Aug 7, 2026 · 24 min · 7 segments
Teton Pass drivers don't want to wait for government solutions to make one of the steepest commuter highways in the lower 48 safer. A former park ranger is speaking out about what she believes is a…
Teton Pass drivers don't want to wait for government solutions to make one of the steepest commuter highways in the lower 48 safer.
They're pitching a social media campaign and gathering data to educate drivers and officials.
Nearly 200 showed up for a citizen-led town hall at an early August meeting.
KHOL's Evna Robinson-Johnson reports from the gathering at the Old Wilson Schoolhouse.
Johnny Murill and Don Smith were close friends of Nick Bresabaugh.
He died in a July 7 crash when a dump truck lost its brakes descending the nearby mountain pass.
The friends circle a Wyoming highway patrolman outside the old schoolhouse demanding answers.
This is the richest county in not just the state, but the country.
And so it falls on deaf ears when people start complaining about cost to make things right.
At the end of the day, that truck came from
That truck came from my town, my backyard, and all the way over here.
In a community rich in philanthropy, people don't feel daunted by high price tags for potential solutions.
A photo collage of past crashes forms a timeline on the walls.
What would $100,000 buy, one resident asks Wyoming Representative Andrew Byron.
What about a social media campaign, like hashtag Keep Jackson Wild? That strategy, endorsed by the Travel and Tourism Board, aimed to protect habitat and wildlife.
Could a new campaign keep the highway safe? Wilson resident and bike path pioneer Tim Young has already been in touch with the state.
He takes the mic in front of the packed schoolhouse to suggest applying for a highway safety behavioral grant.
You could do a lot with that and get a creative marketing firm to really get these messages out to the public, not just the truck drivers, but the general public, the people driving these rental RVs, everybody, all of us.
The push for better mountain driving would follow efforts to stop drunk driving and encourage seatbelt use.
Rebecca Green isn't part of Teton Pass planning, but says a unified messaging campaign can work.
She's the executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving Wyoming.
Teton Pass drivers don't want to wait for government solutions to make one of the steepest commuter highways in the lower 48 safer.
They're pitching a social media campaign and gathering data to educate drivers and officials.
Nearly 200 showed up for a citizen-led town hall at an early August meeting.
KHOL's Evna Robinson-Johnson reports from the gathering at the Old Wilson Schoolhouse.
Johnny Murill and Don Smith were close friends of Nick Bresabaugh.
He died in a July 7 crash when a dump truck lost its brakes descending the nearby mountain pass.
The friends circle a Wyoming highway patrolman outside the old schoolhouse demanding answers.
This is the richest county in not just the state, but the country.
And so it falls on deaf ears when people start complaining about cost to make things right.
At the end of the day, that truck came from
That truck came from my town, my backyard, and all the way over here.
In a community rich in philanthropy, people don't feel daunted by high price tags for potential solutions.
A photo collage of past crashes forms a timeline on the walls.
What would $100,000 buy, one resident asks Wyoming Representative Andrew Byron.
What about a social media campaign, like hashtag Keep Jackson Wild? That strategy, endorsed by the Travel and Tourism Board, aimed to protect habitat and wildlife.
Could a new campaign keep the highway safe? Wilson resident and bike path pioneer Tim Young has already been in touch with the state.
He takes the mic in front of the packed schoolhouse to suggest applying for a highway safety behavioral grant.
You could do a lot with that and get a creative marketing firm to really get these messages out to the public, not just the truck drivers, but the general public, the people driving these rental RVs, everybody, all of us.
The push for better mountain driving would follow efforts to stop drunk driving and encourage seatbelt use.
Rebecca Green isn't part of Teton Pass planning, but says a unified messaging campaign can work.
She's the executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving Wyoming.
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