ITS A VERY BAD INTERSECTION. THERE SHOULD EITHER BE A LIGHT THERE OR MAKE BECKERVILLE A 1 WAY GOING WEST. ITS VERY HARD TO GET ON 70 THERE. DONT WAIT TIL SOMEONE DIES.

Every intersection is a bad one lately!

ITS NOT A BAD INTERSECTION TO GET THROUGH IF YOU USE YOUR BRAIN, JUST WAIT A HALF A MINUTE OR SO FOR A CLEARING IN TRAFFIC.EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE IN SUCH A HURRY

If you pay attention and wait for a break in traffic,it is safe. Not bad at all.

Seems like all are in a rush to get to their death problem is they r taking others with them. Gods sure cleaning house this holiday season. Prayers to all the families and friends of those in such a rush.

God is sure cleaning house? Who says things like that? That's an awful thing to say. Shame in you.

Beckerville is a bad intersection but this accident was not at intersection. It was west at the bend in Route 70. Saw the markings this morning.

I travel rt 70 often, several factors are at play..some drivers are to old to be on a the road. The elder drivers have a mind set of their own. Speed limit is posted 55mph- they drive 45mph,, if you've ever been "stuck" on this roadway, you've been apart of the "conga line".. Where fustrated drivers, begin to feel the tention and pressure of other drivers jammed into a tight roadway over 40miles. The roads are too dark at night,intersection poorly marked for someone who's in their 60s- driving the road ways..day or night.

RT 70 is becoming what the cops refer to as a Parkway Syndrome roadway. When people get on roads that resemble the Parkway, they act as if that road is, and travel at excessive speeds, changing lanes without signaling and especially not being cautious at intersections which the Parkway does not have, well not until you get to the most southern end of it. Add into that mix the amazing amount of elderly living and driving in the area, and you have a dangerous situation all around.

Rt 70 should be looked at for a much needed upgrade and improvement. The roadway needs to be expanded to 3 lanes both east and west. Added lighting - solar-wind powered - if it helps cut cost somewhere.? This project could take 3yrs to complete it the right way. Roadways like rt70 + 195 are two central-southern roadways to cut across nj. If there was an evacuation, rt 70 would become a parking lot, once the roadways of rt37,539,72,532,206 were to merge in at once. These roadways are in much needed expansion to plan a head. Try traveling rt 195 east on a friday night from trenton to the parkway - bumper to bumber from 2 lanes,, they need to ad another 1-2 lanes - wider to handle the flow-volume of traffic,, As the Turnpike + Parkway increace the toll hikes as of January 1 2012, more people will use common roadways to save every cent they have- due to the job market and poor ecconomy. These roadways will become much heavyer useage than ever seen before.. The posible longer delays of traffic and accidents may increase.. Life happens in a blink of an eye, a much need plan should be made and put into place. Not sit on the idea for another 20yrs to kick it around.. To only come up with the lame duck excusse - "oh, the cost, it will cost tax payors money" - "really", remeber when bread was $.50 cents...? Either way, pay it now while there's time to plan it correctly or wait til there is a problem - then look at each other, then ask what to do next???

As the population and southern migration southern counties continues year after year.. As each land is sold and redeveloped, people are moving towards covience.. Yet, nothing is done with the roads..? Same excuses- the cost, the cost,, This is NJ- everything cost money to live and survive here for anyone who live here- people of all ages. Everything will continue to go up.. Each day waiting- is costing more and more..? If labor rate today is $100.oo to change a light bulb that's burned out,, well 20yrs from now- same light bulb, just the labor rate is $300.oo - now you decide to change it? "Really". Just sharring ideas and concerns :)

The State has owned the Right of Way for this road since the 1920s. They have only widened it when pressure has been applied. I know this for a fact as my dad was in charge of the Right of Way acquisitions for the Highway Dept, including the Parkway, and when we moved down to Beachwood from Trenton in the late 50s he talked about this becoming a problem all the time. So land acquisition is not one of the problems. Maybe the pressure can be applied by our counties getting together and proving the toll of lives taken by the antiquated roads.

Yes the big bend is so bad at mile marker 48 so many head ons and a lot of. Poles have been taking out there from people crashing there. Route 70 really needs to have a dividers put in. How many more people have to loss there life's and and family's have to lose there loved ones this is starting to get crazy I shake driven wit my family in the car on that road all most every crash has some one driven over the age Of 65 what's that tell you

Pineland issues could be one of the reasons these days. But up until the late 70s and 80s it probably could have been clear sailing on widening. About the "old" drivers. You are probably right about some of them, but a look at many of the accidents in the past few years will show lots of drivers in the drunken, young, speeding, reckless categories are in the mix. Plus traffic in and out of Ocean has increased rapidly. Routes 37 and 70, where most of the traffic coming from the west is headed, are pure traffic jams at any time of the day.

What?? They weren't illegal aliens, rushing to collect their welfare and food stamps with their 5 different IDs and aliases, so they could speed over to their dealer's den and trade that taxpayer's money to buy drugs- to sell out of their section 8 housing?? Whaaaat? I don't believe it.

Rt 70 is a badly maintained road with many poorly lit curves, areas with no shoulders, and worn-off barely visible center lines. NJ needs to devote some $$ for upgrading that road before more deaths occur. RIP

PUT A DIVIDER INTHE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THERE ARE TOO MANY HEAD ON COLLISIONS ON 70.

