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ImmobilizedbyCheese t1_j6ntt83 wrote

Doesn't matter if the roads are 12 feet wide and painted hot pink, if you dont have cops or some other form of traffic enforcement actually calling drivers out and fining them then people will drive how they want.

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Asterion7 t1_j6o3qrr wrote

There are ways to slow traffic down and reduce the flow of traffic to make things safer for pedestrians.

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ImmobilizedbyCheese t1_j6o5pky wrote

I am aware. Civil engineer here, though not specifically traffic engineer. It has to be a twofold approach. Bumpouts and striping aren't enough to counteract asshole drivers. There are bumpouts and crosswalks along Main and people joked about the signage getting run over. We need cops to do their jobs too. Why even have a hands free rule for example of no one is ever ticketed for being on their phones? When that was rolled out in CT 10 years ago people were getting pulled over all the time.

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Asterion7 t1_j6o73jo wrote

Oh I agree. Enforcement needs to be stepped up too.

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ImmobilizedbyCheese t1_j6o7cfs wrote

And I would love for the city to implement more of those calming measures as well! Go team.

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Mystical_Mojo t1_j6pfcda wrote

Was in the car with my friend when he got into a hit and run accident on Cary and Belvidere. Called the non emergency line a couple times. We waited for over 4 hours, and NO ONE showed up. When we finally met with a cop the next day he told us Richmond PD is extremely understaffed and thats probably why no one showed up when we called the day before. Then he tried to recruit us to join the force...

Point being, im not sure if more traffic enforcement from cops is even feasible in Richmond.

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TGIIR t1_j6p69g8 wrote

Definitely this about people being on phones. I see it often.

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lame_gaming t1_j6pdmd2 wrote

yeah, i think the "traffic calming" was half assed though. cops are a temporary solution, ideally we would actually traffic calm the street and create a proactive solution to speeding

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PayneTrainSG t1_j6obj14 wrote

I very genuinely think the best thing to do would be to design roads in a way that it would get intentionally bad drivers into one car accidents that affect no other person.

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ImmobilizedbyCheese t1_j6of9pe wrote

Interested in your design ideas. Do they include launch ramps into pits? trip wires?

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PayneTrainSG t1_j6oju6o wrote

there actually are lane designs where buses and commercial vehicles can straddle a pit, and passenger vehicles fall into them. i don’t know how well they work in america with all of the lifted trucks.

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ImmobilizedbyCheese t1_j6opt9k wrote

Sounds like reverse speed cushions. We already have some big potholes brewing. Maybe we leave them as speed deterrents.

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121G1GW t1_j6nzdmu wrote

More cops is never the answer.

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ImmobilizedbyCheese t1_j6o36vd wrote

Either cops do their jobs or we get just a traffic enforcement entity that isn't armed and dangerous. But people on their own won't do the right thing. We have narrow streets with parking on both sides and stop signs and people are still booking it. People driving through stop lights. Not stopping at even well marked crosswalks. Because they know there is no repercussions to those actions.

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Vajama77 t1_j6o2ahr wrote

I don't know why people cannot understand this!! more cops is never the answer.

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MrBillyRattlelance t1_j6ob58i wrote

Thanks for repeating verbatim what the other guy said. Really helped me understand the perspective here.

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dalhectar t1_j6odg49 wrote

What percentage of investigations following pedestrian deaths on roads don't even conclude with charges filed?

Beyond ACAB, if pedestrians are dying and we can't even find evidence that the drivers are breaking the law much less prove in court the driver was breaking the law... law enforcement isn't going to help.

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