09-20-2016, 02:24 PM
(09-20-2016, 02:08 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: The before and after shots also show how much bigger the traffic signal pole is. I wonder why the increase.
It's probably the "standard" size of pole they use these days. The kind of pole that is designed to stay standing after taking a direct hit from a car going 70km/h.
The old pole was much simpler, narrower, and didn't have the big concrete base. It seemed to be simply bolted to the sidewalk. It would topple in a high speed collision, but if you managed to hit it, you were also hitting a building.