Interesting editorial about U.S. 82

I wish I could open this link to re-read the article, but I read it when it was first published. My husband and I (as well as many others I know) drive this stretch of road M-F every week and our observation is that that reason for the accidents is not the road itself but the idiocy of the drivers. If you need to actually be at work on time, leave home when you should, or earlier, don't try to make up for lost time by foolishly passing everyone in front of you. We live in Alabama, any road you travel has hills and dips and curves. If you want flat, move to Texas. As drivers, we must be careful and responsible for our own actions: driving is dangerous, you are after all hurtling down the road at 55+ miles per hour. All too often people want to blame something or someone else instead of taking responsibility for their own misjudgements.
As for the accidents and deaths, I may be mistaken, but I believe five of those deaths were at one time: drunk-driving teenagers in a van.
How many of the accidents were because of animals? A major stretch of 82 is bordered by the Talladega National Forest. Again, we live in Alabama, and believe it or not, we have animals, too.
How many of the accidents involved drunk-driving? Probably more than you think.
As far back as my grandmother can remember, there has been talk of widening 82. I personally hope it never happens. We don't need any more traffic through our quiet little central-Alabama towns. We moved back to the town I grew up in to get away from the "hustle and bustle" of city life, and these small towns are slowly disappearing. We need to hold on to every bit of small-twon Alabama we can.
One more thing, The main source quoted in the Montgomery Adveriser article was the assistant fire chief of the Billingsley Volunteer Fire Department. He also owns the only service station on about a 25+ mile stretch of Highway 82. Of course he wants the road widened: the more traffic, the better, at least for him financially