Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[Bob_McBob]

Benjamin Road on the northern edge of Waterloo, between Westmount Rd and Weber St has flexiposts installed on the shoulders as well as on the yellow lines. While it is doing a good job of keeping traffic to 60km/h, the new arrangement does not leave adequate shoulder space for the horses and buggies that travel that route on the way to the Market.

I actually feel like these flexiposts might be poorly placed for a different reason. Since the road is open with no other restrictions and a higher than residential speed limit, it makes it obvious to drivers they can safely zoom through each pair at a slight angle without actually slowing down. I certainly had no issue taking them at 70 km/h like usual for this section of road, and I'm usually the one holding up traffic at that speed.