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<br />be or hnvo n,drive-in oonvonidnoe toller operatlon. Thoee oonvenianoes <br />nre niae buS not emhedded in a x•aeidenLinl area whera the ir.arsaeod traffio <br />would qleoe e strain on the already dalioate trcfl'ia eitunt!on. On Varioue <br />deys of tha waek end manth~ n drive-in faai:lEy oould add another t~o (200) <br />hundred veh~alea in a omnll oongosted are.s during oartain houra thnt <br />might not otheruion be preeer,t. <br />The queetion of traffia leade me to a Chixd ob~oation. The interseatioa af , <br />~ighway 10 end 811vor I,ake Road~Red Oak Drive is u vary busy intero3atian. <br />Y,7W WORld He pftrposely c.pprove ery develupa~nt thuE MnuZ{1 dr.netdoally in- <br />oreaao traffio during penk hourel This zntersecticn everagea br+bdaen <br />eighbaen (1B) nnd nineteen (19) reported uanidente per year, One (1) out ! <br />oF every threa (3) aooidenta reaulta in ono (1) or oore ruported parsonnl <br />in,~uriex. Even though tho L4~paatment nf Tranaportation hae etated to me ~ <br />thst this intornsetion is below nvereiga for the diatriat~ (E[V- 1.Q acaidente <br />J <br />\i psr million vahialeo~Dietriat- 1.9 soaidante psr c~illion vehiolee), I don~t ~ <br />~,~,~ ~~ <br />~"~ ~,beliave th= nvailei~l.o etatietics refleat the daneerous pot~n:isl. <br />. ~ ~ <br />; <br />If I aannot aonvinna nnyane thet tiutClcg n large niamher of a9ditional <br />whiolos in a nmall ooneeated aren ie potentisll;/ dan~,reroup to traffio ' <br />contml, le*, n~e go ong step furthor. Since the r~sin nntry~exit ie on Red ,~, <br />Oa;c Drive~ a vehiale hne two U7Z30R0 of direotion to reach Yighwey 10. Thare ~ <br />is n taird option for W88EbOLL!lf~ LTA`I018PA vig a emu:ller driveus~y onto High- ~ <br />i <br />wKy 10, but ~+a know that an intelliQunt drivar irou].d not ohoo~+o ttiis exit ~ <br />es~renially du^in3 th~ :voh hour. Thie lenves anly the 5ed Oak exit. A I <br />driver ooulde::it nnto Red ~nk ~outhhound for th~ lon~ signnl w~it•. or he t <br />aqnld exit north to Hillvicw, Onne th= driver re~ir.hae IiillvieN ho hea vaided ' . ~ <br />himAel£ of inelor con~eetion and only has tu tnvel ~ee~t oae (t) bloc'.< for ~ <br />ess~ aeaens to Hiat«r:~y 1Q. 1'ha ea^.tbound treveler n^ed on1,v tn tftIC9 Hill- i <br />Vl^W eapt for To~ir ~~~ V~.OC~:A E!ij AClUt~l t!JO (2) bincks ti9 L'V'JiCl CO[leTA9t~OTl• . <br />Tho ~oint of this dir~~ctionvi dieeortstion i.n that the parnon usin~ Cha ~ <br />drlva-lrt oortv~~ninna~ fu:.n ^cucea:~fully er.i*.•sd the'cocpl~x~ avoidad trulf'ic ~. <br /> ~ <br />r.nnsestton rind turnFd I[il!.v;~~.r Tnnd inta Ci A9T'YSCA road Tor the ~ronoaod K ~ ~, <br />co~pl~x. 3udd?nly~ q mildly LrKVnlyd rasl3an:i~1 straat in tranotbrmed ' <br />