Saturday 14 October 2017

Perseverance pays off

A while back I posted (here) about a hazardous road situation I was trying to get corrected. Well, it took some escalation, a few conversations, and several more emails but finally the county took corrective action, albeit in a sort of using-a-sledgehammer-to-kill-a-fly way.

All I wanted was to have some signage erected to warn that the pavement ends and the road becomes gravel after the intersection. The intent was that would slow riders enough so that when they hit the gravel they would be able to do so under control.

The county’s first effort was a dismal failure, but their second attempt will have the desired effect, even if it is, in my opinion, overkill.

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Hopefully pulling errant motorcyclists out of the ditch at this intersection will now be a thing of the past. And all I have to do is contend with all my rural neighbours who are now pissed at me because there’s yet another stop sign to deal with on their drive home. But they’re not likely to stop anyway, so I’m not too worried.

8 comments:

  1. Proof again that government has two speeds.......slow and stop!

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  2. They likely went a little overboard just to shut you up. You know the "you want a sign, we'll give you a sign" mentality.

    Either way, it works.

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  3. That "new" sign sure will get your attention! Around here they used to just hang an orange flag or two on the sign. Lately they use flashing red lights around the border of the sign. It seems a simple "pavement ends" sign would have been enough in this case.

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    1. That's really all that was needed, but this works as well.

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  4. Whatever does the trick, David. As long as it makes the situation safer. Looks like the officials even invented a "new" sign for it. Never seen this before...

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    1. Sonja - They use that "New" sign here a lot whenever a new stop sign, crosswalk, etc. is put in. It's only left up for a couple of weeks.

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