Personal Narrative-Furt Road

My brother and I were riding home one day after doing a job for my dad at his veterinary hospital. I was playing on my phone, awaiting my arrival to finally be home. Suddenly, I feel our truck start to fishtail. Thinking Kenny is just messing around, I tell him to knock it off. He looks back at me with terror in his eyes and I realize that he is not messing around. It must be the fresh loose gravel they put on just today! Alarmed, I hold on for dear life as we run off the road into a ditch. Once we run into the ditch, time slows down and suddenly I’m upside down, seeing the world in a new way. The top of our vehicle lands first in the dirt, my window bursts, and it bounces back over on to all four tires. Kenny and I just stay seated in shock,

The Department of Transportation (supervised by the County Commissioner) is to blame for most of these wrecks because after heavy rain, they reapply dirt to the road. This causes our road to have no traction and thus lose control of our vehicles. Many of my neighbors have gotten into wrecks due to this reason and the dust clouds caused by the fresh dirt (Allen). Another neighbor who lives on Jack Rabbit Lane, couldn’t stop in time before they were hit by another vehicle, thanks to having no traction whatsoever (Easterwood). Despite going the speed limit and slower, I have almost spun out many times as well as some of my friends (O’Brien). The conditions of our road have deemed passage unsafe for all users of Jack Rabbit Lane and Calhoun Road.Although the road is very unsafe, the County Commissioner refuses to get it paved due to illegal aliens and the more unwanted traffic flow it would cause down our road. It would also cost around $744,240 to pave our whole road. However, due to my research, since the taxpayers of Robertson County have to pay for maintenance on the road, our money should be used for the paving of the road (Honnas). The Department of Transportation dumps new dirt and then uses heavy machinery to help spread it out over the road. They usually due this after a heavy rain, depending on how bad it messed up the road. On average, it is reapplied about three times a year. For each mile, it costs $73,240 to reapply the dirt (Barnwell). Reapplying the dirt for the whole road costs around $585,920. Now doing this three times a year, it would cost $1,757,760. This is $831,520 amount more than what it would take just to pave the entire road. If they went ahead and paved it, it would save not only the residents money on vehicle repairs, but also the entire Robertson County. It is in the best interest for everyone