That’s the question asked in this story by Scott Goldstein. Or, as he put it: “A spate of deadly head-on collisions along the Dallas North Tollway, including one that killed two people Monday night, is raising questions about whether the road itself could be part of the problem.”
Obviously, what happened was a tragedy, and I feel awful for everyone impacted by it. And I understand the impetus to write that story. It’s happened more than a few times, so there’s something there. I get that; I really do. But here’s the thing: I guess I don’t understand how “the road itself could be a part of the problem.” Even after reading that story, and thinking about it a bit since Monday, I can’t puzzle out exactly how you’d get going the wrong way on that road. You kind of have to want to do it — or be so drunk that it really wouldn’t matter what kind of signage or preventative measures were in place to stop you.