Drivers headed east into Middleburg along Route 50's short stretch of divided highway just west of town all too often encounter a deadly threat: vehicles on the wrong side of the divided highway, headed west and into the path of cars, trucks, trailers and even school buses topping the rise at Mount Defiance and speeding downhill to the intersection at Zulla Road.

No one seems to remember why that short stretch of Route 50 was divided. Was it to provide a stretch of road where passing was not only allowed, but possible with some safety?

Whatever the case, drivers exiting Zulla Road onto Route 50 all too often, and especially at night when it is MOST dangerous, turn LEFT immediately and into the face of oncoming traffic in the eastbound lanes of Route 50

There have been many suggestions about what to do: flashing lights; lane markers that clearly forbid left turns; turning the eastbound lanes of Route 50 into an access road.

We should do something before someone is badly hurt or worse.