Re: Cost of a Traffic Signal ??

"Ross Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "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!
>
>
Oh, by the way, they named the bridge after the dead women...California
politics in action....Arnie has his hands full with this mess!!!