Taking a chance with your life - Kathy Jefcoats

I believe in physical exercise just as much as anyone else but I don't think it is safe to jog, walk or ride a bike along Jonesboro Road during morning rush hour. It may not be safe at any time during the day but certainly it is not in the morning with commuters and school bus drivers fighting each other for every bit of available road space.

One foggy morning not long ago, I passed a jogger and two bicyclists in three separate spots along Jonesboro Road. There is no shoulder for much of the roadway between Fayette and Henry counties – and no sidewalks except at Lovejoy – so these people are in the same lane with vehicles traveling either at the posted 45 mph speed limit or faster. There is so much congestion that when you come upon one of these people you are faced with quite a dilemma. You can slow down to ease around them and risk getting rear-ended. You can swerve to avoid them and risk a head-on collision. Or you can hit the fool.