On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anthony wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> The school zone ends where the next speed zone starts. > > > > > > Hmm, I just checked a school zone near my house and I don't think that's > > correct. The 35 Mph sign comes before for the End School Zone sign. Do > you > > have any source for that? > > Yeah, the US Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. > http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/HTM/2003r1/part7/fig7b-03_longdesc.htm > That's the 2003 edition. The 2009 edition removes that option. See for example http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part7/fig7b_05_longdesc.htm > I thought school zones were designated by statute, not by sign. The signs > > are just there to remind people of the statute. > > The signs themselves do have consistency standards at the national > level. Placing another speed limit sign before an "end school zone" > sign suggests your local traffic engineer either can't read a manual > or takes no pride in his job. > Yeah, whoever put that sign up there screwed up big time. Still, for mapping purposes we should map the actual school zone.
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