TITUSVILLE, Fla. — If Jerry Solomon has to turn south on U.S. 1 from South Street anymore, he might need to go to the chiropractor.


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ā€œYou’ve got to crank your neck to look, or else,ā€ said Solomon.

He says when he is on South Street and has to merge onto U.S. 1 southbound in Titusville, it is difficult.

ā€œIf you’re looking in your rearview mirror, you see what’s parallel to your vehicle. If you’re sitting at a 30 degree angle, you see that post instead, you don’t see what’s coming after you,ā€ Solomon explained.

He is afraid he might get hit.

ā€œIt’s dangerous for me. I have a hard time seeing what’s coming,ā€ he said.

But Solomon offers a solution to this problem: Just south of the intersection, there is a big area of road that is striped off.

In fact, Solomon bends the rules and uses that southbound striped off section to merge.

ā€œI follow this and then I parallel U.S. 1 south for just a little ways so that I can see what’s coming behind me in my rearview mirror. It works really good,ā€ Solomon told us.

The Florida Department of Transportation is looking into the issue.

ā€œWe have shared the viewer’s proposed recommendation with our traffic operations team,ā€ said FDOT Community Outreach Specialist Mariam Ali. ā€œOur engineers will do a full analysis, which includes evaluating the proposed recommendation, to determine the most efficient safety improvement that may be needed for the area.ā€

Solomon thinks an easy fix would solve the problem.

ā€œI would like to see it just get repainted,ā€ he said.

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