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Nov. 23, 2022
Rural highways are disproportionately and unnecessarily dangerous
Every 24 minutes, a person dies on a rural highway. Many of those deaths are linked to extreme drop-offs at a road's edge, which causes drivers to overcorrect and veer into head-on traffic.
Brett Schreiber
Singleton Schreiber LLPPhone: (619) 488-6699
Email: bschreiber@singletonschreiber.com
Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA
When Southern Californians think of commuting to work or taking our kids to school, we often envision giant freeways, high occupancy lanes, the occasional toll road, and of course, traffic. However, the reality for millions of Californians is that their daily commute involves traveling along rural two-lane highways. Our state and county governments are required to maintain more two- and three-lane rural highways than they do freeways. And sadly, because those rural r...
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