Totally agree. And what is the legal meaning of a flashing signal? In a school zone it indicates an enforceable reduced speed limit, but that is all. Absent a school, it appears to mean nothing legally and is merely a "put down your cell phone and pay attention" alert. We could use flashing signals every 1,000 feet on every roadway everywhere if that is all they actually do.
The "being nice" phenomena occurs even at clearly marked intersections (e.g., stop sign on bike path at SW path and Glenway, etc.) and at intersections without flashing warnings (e.g., Wingra path and Beld, etc.) Although I appreciate the "nice" sentiment being extended to me and other path users, I totally agree it sets up for potential collision situations. The sentiment is not worth dieing for. Solutions: 1. infrastructure (tunnel/bridge, table speed bump, car green-yellow-red with bike green-yellow-red signal) 2. driver and bicyclist education Problems: 1. flashing yellow warning signals that have no meaning or consequence 2. multi-lane high speed road way crossings (i.e, no table speed bump, or narrowing of road, etc.) George Sent by my iCurmudgeon TM _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
