My commute takes me past an elementary school.
On my way TO work, there's a white sign with black letters that says "School Zone Ahead." A short distance beyond that is a yellow sign with flashing lights that says "School Zone - Speed Limit 25 MPH when flashing." A short distance past the school drive way is a sign that says "End of School Zone."
On my way FROM work, there's a white sign with black letters that says "School Zone Ahead." A short distance past the school drive way is a sign that says "End of School Zone."
Anybody see the difference?
Yep, that may have to do with the prevailing flow of traffic into and out of the school entrance, how the road is used, etc. It's likely that the traffic engineers who did the study on that intersection didn't believe that the flashing yellow light system was necessary for the other side of the road.
The school across the street from me recently cut in a bus entrance on the street into my community.
There's no plan to put up flashing lights, speed limit signs, etc. outside of the general "school student crossing" signs even though there are a lot of walking students on that road.
Why?
Because that road is low traffic volume, has a 25 mph speed limit already (residential) has multiple stop signs along its length, and terminates in my community in a dead-end round about. And the school provides crossing guards at the intersections who are, often, county police officers.
Oddly enough, though, the main intersection for the high school (on the road where the accident occurred), didn't have those flashing yellow school zone signs until fairly recently, and that one I never understood because there are a lot of walkers on that route who cross that main road. And that's a primary bus entrance.
My guess is that it wasn't seen to be necessary because the light at that intersection has pedestrian crossing controls on it.
My other guess is that the school system around here, the 11th largest in the United States, is a bunch of cheap, lying, sack of *expletive deleted*it idiots. My community went hammer and tong with them over the renovations to the school across from my place (for which the new bus entrance was cut).
The lies the told the community to drum up support for the major reconstruction project they've engaged on were stunning.
For years we demanded that they deal with parents who were using our narrow street as a kiss in ride for their whelps. Parking in our private community, block our entrance, completely blocking the road, and more.
"We've sent out messages and e-mails, we've done everything we can! It's just too much trouble to have a teacher down there during beginning and end of school day!"
Their tune changed when they wanted community support for the building project. They finally agreed to a written in proffer that at least one teacher would be at that entrance every day to deal with parents. They're doing it, but everything else that they "promised" but which wasn't written into the proffers?
So sorry, we can't do that!
