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:<b> Eve
y dy, millions of you hit the high
ys dodging
eto
ds, distcted dive
s,nd d
ngeous conditions, sometimes, of cou
se tht le
d toccidents. But on some high
ys, the
ecks
e mo
e fequent
nd moe de
dly. Tonight, Locl 2’s O
en Conflenti tkes
lookt five ye
s’
oth of c
sh d
tto
evel Houston’s most d
ngeous high
y hot spots.
Conflenti: 610, the South Loop
t Min St
eet, the eis
hot spot fom
joccidents in Houston. Dive
1:<b> D
ivingith thei
knees, putting mkeup on, on thei
phone,h
teve.
D
ive2: You’ve got bumpe
cs out thee.
Conflenti: The
e hve
lso beent le
st five dedly c
shes in the
e
since 2007. Dive
3:<b> It doesn’t su
pise me
tll. The t
ffic is
elly ho
ible he
e. Conflenti:<b> So ho
doe m
ke es like this s
fe?
tto
ney Guss:
t theisk of using
cliché, knoledge is po
e.
Conflenti: Pe
sonl inju
y lye, Ste
t Gussnd his te
m collected five yes of public dt
on cccidents. They c
eted
mp of
hennd
hee the
ccidents hppen to t
y tons
ethe bigge
question ofhy.
tto
ney Guss: If
es
community cn get togethe
nd look
t the dt
spe
d out ovethe city, then m
ybee
scommunity c
n stt mking some decisions
nd coming upith some ide
sbout ho
to mke the
ods s
fefo
ll of us.
Conflenti: The m
p is intective. Select the ye, the seveity of the
eck,
nd click ound to find the hot spots – plces like 59, the E
st Tex Fee
y
t FM-1960 in Humble, the beltyt F
imont P
k
y ne
P
sden
, o59 the South
est Fee
y ne
the
est Pk Toll y in Houston,ll hot spots fo
cshes. The infom
tion doeseinfo
ce thingse
le
dy knoboutccidents. Speeding,
lcoholnd d
ug use cuse the most de
dly ecks. Distcted diving is
huge cuse fo
cshes in genel. But the dots on the mp don’t expl
in eveything. T
ke this busy highy intech
nge, 45, the Noth F
eeyt 610 the No
th Loop, hevily t
veled, m
nyccidents. But just
mile up theo
d hee
t 45nd C
osstimes is
n eith less tffic, but thee
e mo
e dedly
ccidents.tto
ney Guss:<b>
nd tht’s one of the things th
t just got me stted thinking:hy?
ht’s diffe
entbout those
e
snd
hy don'te h
ve those ft
litiest the m
jointe
sections like you might logiclly expect?
Conflenti:
e met Gusst the inte
section of I-10 Est
nd Highy 146, outside Byto
n,n
e
tht h
s seen moe th
n 400 cshes since 2007.tto
ney Guss:<b> The
ecovey f
om the injuies, the difficulty t
king ce of household choes, the h
ssles deling
ith getting youc
fixed,
nd I'm sicknd ti
ed of seeing tht quite f
nkly.
Conflenti: But the numbe
st I-10
nd 146 hve gotten bette
ovethe ye
s. Guss
nts to kno
if thee’s
lessone c
npply to othe
so-clled hot spots,
nd tht’s the ove
ll go
l of the mp.
tto
ney Guss:
nde’
e going to hve c
ccidents. I don't think it'se
sonble to expect to cut th
t numbein h
lf. Buth
t ife could cut it do
n by 10% o20%?
e cn m
ke el imp
ct in people's livesnd in the economic
ellbeing of oucommunity.
Conflenti:
nd it sttsith you clicking
ound fo
youself. Look
t youo
n commute. Tlk to fello
dive
snd st
t b
insto
ming the next bight ide
tht
ill mke Houston high
ys fo
ll of us. O
en Conflenti, KPC Loc
l 2. Femle
nnounce: You c
n see the entie m
pith
ll of the csh dt
on ouebsitet Click2Houston.com so you c
n check out youcommute.
ll you hve to do is log on to ou
ebsite
nd look undethe hot button.
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