Double-check stop lights
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Editor,
Last Sunday I was waiting at the Jolly Pack Rat to turn north onto Highway 93. It was the day of a spring snowstorm that brought a lot of wet blowing snow into the valley.
My son says, “Dad, the light is green; go.” He was right, and I started to pull out onto the highway. I happened to look north, and he said at the same time, “Look out!”
There was a pickup coming very fast and I could see he was doing all he could to stop, but speeds there are around 70 miles per hour. I then hit the brakes just in time for him to miss us. Of course, he gave us the bird, and I honked excessively at him and almost chased him down for what surely would of killed us in the crash.
On the way back from Polson, we then noticed the stop lights were full of snow. There was no way to see the colors of the lights — even the yellow warning lights that precede the intersection.
The next day at a real estate meeting, I overheard another person tell almost the same story that had happened to her.
My son is in drivers training here in Polson High School. A good lesson for all of us to remember is to check both ways, even if the light is green, especially at high-speed intersections.
David Salomon
Polson
