Calling All Cars!
A couple of years ago I befriended a wonderfully nice SFPD officer at local hangout, Moshi-Moshi. I asked him if he'd keep an eye out on the stop sign around the bottom of Missouri, because it seemed that many people were ignoring it all together. The decline of the street prohibits speed bumps, and increases the desire to fly down the hill and not stop in order to maintain the speed to get back up the other side. Cars weren't the only culprit, MUNI buses were just as guilty. One day I sat out on the corner of Sierra and Missouri for a couple of hours and counted how many people blew the sign.
The officer checked it out for a few days and then was off to better things. I thought about setting up a camera or firing a bullhorn, or SOMETHING. I've had near misses pulling out of the driveway, by cars and MUNI, which is much scarier. But I wouldn't want to get beat up or shot.
What I'd like to ask is for any officer on duty in the area to crack down on this stop sign. Need to write a few tickets? Then there you go. Guaranteed. The negligence of these drivers is a hazard to everyone - including many children and elderly that live in the area.
Number of Cars: 78
Number that made a complete stop: 23
Number that hesitated at the stop (California Stop): 34
Number that completely ran the stop sign: 21
Number of MUNI buses that ran the stop sign: 7
The officer checked it out for a few days and then was off to better things. I thought about setting up a camera or firing a bullhorn, or SOMETHING. I've had near misses pulling out of the driveway, by cars and MUNI, which is much scarier. But I wouldn't want to get beat up or shot.
What I'd like to ask is for any officer on duty in the area to crack down on this stop sign. Need to write a few tickets? Then there you go. Guaranteed. The negligence of these drivers is a hazard to everyone - including many children and elderly that live in the area.
2 Comments:
I used to ride MUNI a lot when I lived in the Richmond (the old 38 line that traversed Geary). I saw so many infractions by MUNI drivers it was mindboggling.
What about the corner of Texas & Sierra or 22nd & Mississippi. There are no stop signs at either location. Do you know who we should contact about that?
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