TITUSVILLE, Fla. ā If Jerry Solomon has to turn south on U.S. 1 from South Street anymore, he might need to go to the chiropractor.
āYouāve 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.
āIf youāre looking in your rearview mirror, you see whatās parallel to your vehicle. If youāre sitting at a 30 degree angle, you see that post instead, you donāt see whatās coming after you,ā Solomon explained.
He is afraid he might get hit.
āItās dangerous for me. I have a hard time seeing whatās 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.
āI follow this and then I parallel U.S. 1 south for just a little ways so that I can see whatās 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.
āWe have shared the viewerās proposed recommendation with our traffic operations team,ā said FDOT Community Outreach Specialist Mariam Ali. āOur 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.
āI would like to see it just get repainted,ā he said.
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