How many of Rockford’s most dangerous streets and roads do you think you could you name off the top of your head?
I’m guessing that the assignment gets a lot easier if you yourself or someone you know has had a severe accident somewhere in the city. There’s something about revisiting a place that you had an accident that brings it all back to when it happened.
For me, it’s every time I approach East State Street from the north on Fairview. Back in the 80s, my car was rear-ended at that exact spot, and the impact was so hard that my front license plate shot all the way across the street into the parking lot of the auto repair center on the south side of the street. The guy who hit me had things to do, so he took off–never to be seen again. By me, anyway…