[SDCBC] What where they thinking?

[Abulifia]

In addition to improvement of pedestrian facilities, better traffic 
design and reduced speed limits, how about mandatory hard prison time in 
a maximum security facility like Chino and increased fines for the jerk 
off motoriests who mow down pedestrians and cyclists with impunity.   As 
a motorist, if you mow someone down, you basically get a slap on the 
wrist.  Oopsie! You failed to yield and splattered someone all over the 
street! Well, here ya go, Mr./Mrs. Cell phone yakker motorist...don't 
you worry your little head...it was the biker/pedestrian's problem for 
failing to get out of the way as you plowed him down in the crosswalk....

/sarcasm



John Eldon wrote:
> We can also fight for reduced speed limits. Traffic design experts 
> such as Dan Burden can demonstrate that increasing a street's speed 
> limit much above 35mph does NOT enhance its carrying capacity. As the 
> population ages, more people will need to give up their driving 
> privilege because of the infirmities of age, but these folks would be 
> a natural market for neighborhood electric vehicles, if only the road 
> system were fully interconnected with 35mph and slower roads. This 
> would be a major change in the way much of San Diego County has been 
> designing its road system, but it would save lives, save fuel, improve 
> circulation, and ensure freedom of mobility for all road users. We 
> need to start with a repeal of the 85th percentile speed trap law.
>