Description

Vehicles traveling east on Dallas-Cherryville Highway attempting to turn left onto Highway 321 North are usually blocked by vehicles ignoring the "Do Not Block Intersection" sign, especially during evening rush hour but can be a problem any time there is a lot of traffic on the road because the intersection is so poorly designed. Also, with the speed of vehicles traveling eastbound on Dallas-Cherryville Hwy, numerous rearend or near rearend accidents occur, putting vehicles in jeopardy attempting to turn left onto US 321 North. The police do not seem to patrol the area unless they are there to investigate an accident. This intersection was probably not a problem a few years ago but with the volume of traffic increasing due to an increase in the number of businesses in the area, someone is going to get seriously injured if this intersection is not redesigned to make it safer for cars turning north onto US 321. I avoid this intersection whenever I can because it is such a problem. This would be easy to fix by just turning the left lane into a left turn only lane between from the traffic light at the 321 South off ramp to the 321 North on ramp and by moving the traffic light for westbound traffic to where the "Do Not Block Intersection" sign currently stands.