OK #Transportation wizards:
Is it me or are the zebra stripes and sharks teeth not in the right places?
#VisionZero #TrafficCircle #Intersections #CarrboroNC @sofio
@Andres4NY @sofio I mean it's not like this traffic circle sits directly between an elementary school and a park.
Oh wait.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9172647,-79.0763066,1058m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
@Andres4NY @DrTCombs @sofio Does a zebra have a legal status in the US? Apart from the fact that legal status snd compliance are different worlds...
@Marrekoo @DrTCombs @sofio Yeah, "jaywalking" is illegal at the local/state level pretty much everywhere in the US, but crossing is legally permitted at intersections and where marked by zebra crossings like that.
Because everything's pushed down to states & municipalities, there's 50+ different legal standings with most taking guidance from federal standards, but there's probably weird exceptions out there.
@Andres4NY @DrTCombs @sofio I mean do cars have to yield for a zebra?
@Marrekoo @DrTCombs @sofio They are legally required to yield to pedestrians in a zebra (or in an unmarked crossing), although again this is a state-level thing. It's hard to say that's 100% true for all US states, and states add exceptions all the time.
Like, here's Florida's "you have to yield.. unless there's a ped overpass, in which case squish away!" clause. How close does the tunnel or overpass have to be? Who knows!
@Andres4NY @DrTCombs @sofio whoa. Having traffic regulations concerning such uniformly presented objects vary along states is actually a bit beyond my comprehension.
@Transportist @sofio well, the ramps could have been put wherever they needed to be.
@Transportist @DrTCombs @sofio What I find fascinating is that many roundabouts are connected too tangentially to the circle, which won't slow down cars sufficiently.
@DrTCombs shark teeth should be further back for sure
@DrTCombs @sofio this is unbelievably incompetent