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Perhaps you should ask your local roads department how they decide where to put traffic control structures before talking about lying :).
by markbnj 10y ago
Perhaps you should ask your local roads department how they decide where to put traffic control structures before talking about lying :).
- CamperBob2 10y agoIf you think the answer to that question is going to be, "Whenever somebody gets hurt," then I'd say you're the one who needs to place that particular call. We know that highway speed limits aren't generally optimized for safety, for instance: https://www.motorists.org/issues/speed-limits/faq/ https://www.motorists.org/issues/speed-limits/faq/
- chrisseaton 10y agoSo in your mind how come brand new roads have road signs and lights? Nobody has been killed or injured on a road that hasn't existed before. And don't you think they could apply some historical knowledge that a new road similar to an old one could use similar signs? Do you think the actively wait until someone gets killed before they add any signs to obviously dangerous new intersections?
- markbnj 10y agoThat's certainly true for new construction, so I should probably qualify that I live in the northeast, where totally new roads are very rare, and almost all of our roads evolved from much earlier thoroughfares. The reality in other parts of the country is probably much different (and informed by our experience here, where the first roads in the U.S. were constructed). In this part of the country it is indeed true to say that almost all traffic control structures were placed because a particular spot caused accidents.