07-09-2019, 08:13 AM
It's true that stop signs make for poor traffic calming. Hereabouts, they are not generally advised by planners expressly for traffic calming (since motorists ignore them, and tend to accelerate hard after passing them), but it's true that they have been in the past.
There is very little enforcement. Maybe it's just not cost effective to enforce this kind of traffic violation when the only way to do it is to use police officers who generally make six figure salaries.
What's the solution then? I'd agree that we should get rid of a lot of stop signs and instead reduce vehicle speeds (by using infrastructure that makes speeding a real challenge). There would still be call for stop signs in some places- would it really be the case that, with relatively fewer of them, people would start taking them seriously?
There is very little enforcement. Maybe it's just not cost effective to enforce this kind of traffic violation when the only way to do it is to use police officers who generally make six figure salaries.
What's the solution then? I'd agree that we should get rid of a lot of stop signs and instead reduce vehicle speeds (by using infrastructure that makes speeding a real challenge). There would still be call for stop signs in some places- would it really be the case that, with relatively fewer of them, people would start taking them seriously?