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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
I would tend to define a nanny state traffic rule as one that affects thousands upon thousands of people because a very few have done something stupid. Least Common Denominator again.
Judging by the length of time it takes that light to cycle and the number of cars on the road, I'd estimate that 100 vehicles go by that intersection every 2 1/2 minutes=2,400/hour for say 12 hour a day=28,800 in that time, so let's be conservative and call it 30,000/day=11 million/year. ELEVEN MILLION!
Now, how many accidents have there been at that intersection???? I don't know---there have only been 2 recently publicized, but let's go high and say 2/month=24/year
24 out of 11 million!!!!! That approaches lottery odds. And that's my definition of a nanny rule---affecting 11 million transits of that intersection for a handful of accidents. And remember there is still the law of unintended consequences----the distracted driver plowing into the last car in a back up of the turn lane cause by the red arrow.
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Well, I would say that some thought has gone into that post. I would say that a traffic safety engineer would like to know if the accidents happened for transits straight through the intersection or mostly during transits from a left turn lane or right turn lane and are they mostly on one or the other roads. Then, are most of the accidents during the winter season? Then, what about the time of the day, rush hour - morning or afternoon or after happy hour? Is there more on weekends, Sundays, or weekdays?
.......How does this intersection COMPARE in accidents with a similar intersection THAT has about the same number of transits that is close by to this particular intersection - and to others further away in The Villages? Is the number of Golf Cart transits significantly different at other intersections?
........Seems like some people are SINGLING out this intersection as being DANGEROUS. And others are saying that there IS no there....there ......and putting the blame on bad drivers. If that IS TRUE then all similarly busy (with transits) intersections in The Villages should have the same amount of accidents.
.......A traffic study should be able to prove which one of those possibilities is true. And that knowledge should determine the ACTION going forward. Different solutions with different costs could be brought forward.