Ways to save gas

>>
>> No, I'm NOT teasing you. That is specifically why lights are mis-timed
>> in many areas. They WANT YOU TO STOP, as often as possible.
>>
>> (sarcasm mode on) Sure keeps you calm, having to stop every 20 feet,
>> don't it? (sarcasm mode off) -Dave
>
> Another way: A residential intersection, one street has a boulevard stop
> sign, the other has none. The street with no sign crosses the
> ditch-thing, the smooth street has to stop. Clearly deliberate, as that's
> the way every intersection in the area is.
>
> Somebody had to make that decision. I want that guy's head on a platter,
> along with the guys' heads who make the speed bump decisions.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Bev

Another form of "traffic calming" neither one of us mentioned is simply
installing stop signs where none are needed. I've seen this taken to
extremes, where a main road has stop signs posted (to stop traffic in both
directions on the main road) at what amounts to little more than a driveway.
(side street, dead end, three small houses, you have to stop THERE???)
Also, installing stop signs where there should be "yield" signs. A
intersection near me has a 55MPH road merging into another 55MPH road.
Approaching the merge point, there is good visibility for about a half mile.
So you are doing 55MPH approaching the merge, see that there is NO TRAFFIC
ON THE ROAD AT ALL, come to a complete stop, see that THERE IS STILL NO
TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD AT ALL, and then accelerate back to 55MPH. What a pain.
But of course there is always a cop hanging out nearby. -Dave

Mike T. wrote:
> >>
> >> No, I'm NOT teasing you. That is specifically why lights are mis-timed
> >> in many areas. They WANT YOU TO STOP, as often as possible.
> >>
> >> (sarcasm mode on) Sure keeps you calm, having to stop every 20 feet,
> >> don't it? (sarcasm mode off) -Dave
> >
> > Another way: A residential intersection, one street has a boulevard stop
> > sign, the other has none. The street with no sign crosses the
> > ditch-thing, the smooth street has to stop. Clearly deliberate, as that's
> > the way every intersection in the area is.
> >
> > Somebody had to make that decision. I want that guy's head on a platter,
> > along with the guys' heads who make the speed bump decisions.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Bev
>
> Another form of "traffic calming" neither one of us mentioned is simply
> installing stop signs where none are needed. I've seen this taken to
> extremes, where a main road has stop signs posted (to stop traffic in both
> directions on the main road) at what amounts to little more than a driveway.
> (side street, dead end, three small houses, you have to stop THERE???)

Encinitas, CA did that to a road that is a prime arterial because the
traffic was disrupting the character of the neighborhood. Rather than
widen the road, as they had agreed to and have been ordered to do by
several judges, they added 8 stop signs.

Now they get to listen to everyone accelerate from 0-40, then slam on
their brakes at the next intersection. Hopefully those NIMBYs enjoy
the extra pollution they get to breathe as a result.

Dave