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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="zugmann"] <P>Do I believe all passive crossings should have stop signs? No. Do I believe that some could benefit from them? Yes. <BR></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I think passive crossings could benefit from stop signs, especially if there is limited visibility down the track, and especially if the traffic speed is low and of light density.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The degradation of the stop sign authority by applying stop signs to many more grade crossings is one theory of the traffic planning gurus.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Another worry about stop signs is an increase in read end collisions.</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>What they are going to do with all passive grade crossings is add YIELD signs to them because they have discovered that most drivers do not realize that the crossbuck means yield.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Drivers only take the crossbuck as a marker indicating the location of a grade crossing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>I think that could have an unintended consequence in that yield signs are probably the most disrespected traffic sign, and adding them to grade crossings could water down the message of danger rather than clarifying it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And besides, people may not know that a crossbuck equals a yield sign, but they know that it means trains, and they know that trains are not going to slow down or stop for road traffic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So I would argue that adding a yield sign addresses a problem that doesn’t need fixing.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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