I drive 70 everyday to work don't know if it's a design thng or not. It's seems to me it's more like a people thing! The elderly drive at their own pace regardless of speed limit! Just because you drive slow dosent mean you are driving safely! Someone driving 55 comes up on someone doing 45mph causes a jam up behind them

Its not an aweful thing to say. I am a Christian who believes God takes us as HE and HE alone wants us. Its just that from experience it seems as though God takes takes alot iat one time. Sad but true. In less than two yrs we have lost our 5yr old son, 9yr old daughter, my grand-father and Grand-mother, my husbands father, plus so many Aunts and Uncles on both sides that we began to stop count.And so yes, I feel God was cleaning house Maening the earth. Sorry if that offends people. He took a very dear friend of mine in the accident on RT 70 and Mass. Ave. He also took a sweet innocent little girl from down the street from me and a 14yr old from a friend of mine, all recent. Never did say Him cleaning house was something bad or that it was not hard on those left here.
Lorrie

I live in Manchester.Where is beckerville road?

Just past the Lakehurst circle headin west on rt 70

People are the reason for accidents like this one that happened on Sunday, not God. People who are to elderly with vision or other impairment s AND all those who are old enough to drive right up to and including the old folks who don’t understand what a speed limit means. It is not an option; it is a limit to how fast you are allowed to drive, not to mention putting down the cell phones, or stop texting, eating or applying make-up, smoking or drinking or any other thing that causes a driver not to focus on what they are doing. A car/truck IS a lethal weapon, when reason and attention to what you are doing is not present. Let’s get REAL people! Pay attention and slow down, and if you have any physical ailments that prevent you from being able to see or make rational choices DON’T DRIVE!
Now for the enforcers of the law I think we need a more visible presence and MORE summons given out to those who do not obey the traffic laws.
AND for the law makers, get off your high horses and pass some laws that will make a difference!
And for the state and county and municipal governments, do something about our antiquated roadways! And where do we get the money from? Get creative there are plenty of ways to raise money besides increasing taxes.

People are the reason for accidents like this one that happened on Sunday, not God. People who are to elderly with vision or other impairment s AND all those who are old enough to drive right up to and including the old folks who don’t understand what a speed limit means. It is not an option; it is a limit to how fast you are allowed to drive, not to mention putting down the cell phones, or stop texting, eating or applying make-up, smoking or drinking or any other thing that causes a driver not to focus on what they are doing. A car/truck IS a lethal weapon, when reason and attention to what you are doing is not present. Let’s get REAL people! Pay attention and slow down, and if you have any physical ailments that prevent you from being able to see or make rational choices DON’T DRIVE!
Now for the enforcers of the law I think we need a more visible presence and MORE summons given out to those who do not obey the traffic laws.
AND for the law makers, get off your high horses and pass some laws that will make a difference!
And for the state and county and municipal governments, do something about our antiquated roadways! And where do we get the money from? Get creative there are plenty of ways to raise money besides increasing taxes.

I do also agree with u Ann. I do not nor did I ever blame the 17yr old that hit my car killing my kids. Thats why it was called an accident. I did however praise God for not letting them suffer from such horrific injuries. I am not one of the elderly but after having 2 heart attacks I willing gave up my lic. Thank God I did bc I've had 4 mimi strokes since. I believe God turns ALL for His glory. I also am a STRONG believer in re testing the elderly at a certain age for eyes and driving ablity. I think more deaths r caused by the elderly than by the teens.

Look either your vision is good when you drive or it's not. Either you're a good driver or you're not. Either you're a safe driver or you're not. There is only one person that knows the answer to these questions...YOU! If you honestly can't answer YES I AM to those questions....then do us all a big favor...GET OFF THE ROAD! .....PLEASE NO MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE...DON'T LET ONE MORE PERSON DIE!

I commute everyday inthis road (Rte 70) going East and I pray every day that I arrive to work safely. Yes the old are out 6:00 a.m. where r they going who knows driving like they have all the time in the day to get to there destination while commuters are driving 60+ trying to get to work especially entrance to Parkway North in Lakewood very dangerous area commuters driving on left lane wait for last second to cut people off tp entrance of Parkway seen so many accidents in area. I Thank God everyday I am home safe when I drive this road Rte 70 in either direction lots of elderly and speeding drivers

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/make-route-70-in-new-jersey-safe/

Didn't take an old person to kill my sister. Please sign this petition to find a sustainable solution

I have been driving Rt 70 for some time now and I want to know where are the people driving 55 mph that some have referred to? I tried driving at the speed limit (verified by GPS) and was tailgated and passed in the most dangerous manner. Average speed seems to be about 60 mph with some trying to push the flow to 70 mph. I have seen the same car (still on the road) stopped by the police multiple times. While dealing with the speeders, tailgaters, and passers, I then have to put up with people who slow to 35 or 40 mph (in a 55 mph zone) every time they come to a gentle curve in the road. Other times they don't even need the curve to slow. People need to learn that when they are going to travel substantially below the speed limit, they must pull to the side of the road and let traffic pass. No one seems to have heard of the cruise control installed in their car. Very few can maintain a constant speed. The problem is not people older than 60, young kids, immature sports car and oversize pickup drivers or any other group. The problem is that no one seems obey the traffic laws or to even understand why they exist.