Re: Cost of a Traffic Signal ??

"Luhan Monat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Jim Thompson wrote:
> > I have a "T" intersection near my house.
> >
> > The "cross" of the "T" has right-of-way with a speed limit of 55, but
> > usual speeds are 70:
> >
> >    E<--------------->W   (Pecos Road)
> >             |<>-(stop sign)
> >             |
> >             | (Desert Foothills)
> >
> > View to the west is blind due to a slightly rising hill.
> >
> > Traffic density on Pecos has recently increased dramatically due to a
> > new freeway section opening several miles to the east.
> >
> > I have been harping at the city to do something about this unsafe
> > intersection but was told basically "tough, you're not getting a
> > traffic light anytime soon and they don't put stop signs on feeders",
> > but he'd grace my complaint by repainting the white front-edge stripe
> > (done last Tuesday or Wednesday) and would trim the trees to the west.
> >
> > Friday night a woman died in an accident there when she was T-boned
> > trying to get onto Pecos eastbound from Desert Foothills.
> >
> > My question: What does it cost (purchase and install) for a traffic
> > light?
> >
> > I'm going to suggest that the family sue the city for 100X the cost of
> > a traffic light.
> >
> >                                         ...Jim Thompson
>
> Jim,
>
> A friend of mine tried the same thing in Santa Barbara/CA.  She was
> finally told that it would take 10 major accidents (or 3 deaths) before
> the city would consider puttinging in a traffic signal.  That is the
> 'cost' of putting in a traffic signal in California!
>
> -- 
> Luhan Monat, "LuhanKnows" At 'Yahoo' dot 'Com'
> http://members.cox.net/berniekm
> "The future is not what it used to be."
>
>
Luhan, you got it...I'm in California too and after several fatalies they
get serious. There used to be a mountain intersection up on Hwy 17 that
connects silicon valley to Santa Cruz. It wasn't until a carload of people,
a mother and her 2 kids was obliterated by a 80,000 lb big rig full of sand
that they put in an overpass. And that was not the only fatality. Of course,
the taxpayers in California, are too busy paying for soundwalls and
overpriced utility commodities to solve problems that cause fatalities!