Traffic on US 19 & I-75

[Spring Hillian]

FYI. The legal way to ride a bike is to go with the flow of traffic, not against it.

Only parts of US 19 is one of the 10 deadliest highways in US. Down by Clearwater. Not in Hernando County.

Originally Posted by seain dublin

US 19 is very dangerous. Between the poorly trained FL drivers and the elderly who are allowed to drive here without being tested.(You can be 80 here and renew your DL over the phone).

And there are those that walk on the side of highways here and ride bicycles, usually with their backs to the traffic. Don't understand that.

US 19 was profiled on TV as one of the 10 deadliest highways in the US.

In most states you have to take a real road test to get a DL. Here they go around a couple of orange cones in a parking lot. The FL trained drivers are some of the worst in the country.

[ferret111]

The only bad part of US 19 is between Tampa Road and Central Pasco. A few miles past Tampa Road, it becomes a controlled-access highway until you get to Gandy. After Central Pasco, there's nothing until you hit Spring Hill, and that's only a few traffic lights.