decades of serious and fatal accidents at or near the 3 way intersection of the 76 and Valley Center Road results in a rare roundabout

The intersection is known as the "stage coach stop" and it has been the site of numerous fatal and other accidents over the decades because the highway speed isn't something the stopped traffic on Valley Center could adapt to as so many drivers are morons who immediately regretted risking their safety to get into a gap in traffic instead of waiting another minute. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

"The project was initiated to reduce the number and severity of accidents at that location," said Caltrans engineer Wendy Dandeneau recently. "Because there is no intersection control on Highway 76, it creates a speed differential between the vehicles trying to come onto the 76 from Valley Center Road at a dead stop while the vehicles are going by at a fairly high speed."

The project was first proposed almost a decade ago when a study showed there were 35 accidents at or near the site between 2005 and 2009, four times higher than the statewide average for similar intersections.

Construction  is on schedule to be completed by mid-summer.

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