Earlier this year, around February or March, the city installed "No Turn on Red" signs at Market and Queen streets, an intersection I use often because it's near my apartment.
The Daily Record reported at the time that the signs were installed as part of a request by Martin Library, which sits at that intersection, to improve pedestrian safety.
First of all, I think the signs were a great idea, because that intersection can be treacherous. If only drivers would actually yield to pedestrians in crosswalks when they're turning, the signs wouldn't be needed.
The Daily Record reported at the time that the signs were installed as part of a request by Martin Library, which sits at that intersection, to improve pedestrian safety.
First of all, I think the signs were a great idea, because that intersection can be treacherous. If only drivers would actually yield to pedestrians in crosswalks when they're turning, the signs wouldn't be needed.
Anyway, here we are six months later, and not a week goes by that I
don't see someone turning on red at the intersection. For a while, I
kind of chalked it up to the fact that people were used to being able
to do so and that it would take some time to break the habit.
But now I'm just starting to think people don't even pay attention to the signs. Which is baffling, because the signs are right next to the traffic signal, which people must see because how else would they know it's red?
I don't know why this bothers me so much. Maybe it's just part of the annoyance of seeing so many bad drivers out there.
Regardless, kudos to the city and to the library for trying to make the crosswalks a little safer for pedestrians.
But now I'm just starting to think people don't even pay attention to the signs. Which is baffling, because the signs are right next to the traffic signal, which people must see because how else would they know it's red?
I don't know why this bothers me so much. Maybe it's just part of the annoyance of seeing so many bad drivers out there.
Regardless, kudos to the city and to the library for trying to make the crosswalks a little safer for pedestrians.
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