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A new report by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) suggest that our roads have become death traps. It is an intolerable situation that demands an urgent response.

The report suggests that there are 10 fatalities on California’s roads every day, and that every part of the state has been affected over the last two years.

Last week, CHP officer Brian Liles was killed on California’s Highway 99, the deadliest road in the country. It runs through the Central Valley and has long been recognized by locals as a serious problem.

The road narrows in a way that makes it extremely dangerous for people who are unfamiliar with it. Conditions can change suddenly, traffic can slow without warning, and the results are often catastrophic.

Local writer Victor Davis Hanson wrote a decade ago:

“Running parallel to the southern portion of the 99 is an underused,........

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