The in basket: Peggy Roney is the latest to ask about the
misleading sign along Highway 3 as one heads south approaching
Silverdale, reading “East Bremerton” then “Exit Only.”
“The signs are confusing!” she says. “I would figure that (the
first one) would mean that there is a mysterious Silverdale exit
somewhere else. Then, at the last minute, there is a sign that lets
you know that this is where you must exit to go to East Bremerton
AND Silverdale!!
“I know people that have come from out of town and found this same
confusing problem,” she said. “Are they going to fix the exit
signs?”
Monthly Archives: April 2008
The new flashing yellow left turn signals
The in basket: Peggy Lee of Port Orchard says her husband and
her “have noticed that a large majority of the left-turn signals
(there) have been set to a flashing yellow.
“I have witnessed a number of near-miss car accidents,” she said,
“where cars tired of waiting for traffic to clear have turned in
front of on-coming traffic and have nearly been broad-sided…
“I was wondering if you could find out the rational behind changing
the left turn signals to flashing yellow. I would also like to make
a complaint to whomever has made this decision,” she said.
Why does Sheridan Road school zone remain?
The in basket: Tim Calnan says in an e-mail, “I see the
Bremerton School District has “boarded-up” the old East High on
Sheridan Road.
“However, the local authorities seem to sitting with radar at
Cherry and Sheridan and the 20 mph school zone sign is still up. Is
this a matter of not enough time to take the sign down or are the
restrictions (20 mph 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) still in place?”
That $2 fee to make new license plates shine in the dark
The in basket: Michael Drouin of Bremerton asks, “Why does the state charge for a plate reflectorization along with a plate replacement fee? Seems to me that when the state manufactures a license plate at its state facilities, the reflectorization is part of the manufacture.
Putting the kibosh on Jake brake usage
The in basket: Dexter Bruckman says he lives near steep Newberry
Hill Road and wonders who to ask for a sign prohibiting the use of
compression brakes, also called “Jake brakes,” by truckers.
John Whalen of North Shore Road in Mason County and Janice
Danielson of Gorst also have asked about enforcement of Jake brake
prohibitions.
Rights on red at red light cameras
The in basket: Sharrell Lee e-mailed to say, “My brother-in-law
received a mailing in West Bremerton that advised him that, with
the new red-light cameras, drivers will be ticketed for coming to a
complete stop at a red light and then safely turning right.
“Is this true?” she asks.
