Since detail cops do nothing most of the time, it's clear that we don't need to have anyone directing traffic at most sites.
At the very few sites that do require traffic direction, such as a road narrowed to one lane handling two-way traffic, I'd prefer civilian flaggers, since I've never seen a detail cop around here who knows how to direct traffic properly.
And it's not just the big evil utility corporations and government agencies that have to pay for detail cops. My condo association had to hire one because we had a tree service truck parked in our quiet residential street.
I saw a civilian flagger for the first time earlier this week, on the ramp from the Alewife garage to 2 west. He was actually paying attention to traffic, and used a hand-held stop sign when the construction truck needed to block the road.
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Date: 2010-06-11 04:49 pm (UTC)Since detail cops do nothing most of the time, it's clear that we don't need to have anyone directing traffic at most sites.
At the very few sites that do require traffic direction, such as a road narrowed to one lane handling two-way traffic, I'd prefer civilian flaggers, since I've never seen a detail cop around here who knows how to direct traffic properly.
And it's not just the big evil utility corporations and government agencies that have to pay for detail cops. My condo association had to hire one because we had a tree service truck parked in our quiet residential street.
I saw a civilian flagger for the first time earlier this week, on the ramp from the Alewife garage to 2 west. He was actually paying attention to traffic, and used a hand-held stop sign when the construction truck needed to block the road.