General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

"Permanent barrier to go up near where car entered river"

The reaction to the car in the creek incident yesterday speaks volumes about local safety priorities. A single incident, well two if you count the one last fall in the same general area and under different circumstances, and the government leaps in to action and bends over backwards to protect motorists…from themselves.
 
Meanwhile, the 1000s of people who cycle and who face much more dangerous situations on a daily basis lobby endlessly and advocate for evidence based solutions for their own protection from others to no avail.

Not only that, but this could be tackled in a number of ways, like say, slowing down cars here, but they chose the one that keeps the danger level high for everyone else, but doesn't impede drivers.

We'll have a moderately pleasant fence replaced with a steel guard rail.

And we'll still be in a situation where if there's a pedestrian on the sidewalk when the car loses control because of reckless driving and excessive speed, well the pedestrian will still be killed.

The region has their priorities very clearly identified.