST 12TH, A
16-YEAR-OLD DRIVER, ON HER WAY
TO TRACK PRACTICE AT WEST
FOURTH ICE FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL,
SHE WAS T-BONED AND NEARLY
KILLED TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT.
ELEVEN DAYS LATER, SHE HOPES TO
GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL SOON.
AND WITH HER PARENTS, LEADING A
CAMPAIGN TO MAKE THE
INTERSECTION SAFER.
INTERSECTION SAFER. >> THAT ROAD IS HORRIBLE.
>> IT IS FRUSTRATING.
IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE IT 4@HAPPENS AGAIN.
>> THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION 4@AGREED TO DO A
NEW STUDY OF ALL THE CRASHES.
THE PREVIOUS STUDY FOUND
CONDITIONS DID NOT FEDERA4@L
STANDARD.
STANDARD.
STANDARD. THE STUDY THEN FOUND 15 CRASHES
AT THE INTERSECTION IN 37
MONTHS, FROM 2013 TO 2016, ONE
ASKED EVERY 4@TWO AND A HALF
4@
ASKED EVERY 4@TWO AND A HALF MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. STUDY SHOW?
STUDY SHOW? WE HAVE OBTAINED 4@THE MOST
RECENT REPORTS IN THE PAST 32
MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN 24 MORE
COLLISIONS THE ONE INVOLVING
THE SO ACCIDENTS HERE MORE
FREQUENT, EVERY MONTH OR MONTH
AND A HALF ON AVERAGE >> 20
LIVES AFFECTED.
LIVES AFFECTED. TWENTY-FOUR 4@4@PEOPLE, THE
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT END UP
HERE AT THE HOSPITAL.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
>> Reporter: MORE DANGER, MORE
AND MORE DEVELOPMENT, AND
INCREASED TRAFFIC BY 50% OVER
THE PAST DECADE FOR THE COUNTY @
TO LANES.
TO LANES.
TO LANES. >> IT TELLS YOU THEY BELIEVE
THAT LEFT PLAYING IS DANGEROUS.
>> AND CO. 4@
WAS PAID FOR A TRAFFIC 4@LIGHT,
BUT COUNTY REPEATEDLY SAID NO
>> IT WAS THE DECISION OF THE
COUNTY WE ARE PAYING FOR IT BUT
NOT ALLOWED TO INSTALL IT >>
HE HOPES THE NEW STATE STUDY
INTERSECTIONS WILL BECOME
COMPLETE BY OCTOBER TO HAVE
RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS FROM
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS. THE GOAL4@ FOR US IS TO PROVIDE
4@LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS, THE
LIGHTNING OF THE ROAD >> HIS
NEIGHBORS AND CLASSMATES, 4@4@
DEMANDING IMMEDIATE SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS.
IMPROVEMENTS. THOUSANDS HAVE 4@4@SOME WAS
AVAILABLE4@ NOT HAVE HAPPENED B
IF WE CAN GET SOME CHANGE IN
THE INTERSECTION, NO ONE HAS TO
GO THROUGH WHAT WE ARE GOING
THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE