The red light cameras were put in under the justification of public safety. The opposition claimed it was just about raising revenue. The truth is it does both. Several studies have shown that rear end crashes do increase, Tbone crashes decreased. I would certainly rather get my bumper dented than plowed into in the drivers door. Since the cameras were put in no one in my family has ever gotten a ticket. So if you do not want to be part of the counties revenue stream, the answer is simple. Don't run the light.
Brilliant:, creating something to eliminate a problem, yet creates a separate problem… ?????
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. ... sand under my bare feet is better than subway steps with steel toe boots on... cellfish... .
so Robert Moses brother is a junkie ? so who's this Floyd guy again ?
Robert Moses gave us beautiful parkways, state parks and Newsday Accused him of being a Racist, that he purposely built the bridges low so city buses couldn't come out to Long Island and he built the parkways thru minority neighborhoods. I'd say about 10,000 acres of land was saved along the Parkways . Shame how they remember that great man. William Floyd signed the Declaration of Independence. I know you probably know this , Capt. Richie asked who he was.
hows bout SPEED BUMPS + 100 feet, before stop signs at intersection where the neighbors cry STOP SIGNS... cellfish...
Okay, you asked for it...
Speed bumps, another "Traffic Calming" measure that is often used as a patch to slow traffic down when we really should be asking why the traffic is so fast.
We have to talk about proper speed limits first. In general, traffic engineers will tell you that the correct speed limit for a road is the 85th percentile speed. As in, if you just opened the road with no speed limit, what speed would 85% of the drivers operate at or below. People will drive as fast as they feel safe. As anyone who's been behind the guy in the left lane that can't manage to get around a curve in the road without slowing down will attest. Naturally, there may be circumstances such as a school zone that may require exceptions. But most speed limits, like a lot of other things, aren't set by engineers, but by politicians and activists. For example back in the '70s when the national speed limit was set at 55 MPH there was no rhyme or reason for it, other than it seemed like a good idea. But it was just a number pulled out of somebody's posterior. One anecdote from my own experience, in Rhode Island there a lot of two lane back roads that are all about the same, yet the speed limits are all over the place. 30, 20, 25, 15... it's like they were set by somebody rolling dice. But I'm sure you can find someone there who will bit¢# about somebody doing 20 in a 15. WhoTF does 15 MPH?
Now, if there is a proper speed limit, are people actually speeding? I've seen it many times where people think a car is speeding when it's only their perception. I drive vehicles that are louder than average. Not hotrods, but stock vehicles that just have louder engines. Many is the time that I've seen women go full-blown momma bear, hustling their kids away from the street as if pterodactyls are swooping down to take them when I'm driving at a perfectly reasonable speed, often well below the speed limit, and not even close to them. It's kind of like the Hoover story where people complained that their new vacuum wasn't as powerful as their old one when it was, in fact, more powerful, but quieter. The other reality is that when you're behind the wheel it doesn't seem as if you're going anywhere near as fast as it does to the person that you are driving past on the street. But your speedometer will tell you which is right.
Next question, if people are actually speeding when there is a reasonable speed limit, why? Some factors such as overly wide residential streets can encourage people to "velocitate" because they feel comfortable even though it's too fast for a residential neighborhood. It also sets up a gauntlet for pedestrians which creates more risk for them, especially the handicapped or elderly. While we're at it, around here we have a tendency to put residences on every postage stamp of property when some streets should be designated as thoroughfares. Another form of poor planning. Also, long straight roads invite higher speeds, so putting in some curves to limit sight distance will keep traffic speeds reasonable. This applies to highways and residential streets. Naturally, a lot of this needs to be planned in the development of a road or community, but streets could be narrowed by adding a curb for a bike lane, or a median and in some cases a traffic circle at an intersection can limit sight distance and slow vehicles without actually forcing them to stop all the time. Also, consider the environmental impact of all that stopping and starting. Not good.
If you actually sat through all of that I'm impressed. Thanks.
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