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LETTER: Merge lane too short at dangerous Sooke Road intersection

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Re: Colwood taking steps to improve intersection safety after two motor vehicle incidents in one week.

I live within throwing distance of the intersection of Sooke and Metchosin roads and drive it nearly every day, sometimes several times a day. I can tell you without any hesitation why there are so many accidents and close calls at that intersection.

It seems like 90 per cent of drivers donB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™t know the difference between a merge and a yield. This is a merge lane. The lane is entirely too short for a merge.

The fix is fairly simple, either lengthen the lane so that drivers have time to react to each other or make it a yield, and the traffic entering Sooke Road would have to stop and proceed when it is safe.

Ted Bell

Colwood



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