Well done! =d> =d> =d>

Gene363 wrote:

My civil engineer FIL told me that the reason cities prefer the roundabouts is that they have more, but less severe, accidents. I am guessing that as a result, there are less lawsuits agains the city when there is a serous wreck at an intersection.

Stogie1020 wrote:

I wish that were true in AZ.

I was sitting in a county board meeting years ago and heard the board approve a $250k settlement figure for a wreck on a county road where the driver hit a bunch of cacti and trees in the median. It cost them less to settle than to litigate (and possibly win).

They then denied the pay raise for all the cops sitting in the room who showed up to try to encourage them to support LE (the reason we were all there). Arguably, the raise would have cost them more than 250K, but it was salt on a wound to see them pay out in 30 seconds because some guy hit some vegetation...

Stogie1020 wrote:

My civil engineer FIL told me that the reason cities prefer the roundabouts is that they have more, but less severe, accidents. I am guessing that as a result, there are less lawsuits agains the city when there is a serous wreck at an intersection.

Stogie1020 wrote:

That is what we found in GB. More accidents, less severe in nature, but rarely a death.

Gene,
There is a roundabout welcoming eastbound traffic over a bridge in DePere. It is the worst place in the entire county between 4:00 & 5:30 each afternoon. And there isn’t a hospital or anything like that to further bind traffic.

Often the line is 2+ blocks long during those times. It’s taken 10 to 15 minutes to get through it.
And all bets are off if there is a fender bender in the mix.

8trackdisco wrote:

Oh man, I thought they were supposed to speed up traffic. 🤦

Gene363 wrote:

Oh man, I thought they were supposed to speed up traffic. 🤦

Gene363 wrote:

Good Tuesday Mourning to All! It is overcast and possibly rainy 67° on the way to 81° today.

This evening I have a property owners association meeting to attend. We have a complaint about not being able to install solar panels. When they can integrate them onto the roof itself it will be much better. Our current covenants require shingles, composition or wood. Any change to the covenants is very difficult in South Carolina. Replacing a roof with solar panels mounted is going to be interesting. I'm pretty sure I would not want a roofer to remove and replace solar pannels.

No range trips this week, getting ready for a flight to Chicago, a train ride to Spokane, another plane to Fairbanks, a train to Anchorage, and a flight home.

Gene363 wrote:

There's a black golf course there..?? How'd you get a membership..?? 😕

DrafterX wrote: