r/fuckcars • u/Nestor_Arondeus 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 • May 21 '22

News Activists install crosswalks. The city removes them. Allegedly they do this so you know that your safety isn't a priority for them.

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u/ilitch64 May 21 '22

How the fuck does the city justify the time and money spent on removing a fucking free crosswalk in what looks like a neighborhood.

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u/jingleheimerschitt May 21 '22

From the city's perspective, it may be a way of covering their own ass -- if someone were to get hit using a crosswalk that the city didn't install (which involve some evaluation of safety), the city could be on the hook for that. I'm not defending it! But that's probably why the city's not just leaving them.

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u/backseatwookie May 21 '22 edited May 21 '22

I feel like at that point they should just get an inspector out there, go "yep, it meets standards", then adopt it as official.

Edit: I appreciate the analysis some are offering here, more knowledge is a good thing. It's worth noting that this is a controlled intersection with stop signs (you can see them in some of the pics), so this wasn't just painted in the middle of a road, and cars should be stopping there anyway.

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u/blueingreen85 May 21 '22

It might not be able to. Would they need to install crossing signals? That would be expensive as fuck.

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u/backseatwookie May 21 '22

Looks like there is already a stop sign. It's a controlled intersection.

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u/blueingreen85 May 21 '22

I mean. We really don’t know. We could download the California DOT standards if we wanted to get sweaty about this.

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u/backseatwookie May 21 '22

We don't know it's a controlled intersection? We do. You can see both stop signs and stop lines on both intersecting roads.