Fatal Flaws: looking for answers on 5th Street

Design changes have been the focus following crash fatalities on 5th Street, but the story is more complex than that.

In response to recent fatalities on 5th Street, the community and media impulse has been to focus on the road itself, a straight, uninterrupted, two-way double-laned mile-long stretch of road south of town that is certainly asking for trouble. Indeed, any uninterrupted stretch of road can invite trouble if a driver is traveling too fast, and there are p…