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re: Crash at Burbank and E. Boyd
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:19 am to More beer please
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:19 am to More beer please
So nothing in BR should change then since we know no one in the area listens?
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Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:20 am to More beer please
We've got much bigger fish to fry in regards to BR traffic problems.
Like... How the new contra-flow still sucks balls.
Like... How the new contra-flow still sucks balls.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:24 am to LNCHBOX
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On a less related note, I spent last week in DC. And for everyone that thinks hsitty traffic is somehow isolated to NOLA and BR, yall should try travelling. The traffic in MAryland made me want to blow my brains out, and a friend showing me around said it was normal.
The way people drive inner city in DC blew my mind. I felt unsafe walking in certain areas. It's nothing for them to whip around a roundabout going 50.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:26 am to fightin tigers
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These crashes say more for lack of driving skills than for intersection layout.
Yea, I've driven through it about 10-15 times since it just became the stop sign with turns in any direction off Boyd. It isn't complicated. The lights at Jennifer Jean and Parker are synced to give those at the stop sign on Boyd time to cross.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:26 am to LNCHBOX
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So nothing in BR should change then since we know no one in the area listens?
Again not what I said. They did a terrible job of giving notice, timing, and directing those who are clearly incompetent. They should have done everything possible to inform those traveling through that area that this was happening. Whyy not put up large signs that say "Drivers on Burbank dont fricking stop"?
When they put up yellow flashing lights every single one of us knew drivers on burbank would come to a complete stop and treat it was a 4 way. Which created the illusion that it was in fact a 4 way when it wasnt.
All of these and more were point out in the threads and they did nothing to fix the situation but change shite at the intersection without notice. Its not that hard to put up signs, send out articles in the Reveille, emails to LSU students/faculty and the like about what to do there.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:27 am to PigglyWiggly
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They need to put the light back and program it so that each direction of Boyd has a green light while the other three directions are faced with a red light. The biggest problem was people trying to turn left onto Burbank and only two or three cars making it through the intersection.
Smartest suggestion to date.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:27 am to LouisianaLady
It really is astounding, and makes it that much funnier when people on here act like it is some unique phenomenon to south LA.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:28 am to PigglyWiggly
I didn't read the thread, but y'all know they took the "right turn only" signs down, right?
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:29 am to More beer please
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When they put up yellow flashing lights every single one of us knew drivers on burbank would come to a complete stop and treat it was a 4 way. Which created the illusion that it was in fact a 4 way when it wasnt.
That only creates that illusion to people who have no clue. The only people that have no clue are the kind of people proper signage isn't going to help. So again, it seems we should never change anything here because drivers are too incompetent to follow the controls.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:31 am to LNCHBOX
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That only creates that illusion to people who have no clue. The only people that have no clue are the kind of people proper signage isn't going to help. So again, it seems we should never change anything here because drivers are too incompetent to follow the controls.
Ok so ignore the other parts where I gave suggestions on how to inform people of the change. It needed change like I said, they just went about it the wrong way. But please continue spouting your bullshite
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:31 am to LNCHBOX
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That only creates that illusion to people who have no clue. The only people that have no clue are the kind of people proper signage isn't going to help. So again, it seems we should never change anything here because drivers are too incompetent to follow the controls.
Just like the exit ramp signs from I-10 East onto Westbound Essen & Bluebonnet that say DO NOT STOP...yet people stop.
This post was edited on 9/30/14 at 10:33 am
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:32 am to More beer please
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Ok so ignore the other parts where I gave suggestions on how to inform people of the change.
I didn't ignore it. I said that won't help the kind of people that think a flashing yellow means stop.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:34 am to LNCHBOX
quote:Another thing to note about Siegen is that it has a center turn lane, so left turns are two-phase movements. Intersections that require you to cross all 5 lanes at once are signalized.
It's used by the same shitty drivers
Look at the recent improvements that they did to Florida Blvd. Most of the intersections that required crossing 5 lanes with no signal control were terminated with a new median. The previous poster was absolutely correct in stating that crossing that many lanes at once without signal control is simply not safe. Just because it has been allowed in the past does not mean that it is correct.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:35 am to LNCHBOX
It couldnt hurt at all. But simply making an overnight change at a heavily traveled area like that and expecting idiots to know what to do was piss poor planning.
Just because I say it is worse now than before doesnt mean there shouldnt have been a change. They just choose the one we all knew would be a disaster.
Just because I say it is worse now than before doesnt mean there shouldnt have been a change. They just choose the one we all knew would be a disaster.
This post was edited on 9/30/14 at 10:37 am
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:37 am to LNCHBOX
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it is some unique phenomenon to south LA.
This happens on Facebook and IRL too. One of my biggest pet peeves.
Yeah, this is the only city in the entire world where people drive poorly
It's quite easy to obtain a license and a lot of people are distracted easily, air-headed, assholes, etc.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:37 am to LNCHBOX
quote:There are no problems with that downtown. They just need to be interconnected.
That would be 3 lights in about 850 feet.
quote:Not if there is a serious safety issue. Crash data is the key criteria in a signal warrant.
That's just unnecessary.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:39 am to LSUvegasbombed
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Terrible idea by LSU
what say did LSU have in this?
not saying they didnt, but its ultimately up to DOTD
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:40 am to Croacka
Ltrc
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:41 am to Grit-Eating Shin
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There are no problems with that downtown. They just need to be interconnected.
Downtown is a grid of one way, 2 lane streets. This is four streets, all two way with three running parallel (and only one connecting through), one being 5 lane undivided, one being 2 lane divided, and two 2 lane undivided.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:50 am to Golfer
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Just like the exit ramp signs from I-10 East onto Westbound Essen & Bluebonnet that say DO NOT STOP...yet people stop.
This happens everywhere in the country. But it's always baffling.
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