Au contraire, Arthur,
First they won't let us put in bumps, then they claim credit for putting them in.
The two main routes to Foothill Bld are through a residential street called Pali, and down a through street (but residential) called Lowell. Both have traffic lights at Foothill Bld
To slow down Pali traffic, they put a stop sign in the middle. To slow down traffic on Lowell they put in two stop signs. In between there is Amanita which doesn't have a traffic light, but is a pleasant tree lined street.
Soon, to avoid the stop signs, traffic was re-routing through traffic. The residents weren't happy. They built a traffic bump themselves in the middle. That slowed the traffic down,and transferred the traffic back to Pali and Lowell,
The council found out about this perfectly satisfactory (but not official) traffic control and sent people along to remove it - which they did.
Meantime, we didn't get any traffic bumps. Only a few are allowed in each council district and the ration didn't include us. But we did get the "No Stopping" after only 40 years or so of danger.
Harry -------------------------------------------------------------
Arthur wrote:
So, Harry, sounds like there is a community that met and determined the need for speed bumps and a stop sign and got some sort of local government to do the job. Sounds like you relied on local government to meet a need, a community need that couldn't be met directly by the community.
arthur
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