Powder House Circle traffic violations

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

I've grown increasingly alarmed at the cars running red lights at Powder House Circle.  You take your life into your own hands crossing through there.   Having a walk signal isn't enough to ensure you will survive, you have to make sure no cars are close enough to reach you if they don't decide to stop for their red light.  I shudder to think how dangerous it would be to cross if one was a senior or not able to move quickly.

I realize the design of the rotary is somewhat confusing for the driver and somewhat easy to miss the traffic light as they go around the circle, but I don't really care, one of the most basic part of driving is obeying traffic lights and not injuring people.  

So I guess I'll take this to an alderman, or resistat, or the committee on traffic or something.  Just wondering if there have been efforts in the past.  It seems to me a camera should be installed there and fines issued.  Could be a revenue generator for the city.

Comments

[xuth.livejournal.com]

Well, the lights that normally blink yellow must go to red for the cross walk. I don't remember if the ones that blink red do a yellow cycle to between switching from blinking red to solid red or not (It's been a rather long time since I've lived in the house where I went through there everyday).

[squirrelitude]

Oh, I see -- each unit has two lights on it, and they were on the wrong program. That makes more sense.

The only place that I *know* wind was a problem was in Davis Square, where a light turned 90 degrees. That could have been fun...