Those damn pedestrian crosswalk stanchions
The ones at Elmwood and prospect are tough to get around if you’re making a right onto prospect. Plus the state law pedestal in the center of the crosswalk. It’s especially hard at night for older folks.
Been there since the two middle school kids were hit crossing prospect couple of years ago.
Sad news for those who hoped to experience the obstacle course at Baker & Ridegwood. It lies in tatters on the side of the road, sadly to join its predecessors in their final reward - probably at a cost to the town of (maybe) $45 each + possible damage to the cars that hit them.
yahooyahoo said:
They don’t really work if they aren’t in the road.
How do you figure that? Thepurpose is to draw attention to the crosswalk. That can be done as easily on the side of the road.
Formerlyjerseyjack said:
How do you figure that? Thepurpose is to draw attention to the crosswalk. That can be done as easily on the side of the road.
wrong. The purpose is to keep people from passing turning traffic in the shoulder. That's how kids have been hit.
DanDietrich said:
wrong. The purpose is to keep people from passing turning traffic in the shoulder. That's how kids have been hit.
That's what the white sticks do. Those are a good idea.
Or, if being in the middle of the road is so effective, why aren't the electric pedestrian signs in the middle of the road? Is it because that would create a traffic hazard?
In my experience as a non-driver who walks about town, a significant number of drivers don't acknowledge, or even see, road signs on the curb. Stop signs at crosswalks are especially ignored, possibly because they often require the motorist to stop twice, once before the crosswalk and again after the crosswalk if there is traffic moving in the adjacent road.
Formerlyjerseyjack said:
Or, if being in the middle of the road is so effective, why aren't the electric pedestrian signs in the middle of the road? Is it because that would create a traffic hazard?
The plastic ones are expendable.
Formerlyjerseyjack said:
Sad news for those who hoped to experience the obstacle course at Baker & Ridegwood. It lies in tatters on the side of the road, sadly to join its predecessors in their final reward - probably at a cost to the town of (maybe) $45 each + possible damage to the cars that hit them.
I'm glad the signs are out there. But in some places they are in a blind spot obscured by my side view mirror when I'm making a left. I don't see them until I've almost completed the turn and they're right in front of my car. Haven't hit one yet.
I just wish they were a few inches taller.
ml1 said:
I'm glad the signs are out there. But in some places they are in a blind spot obscured by my side view mirror when I'm making a left. I don't see them until I've almost completed the turn and they're right in front of my car. Haven't hit one yet.
I just wish they were a few inches taller.
That can't right. If they were a danger to your car, the town wouldn't put them in the middle of the street and we wouldn't see any of them lying damaged in the gutters.
They do need to be temporarily removed immediately before a major snow storm. With the last storm, the plows reduced the pedestrian signs on Prospect to shreds.
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I support the idea but do they have to be placed in the middle of the road?
Drive up Baker and try to turn left onto Ridgewood.
or
Go from Jefferson and turn onto Maplewood Ave., toward the village. There, you have the option of hitting the stanchion or driving into a ....ing pothole.
What's the alternative? On Ridgewood, there is one that is on the side of the road. Guess what? The message is still there. In fact, you can even read it so it does its job and isn't likely to get run over and need to be replaced. And ti is not a traffic hazard.