dwf137 Scooby Specialist

Member#: 161333 Join Date: Oct 2007 Chapter/Region: NWIC Location: Seattle Vehicle:

18 Highlander

Yami XSR



Quote: A W Originally Posted by Boulder, Lafayette, let alone Denver doesn't have enough money and manpower to repaint the white lines that are painted there when they do road maintenance once every couple of YEARS.



You don't seem to understand since clearly bicyclists and pedestrians don't roam your city but, in Colorado, you rolling forward to check for traffic just leaves you blocking a crosswalk. I ALWAYS stop behind a stop sign because I know what it's like to deal with drivers who can't stop for crap as a little kid. I was the rugrat riding around on a bike WITH A HELMET looking out for cars because I knew they didn't look for pedestrians BEFORE getting to the stop sign like you.



But I'm not like you since I'm already CHECKING for pedestrians BEFORE I even get to the stop sign. You know, that's what people should be doing if ever possible unless there are BLINDSPOTS like I mentioned in my previous post.



The more time drivers spend on the roads, the greater the chance of accidents. That's completely backwards from safety, dwf. I'd love to hear an engineer's opinion while she/he is in front of the a DOT and NHTSA panel. However slowing down traffic in a high traffic (foot, bike, and car) area is a completely different story. There wouldn't be a NEED to slow down traffic on one side of a city to benefit the other side of the city if engineers and city planners just built the city correctly in the first place. If your city let alone state streets have an opaque white line that isn't faded out next to every single stop sign, there is something wrong with your city financials.Boulder, Lafayette, let alone Denver doesn't have enough money and manpower to repaint the white lines that are painted there when they do road maintenance once every couple of YEARS.You don't seem to understand since clearly bicyclists and pedestrians don't roam your city but, in Colorado, you rolling forward to check for traffic just leaves you blocking a crosswalk. I ALWAYS stop behind a stop sign because I know what it's like to deal with drivers who can't stop for crap as a little kid.I was the rugrat riding around on a bike WITH A HELMET looking out for cars because I knew they didn't look for pedestrians BEFORE getting to the stop sign like you.But I'm not like you since I'm already CHECKING for pedestrians BEFORE I even get to the stop sign.You know, that's what people should be doing if ever possible unless there are BLINDSPOTS like I mentioned in my previous post.The more time drivers spend on the roads, the greater the chance of accidents. That's completely backwards from safety, dwf. I'd love to hear an engineer's opinion while she/he is in front of the a DOT and NHTSA panel. However slowing down traffic in a high traffic (foot, bike, and car) area is a completely different story. There wouldn't be a NEED to slow down traffic on one side of a city to benefit the other side of the city if engineers and city planners just built the city correctly in the first place.



I'm not even going to touch on the completely off base and ridiculous accusations you've made in your post, but will say that absolutely everything you've suggested about my driving habits is about as incorrect as you could possibly be.



And as someone who works with civil engineers who have studied traffic engineering... I will guarantee you that cities slow down certain roads on one side of the city to reduce congestion. Slowing down certain roads might reduce overall travel time for the city, at the expense of a few. If every single light was perfectly in sync, there would be hell in every city. Similar concept to on-ramp metering... slow down the influx of people onto highways to help reduce congestion... holy ****. like to put words in people's mouth much? Jesus, have a coffee or something and chill out. The comment was directed at your comment noting that stopping behind a stop sign is pointless because of crosswalks and blind spots. Perhaps I misinterpreted it, but I assumed you were suggesting that you were one of the ******** who refuses to stop behind the line/stop sign that I see all over the place, because you can't see oncoming traffic. Stopping behind a stop sign obviously is not pointless, and your post seems to suggest that you understand that fact.I'm not even going to touch on the completely off base and ridiculous accusations you've made in your post, but will say that absolutely everything you've suggested about my driving habits is about as incorrect as you could possibly be.And as someone who works with civil engineers who have studied traffic engineering... I will guarantee you that cities slow down certain roads on one side of the city to reduce congestion. Slowing down certain roads might reduce overall travel time for the city, at the expense of a few. If every single light was perfectly in sync, there would be hell in every city. Similar concept to on-ramp metering... slow down the influx of people onto highways to help reduce congestion... Last edited by dwf137; 07-29-2016 at 11:56 AM .