What makes Hwy FF is so dangerous is careless drivers who drive too fast & don't wear seatbelts. Duh.

Oh, & that's Jefferson County, not Franklin County.

I've driven this road daily for over 20 years and not once has the road caused an accident. It has always been driver error.

Just a little bit of rain causes wrecks on these kinds of roads. Hwy. 109 has had several the past week between Acacia and Alt. Please drive the speed limit commuters and EHS students!

My parents lived on Hwy. FF from 1952 until my mom's death in 2005. I can recall at least 5 fatalities within 300 ft. of their house....that doesn't count all the accidents that did not result in deaths. The spot is just south of LaBarque Creek Bridge and up over a little hill curving to the left. After one fatality, it was discovered that the deceased had tried to crawl to their house for help, but had died in the ditch trying to get there. The problems on Hwy. FF are easily explained. The road is VERY curvy and has no shoulders. And in the 53 years I traveled that road, I never ONCE saw a police patroling or using radar detection. Everybody knows that they have "free reign" to run at their own speed out there!!! I also recall 2 fatalities at the Tall Oaks area, as well as a school bus having overturned at that same culvert. POLICE: patrol the road!!!! Let people see your presence and they'll slow down!!

I'm definitely getting a 'who's-on-first' reaction to this article. FF where? Who ? Julie Brown Patton, you require way too much of your readers, and your sensationalistic and transparent motive to beat the drum louder for the recent problems on highway FF in JEFFERSON County shouldn't go unnoticed.

I don't think Julie has a "motive." She reports facts. This is a story that is in her coverage area, much like Hwy DD is covered by the St. Charles Patch and media there. This story has been in other media as well because of this primary reason-- MoDot and State highway patrol confirm that Hwy FF has one of the worst crash totals in the entire state of Missouri for a rural road of its type. FF Where? The 4.5 miles between Hwy 109 and Hwy F is primarily where. Yes, people drive too fast (not just here, but everywhere); yes, more cars travel this route because of more subdivisions and houses. You asked Who? Do you mean who advocates for the road improvements and increased law enforcement and COMMUNITY AWARENESS? Police, EMS, politicians and community residents advocate for not only road improvements but also shoulders along Hwy FF--to enable law enforcement to better monitor and then pull over speeders and unsafe drivers. The road also needs to be re-engineered to make the curves safer with better slope and angle (fact confirmed by traffic engineering study). I agree that people should be pulled over for speeding along this corridor, but I also agree that the more people are aware of how dangerous this road is, the faster there might be change--either in people's driving habits or in increased law enforcement or in re-designed roads. This IS a news story and it should be updated. My friend died there and I will do my part to honor her by trying to make this road safer.

So this has nothing to do with FF in Jefferson county? I thought the previous story was also about FF in Jeffco, since it mentioned recent deaths from that stretch. If you would like to bash the one I drive daily, in the correct lane, and slower when the ground is wet, I am surprised not to see any mention of the two accidents yesterday. One Jeep Wrangler flipped at the first turn from W, the other a Dodge Durango managed to run off the road on the first curve from F. The ironic part of the Jeep accident, it took out one of the new signs from MODOT, the ones with the annoyingly bright pole reflectors.

I assume both were due to driver error, not the highway magically growing arms and pulling people into ditches.

Yes, the Hwy. FF to which I was referring is in Jefferson County between Hwy. W and Hwy. F. One of my nephews totaled a car on the "S" curves near Hwy. F; the other totaled a truck on the Tall Oaks curve; my niece wrecked on the straightaway in front of High Trails. Thank goodness we didn't live out there when my kids came of driving age. Let's not forget the "Cerny" curve that took several EHS students or the curve by Haas Drive that took an EHS student. I lived out there when the road was gravel and we could identify every car that passed. Now, the road is paved, heavily traveled by residents of the many subdivisions in the hills, but the curves and width are still the same as the MUCH less traveled gravel road. The county needs to do something NOW!
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I rest my case . . .

I feel that people who don't live off of FF or drive it daily, should quit commenting about it.