dangerous intersection

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

So, there was Yet Another bad car accident on the corner of Powder House Blvd and Packard Ave yesterday. Including a baby in a carseat in the car that ended up on the lawn of 125 Powder House. This intersection, I believe, is too dangerous to have a blinky light any longer. People routinely cruise down Powder House at 45 mph or more and cannot stop for pedestrians or turning cars.

To whom does one write a letter about this? I really feel that a real, three light traffic light is finally called for there, at least so that one can push the button for a walk. Even a blinky light like they have on Rt. 16 so that you *can* push the button for a walk would be an improvement, but wouldn't solve the issue of people turning off or onto Packard, which people do pretty frequently.

Thoughts, dslj?

Comments

[solarpanda.livejournal.com]

That circle is plain weird, though. If I recall correctly, some of the streets have cycling lights, one or two has a blinking light, and the others have stop signs... I'm not saying it's any excuse to not pay attention, but if they were all uniform (as in all stop signs), it'd increase the likelihood that people wouldn't just zoom through.

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

All of the streets have stop signs, and in addition they all have lights - the lights are flashing red to agree with the stop sign, and turn solid red if someone presses a walk button that affects the crosswalk you'd be crossing.

If you're in the rotary, there are directions that you have a flashing yellow to exit the rotary onto a street, and directions that you don't. Again, if someone presses a walk button, these turn solid red for some appropriate set of crosswalks.

but I know that because I've lived right off it for 10+ years; I constantly watch people do stupid things in that rotary. My own personal pet peeve is that when the crosswalk lights have just changed back from solid red and I'm in the rotary, the state reverts to me having a flashing yellow and the traffic entering from the road having a flashing red/stop sign. Thus "yield to traffic in rotary" applies to them, but they never do.