Editing them from the pool of drivers before they have a chance to harm others might be what programmers call an 'undocumented feature'.also known as an uncorrected fault.Ĭell phone users don't even have the excuse of chemical impairment to fall back on as an excuse for endangering their fellow humans, so while I'm very happy that their cars are keeping them safer these days - until self driving cars are perfected.and mandated, I'm also happy that they pay higher insurance rates.and the ditches do drain much better now.Ī applaud your sense of civic responsibility! Cars are a lot safer these days and drunks usually are pliable enough to survive some spectacular crashes. I'm wondering if the number of impaired drivers that are removed from the road by ditches might actually result in a theoretical saving of lives on the other side of the balance sheet. It's a fairly robust profit center for body shops (both kinds) and the local constabulary. I did due diligence with the county supervisors, but there are many MANY such places not only in our county, but in the Southeast US. On two occasions vehicles flipped (one in my yard, one in the pasture across the street) but there have only been two accident reports in the last 10 years with one injury. "Statistically" this section of road is not interesting since most of the cars that wind up in the yards on either side of the road remain upright and no accident report is generated. I thought about the same form of reflectors, but all of the ditch clean-outs mentioned above happened during daylight hours and during CAVU conditions, and so I would probably just wind up having to get an Amazon dash button for the reflectors, since we still own the property, and since people still regularly clean out the ditch with their cars. I've since removed the mailbox, which was notional anyway since I've used PO boxes for decades. The local diggers and fillers decided to 'enhance' our ditch for drainage and this resulted in cell phone queens (and one male teen distracted by drink and/or his GF) taking out three mailboxes and 2 sections of fencing in as many years. I faced a similar problem when I lived out in the country. However (comma!) as noted above, yellow or red might work a little bit better in your case.YMMV I'm going to vote blue because of visibility and the fact that our local LEOs use that color, and this might clear the haze a little bit faster for drivers that are impaired by either kind of glass-Gorilla or shot. around factories, to “restrict or open areas to automobiles and traffic.” - What's that Thing: A Brief History of Reflective Pavement Markers. Cole also notes that red and green markers may be placed on private roadways, e.g. Utility companies may also deploy green RPMs to help them find roadside installations quickly, especially in an emergency. They’re most often used on roads around gated communities to indicate access for emergency vehicles. Marcia Lozer, a spokeswoman for 3M Roadway Safety, notes that blue RPMs may also indicate emergency entrances onto roads near firehouses-so they’re something even regular motorists might want to notice. If the hydrant stands at a corner, then each road might have its own marker. Steven Cole, president of the Reflective Tape Store, notes that blue markers are typically placed at the center of the road or on the side.
White markers separate lanes of same-direction traffic and may also appear on the right edge of the road.īlue RPMs are designed to catch the eye of emergency vehicle drivers as they indicate the presence of a hydrant on the side of the road. Yellow (or amber) markers typically show the center line of a road, or the left edge of a one-way road. If you turn around-probably a good idea-the RPMs will likely appear white or yellow to those driving in the correct direction. It typically indicates you’re going the wrong way. Thought right at the intersection, another couple 15 feet into the access corridor and then another couple near where it straightens out and starts up the street.Īnd, for some reason, despite being exactly the same, except for the color, the red reflector posts are about a buck more than the blue reflector posts. The posts basically come in Red or Blue.not sure what color I would use. Thought I might invest $10 or $15 dollars in a few reflector posts, which might help.Īnyone agree, disagree, any better ideas? Our street is gravel and no street lights.Ĭalled the road department and they basically told me tough. This is a quasi-rural area but pretty darn close to a big town and we do get a fair number of Sunday drivers out for a ride. I KNOW the street and even I have to be pretty darn careful since this traffic safety improvement A friend was over the other night and complained about it to me. The local government realigned the turnoff to our street last summer and ever since then people have been having trouble making the turn and end up in the ditch.