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[Coreyburger]

City added new curbs to the corner... instead of the old easy wide curve, it's now a very tight turn off of West Saanich onto Old West. 

 

So how is making a corner more dangerous safer?

 

Slowing down isn't dangerous. And as for tighter turns, it comes down to curb radii - the smaller they are, the slower the turn will be. This allows more time to see people walking/biking on the side of the road (which used to be me about 20 years ago)

[Mike K.]

Is there a turning lane at the location?

[exc911ence]

Slowing down isn't dangerous. And as for tighter turns, it comes down to curb radii - the smaller they are, the slower the turn will be. This allows more time to see people walking/biking on the side of the road (which used to be me about 20 years ago)

 

Slowing down can be dangerous when there are distracted drivers behind you. The old corner didn't necessitate any real slowing down at all, now you have to slow right down on West Saanich to make the corner.

 

 

Is there a turning lane at the location?

 

No.

[moretrain]

 

Slowing down can be dangerous when there are distracted drivers behind you. The old corner didn't necessitate any real slowing down at all, now you have to slow right down on West Saanich to make the corner.

 

It is safer, because it encourages focused driving. Not having to slow down on a corner is dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. Now that you have to slow down, not only is it going to encourage you to be more observant, but it also encourages those behind you to be more vigilant. 

 

Im not a fan of the narrative that you seem to have started giving an excuse to distracted drivers.

[exc911ence]

It is safer, because it encourages focused driving. Not having to slow down on a corner is dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. Now that you have to slow down, not only is it going to encourage you to be more observant, but it also encourages those behind you to be more vigilant. 

 

Im not a fan of the narrative that you seem to have started giving an excuse to distracted drivers.

 

Distracted drivers are a fact of modern life and no amount of legislation and enforcement is going to change that.

 

What I like is efficiency and a corner that you can coast through trumps any corner that forces you to brake into and then re-accelerate out of. We're all about green initiatives until it comes to cars here in Victoria. Well guess what, the more traffic calming and bike lanes that get added to our existing infrastructure results in more cars sitting idle for longer durations. And that isn't green at all.

[VicHockeyFan]

Those new parking stalls on Quadra adjacent the music academy are a bit of a head-scratcher.  Not the stalls themselves, but the road markings and lane usage.  You have two northbound lanes crossing Johnson and suddenly in the curb lane there are parked cars.  No merge indicators or lane closed indicator, and certainly not a mandatory right onto Johnson from the curb lane.  The bus, well it stops at the 7/11 I'm pretty sure almost every run, so it has not got up a steam, and knows it has to merge in, but for other traffic it seems wonky.

 

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 16 October 2017 - 08:30 PM.

[Mike K.]

Luckily you can't park there 4PM-6PM, or maybe 530PM.

[nagel]

That's no different than Burnside Road in Saanich.

 

Anyways I am fairly certain the VCM requested those spots and the city is trying hard to oblige where they can.

[Mike K.]

I have seen much more frequent towing of vehicles blocking travel lanes when no-parking restrictions come into play.

 

That wasn't really a thing here, I don't think. I mean you'd see it but it wasn't something that would occur right at the cutoff time for those stalls, and I'm seeing that now especially during the morning rush.

[sdwright.vic]

I used to see tow trucks staged outside my office at one time.... waiting for the "witching hour" to occur.

[sebberry]

I used to see tow trucks staged outside my office at one time.... waiting for the "witching hour" to occur.

 

Hitching hour?  Winching hour? 

 

Whatever it is, it's a form of legalized theft and should be prohibited.

[Rob Randall]

Hitching hour?  Winching hour? 

 

Whatever it is, it's a form of legalized theft and should be prohibited.

 

What are you saying? Parking is fine in the rush hour lane? The idea of having two lanes open is to flush traffic out at rush hour, decreasing congestion.

[sebberry]

What are you saying? Parking is fine in the rush hour lane? The idea of having two lanes open is to flush traffic out at rush hour, decreasing congestion.

 

Nope, but towing isn't fine either.

[Rob Randall]

^Er, so you propose vapourizing? I don't understand.

[sebberry]

What's wrong with a higher ticket amount during rush hour? 

[Rob Randall]

If I'm trying to get home after work, a ticket on that guy's dashboard doesn't clear my lane.

[sebberry]

But he won't park there again. 

 

Why is your rush home more important than him having his car when he returns from whatever specialist doctor's appointment that ran late?

[VicHockeyFan]

He's gotta get the tow.  I agree with this.

[LJ]

I agree, scoop them all. Otherwise some people would just use the lane for parking and pay the ticket as the cost of doing business.

[sebberry]

Nope.  You just don't do it as per this Pulp Fiction clip:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO48Vr4KIc8