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Re: RADAR calibration & certi



In article <42psaq$ic5@fullfeed.msn.fullfeed.com>,
NMA  <nma@genie.geis.com> wrote:
>Stop lights require surveys to be conducted before they're installed, 
>should we not demand the same from speed limit signs and stop signs?  
>(Drive thru any town and see if they -really- need all those stop signs. 
>It's not likely; they're used for speed control purposes.  Unfortunately, 
>the MUTCD does not specifically prohibit this practice, it just advises 
>against it.)

I'm familiar with the practice of using a stop sign for speed control (see
it all over - and it just makes the road less safe), but I saw something
that reached a new level of stupidity once (Actually, drove through the area
several times, then found a better way). A stop sign in the middle of a
road, not at an intersection. Not at a driveway, not at a crosswalk. Just a
stop sign.

It was by far the stupidest traffic sign I'd ever seen - and that's
including such gems as "Speed Limit 40", and then 75 feet down the road, a
yellow suggested speed sign for 45.


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