Comment 27042

By Frank (registered) | Posted October 27, 2008 at 10:59:52

A right turn onto Main from James is not legal on a red light. (There's a sign there) So the pedestrian had the right of way. Wouldn't a speed reduction by half cause double the speed to work for timed lights as well? Change the street to two way, de-synchronize the lights and start levelling some major tickets. Jason/Ryan regarding blowing stop signs, I believe in the same article the argument was not stopping completely at a stop sign. There's a reason why that behavior isn't targetted and you stated it yourself...the likelihood of an accident happening that causes severe damage as a result of not stopping completely is minimal.

Back to the issue... someone said that it's because James was turned to two way that this occurred...last time I recall, turning left from James Street onto Main in the one way situation was more hazardous than one would think. The van might've had a green light (had to in order for the right turn to be legal) but if I'm not mistaken the woman was struck IN THE CROSSWALK... she wasn't jaywalking or crossing between lights and considering the green light had every right to be there.

Switching to two way would change the atmosphere on Main Street tremendously. It'd revitalize the area, much like it's done on James Street. It'd also make the desynchronization a much smaller issue. Most people wouldn't mind driving a bit slower if there's something decent to look at...

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