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Volunteers with ABBA house participated in a day of work recently. Above, left, Linda Rule
looks through produce in a cooler which was donated by the former Cumming Kmart. Above,
right, Truett Scales installs a walkway. Top right, Harold Barrett finishes a concrete landing.
Bottom, right, Kevin Petree and Steven McGee shovel dirt to make room for a new walkway.
ABBA house is a 10-month residential ministry for women and their children who suffer from
mental health issues and addiction. The house is located near the Forsyth/Dawson County
line.
More people killed on rural roads than in metropolitan areas
The Governor’s Office of
Highway Safety announced
recently that the number of
Georgians dying from crashes
on rural county roads is more
than double the number of
motor vehicle fatalities occur
ring in the metropolitan areas
of Georgia. "In the most
recent study, 327 people died
in crashes in the five metro
politan Atlanta counties, com
pared with 718 crash fatalities
in our rural counties." said
GOHS Director Bob Dallas.
The surprising contrast
comes from the latest CASI *
Report published b\ the
Georgia Department of Motor
Vehicle Safety. The revealing
accident data is based on the
latest figures available from
the 2002 Crash Analysis,
Statistics & Information
(CASI) Report. "Due to a
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long suspected this was the
case." said Dallas. "Now the
numbers confirm the worst of
our suspicions. For all age
groups, rural counties have the
most people killed in motor
vehicle crashes and the high
est fatal crash rate."
Behind the disparity in
highway fatality rates is a fact
that shatters one major stereo
type long-held by many
motorists. Non-interstate
roads here are statistically
shown to be more dangerous
than our interstates. In 2002.
1.315 people died on state.
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pared with 216 deaths on
Georgia's interstate highways.
"Crash injury data also sup
ports this perspective." said
Dallas. "In 2002. there were
5.068 serious injuries in crash
es on non-interstate roads.
The number of serious crash
injuries on interstates came in
considerably lower at 661."
Dallas said one contribut
ing factor is the reality of the
way rural road are construct
ed. which greatly increases the
risk of a fatal crash, compared
to limited access highways.
Rural roads frequently
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become fatality crash sites
because they are often narrow,
two-lane roads with no physi
cal barrier or division separat
ing oncoming traffic. Add the
element of frequent entering
and exiting traffic and it cre
ates a formula for fatalities,"
Dallas said.
"But another major factor
is safety belts." said Dallas.
"There is no primary enforce
ment of the Georgia safety
belt statute for opcupants of
pickup trucks and that alone
results in an estimated seven-
Left BUILD It! Campaign Committee
320 Dahlonega Street, Suite 100
Cumming, Georgia 30040-2410
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To the Voters of Forsyth County:
Thank you for your participation in the bond
referendum on March 2 nd . Your participation in
such an initiative was a wonderful display of
democracy at its finest.
To those who voted yes in favor of passage and
to those who contributed to the cost of promoting
approval of the greatly needed improvements, we
salute you for having objectively studied the
county's needs and for investing in making
Cumming and Forsyth County an even greater
place to live.
To most of those who voted no, we apologize for
failing to effectively communicate the disastrous
tax consequences of continuing policies that put
our county staff and citizens in dangerous
situations and of renting facilities that are
inadequate just to get by in carrying out our law
enforcement, detention and judicial functions.
Our needs will not go away. We must all work
together to find solutions that meet those needs,
that are in the taxpayers' best interest, that protect
the integrity of both our residential and
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crash deaths per year." Deaths
involving pickup truck occu
pants statistically have a
greater occurrence on rural
roads and because of the high
er center of gravity, there’s a
higher risk of rollover and
occupant ejection. In 2003
safety belt usage rates for
pickup trucks was a low' 66.1
percent versus 84.5 percent
for all passenger vehicles.
Failure to wear safety belts
leads to an estimated 5,760
additional pickup truck
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, March 14,2004
injuries in Georgia and costs
Georgians 5346 million in
related healthcare costs and
economic losses.
Said Dallas. "Perhaps the
worst part of all, is that the
fatality rate in our rural coun
ties is now triple for drivers
age 16-to-17.
The killing, maiming and
injuring of hundreds of
Georgians involved in crashes
each year is preventable; if we
could just get all occupants of
cars and pickups to wear their
safety belts."
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