Comment on California father arrested after repainting crosswalk, adding stop signs near children’s park
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 13 hours agoeven the traffic engineers agreed that a stop sign was an appropriate treatment for this intersection when they rejected it on the basis that the traffic volume wasn’t high enough to warrant installing one
I’m not sure I follow your reasoning here.
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 13 hours ago
They allegedly did a study to see whether there was enough traffic, a step which requires a certain commitment of resources. If the placement of a stop sign would’ve harmed safety by displacing traffic flow, then they could’ve cited that without spending time on a study. But they didn’t, from which we can conclude that a stop sign is okay there.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Ah, I understand. Thank you.
That’s a decent example of what I’ve been saying - basing a conclusion like that on the wording of an uncited press statement is pretty spurious. There simply may have been more reasons and this was judged the easiest to explain (which happens frequently), and without more information we aren’t simply equipped to make an informed judgement. Much as he wasn’t when he made the initial decision (but we admittedly court far less severe consequences)
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 10 hours ago
Thanks for the excellent reply. I don’t exactly agree, but I love that it’s logical, clear, and respectful.