[Summit] Sidewalk bump-outs

[Carol Cancro]

Bump-outs also provide a means of enforcing the statewide (widely ignored)
statute against parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk:

http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-21/31-21-4.HTM

Carol C.




On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Hope for Health
<libertyliterary at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Not only vegetation, but parked cars can be a dangerous
> blockage of sight lines while turning.  I had an accident
> a few years back turning from Hope St. onto Fourth St.
> A large vehicle right at the corner kept me from seeing
> a car heading my way up Fourth.  We hit head on.
> (No, I wasn't going fast, so fortunately the damage was
> only to the car).
>
> Cicilline's people put a "No Parking to Corner" sign
> there (right next to Seven Stars).  However, it has
> mysteriously disappeared since.  I just saw another
> large vehicle in the same spot yesterday.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Liberty G
>
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Art Norwalk <art at norwalkcom.com>
> *To:* Andrew Nosal <andy at mapcenter.com>; "summit at sna.providence.ri.us" <
> summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 13, 2013 5:05 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Summit] Sidewalk bump-outs
>
>  Perhaps a bit overly judgmental.
>
> In fact, when you have to go farther into an intersection before turning
> (by definition when there's a bumpout) it is "harder" to avoid the oncoming
> car. This is particularly true when corner house residents have beautified
> their bumpouts with tall vegetation that makes it nearly impossible to see
> what's coming until your nose is well into the intersection.
>
> At 04:47 PM 9/13/2013, Andrew Nosal wrote:
>
> "less space" yes, but definitely enough space. If you find it "hard" to
> avoid hitting another car you are either driving too fast or should not be
> driving at all.
>
> On Sep 13, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Hope for Health < libertyliterary at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> More sidewalk space - yes - but less space
> to turn into a street and harder to avoid hitting
> another car in that street.  These things do no
> have a "calming" effect in my view.  They're a
> nuisance and waste of money.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Liberty G
>
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