The in basket: The Road Warrior gets a lot of questions from
drivers who seen oddities in the flashing lights that indicate
school zones and when the speed limit is 20 miles per hour
there.
Wes Moore said in February, “The lights don’t necessarily blink in
coordination with school hours. I’ve seen them blinking when all
children have been safely in their classrooms for over
half an hour). Similarly, I’ve seen children walking home on early
release Thursdays with no lights blinking.”
Monthly Archives: May 2006
Readers Curious About Cameras at Intersections
The in basket: Alan Kieser of Silverdale writes, “I have
recently noticed at the intersection of Tracyton Boulevard and
Bucklin Hill roads that there is a camera mounted on the traffic
signal pole spanning the roadway and it’s pointed north. Can you
find out what it is for? It would be nice to know what is being
monitored.”
Also curious about a camera-like device is Cindy Clark of Port
Orchard, who sees something on top of a steel pole on Port Orchard
Boulevard near Tremont Street that looks like it might be a
camera.
Intersection Decisions Leave Reader Scratching His Head
The in basket: George Pfost of Bremerton found it strange that
the
intersection of Central Valley and Fairgrounds roads in Central
Kitsap had
never received the kind of citizen complaint that would get it
considered
for Kitsap County’s six-year road improvement plan, as reported
April 10 in
Road Warrior.
He wondered how the more lightly used intersection of Central
Valley and
McWilliams roads and NW 64th Street, less than half a mile south of
there,
got to be so much wider.
Dealing With Long Wait at Port Orchard Boulevard?
The in basket: Judy Naglich writes to ask “Why does the light
stay red for so long when coming from Port Orchard Boulevard to
turn onto Tremont?
“I have waited for as much as 10 or 15 minutes and sad to say I
have turned when no traffic is in sight. I can still see the green
light on Tremont when I get up to the Sidney stop light.
Almira Drive Stop to Get Crosswalk
The in basket: Virginia Pace wrote in April to say, “I have noted that on Almira Drive, which serves Kitsap Mental Health, there are two covered bus stops used by many patients of KMH. There is no cross walk from KMH to the covered bus stop going northwest, hence, the emotionally compromised KMH patients are crossing the street, in an unsafe manner. These patients need to be protected by a cross walk
Leak on Highway 166 Slated for Road Work
The in basket: Don Brandvold wrote in March to say, “On Highway
166 in the middle of the road in front of Dockside marina I have
noticed a leak that has been there for the last 5 years.
The reason it jogged my memory was that the weather was so cold a
couple of weeks ago that the water had frozen as it ran across the
road. Water can be seen slowly running across the road there all
year around.
I was wondering if this will ever be repaired, and who needs to
repair it, the county or state?
The Navy Comes up With Some Unusual Acronyms
The in basket: Monica Dowden of Olalla read the March 24 Road
Warrior dealing with why Subase Bangor is the only listed
destination leading to the off-ramp on northbound Highway 303 onto
northbound Highway 3 in Silverdale and made the following inspired
observation:
“This seems like a really silly question but what is a
‘subase’??
Traffic Inhibits Free Right Turn onto Ridgetop Blvd
The in basket: There’s a lot more to the conflict at the
southbound off-ramp from Highway 303 to Ridgetop Boulevard in
Silverdale than just people stopping before turning right when they
don’t have to, reaction to the May 5 Road Warrior on that subject
has made clear.
The proximity of Sid Uhinck Drive to the off-ramp complicates the
matter considerably, four readers have said.
Stop First, Then Creep Forward for a Peek
The in basket: Laura Jackley read the May 1 Road Warrior saying
one must stop for the stop bar or crosswalk at an intersection, not
at the stop sign, which is usually a few feet back from those other
points.
She wrote, “I was taught, years ago, as was my daughter just
recently in driver’s ed
school, that one must stop BEFORE the stop sign and inch out to
have
unobstructed visibility. Not the case, anymore?”
Yes, Driving on Freeway ‘Gores’ is Considered Against the Law
The in basket: I noticed in driving on Highway 18 between Auburn
and I-90 lately that many of the areas between freeway on-ramps and
the main line, called “gores” in the highway business, have a
series of painted or raised-dot Vs connecting the two white
lines.
I suspected they are to raise a question in the driver’s mind about
whether he or she should be driving there (it’s against the law),
but I haven’t seen any of the chevrons in our area. I asked about
them.
