WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — Safety concerns along Highway 70 in Wilson County pushed one family to uproot their lives after nearly 30 years. Chris and Jennifer Fryer recently moved to a quiet countryside home, where they now see more farm animals than cars.

“I get excited when I see a car out here — I’m like waving hi!” Jennifer said.

It’s a dramatic shift from their former home off Highway 70 near Cooks Lane. The Fryers said the stretch outside their driveway became increasingly dangerous.

“Our neighbors’ mailboxes get knocked down, ran over — even a telephone pole was ran over,” Chris said. “People just come off that hill, the four lanes, and they’re going 75 miles an hour. Then it bottlenecks, and there’s no time to react and get out of people’s way.”

They said getting in and out

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