Mr Schapel said it was virtually inevitable that he would recommend a stop sign be erected to control traffic entering the intersection where Thiele and Jovial Downs roads intersect with Burdett Road (now Mannum Road) at Pompoota, where John Eric Mitchell, 69, and Graham Bryant, 51, died on separate occasions.

On both occasions the drivers were travelling in a southerly direction along Burdett Road when a vehicle driven by Michelle Leanne Thiele, 38, of Pompoota, failed to give way when entering the intersection from Thiele Road.

Mrs Thiele was convicted of driving without due care over the 2007 death of Mr Bryant and received a sentence of eight months imprisonment, with seven months suspended.

On appeal in June this year Mrs Thiele’s eight-month sentence was fully suspended with no prison time required.

She was also disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for 18 months.

For the first offence, Mrs Thiele was convicted of failing to give way and fined $426.