Re:Are road speed limits based on safety?
by dazc on Friday March 10, 2023 @09:51AM
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There is actually signage alerting people to this hazard, as is the norm, in addition to the lower limit.
Ironically, there is a low bridge a mile before this bit of road with huge signs alerting truck drivers that it is quite a bit 'lower' than they might be reckoning on.
Guess what, it still gets hit - so much so there is now flashing light signage in addition and, thus far, this has also proved ineffective.
I'll save the red traffic light signal example for later...
Re:Are road speed limits based on safety?
by tzs on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:50PM
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Sounds similar to the famous 8 ft 11 in bridge [1] (since raised to 12 ft 4 in, but still racking up victims). 177 crashes since 2008, most of them caught on camera at that site.
Ironically, there is a low bridge a mile before this bit of road with huge signs alerting truck drivers that it is quite a bit 'lower' than they might be reckoning on.
Guess what, it still gets hit - so much so there is now flashing light signage in addition and, thus far, this has also proved ineffective.
I'll save the red traffic light signal example for later...