• IWW4@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    I don’t have a problem with this.

    Random people don’t get to decide where stop signs go and do not go.

    How about if someone just decided to remove a stop sign.

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      3 hours ago

      How about if someone just decided to remove a stop sign.

      Are those 2 situations equivalent at all? I can’t think of a situation where adding a stop sign up would make the intersection more dangerous whereas the removal of one would almost certainly make it more dangerous. In your mind is the only way to regulate this to ban both for some reason?

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        2 hours ago

        Traffic control is a massive issue that involves numerous factors beyond “danger”.

        So yes you can not have random entities making those decisions, There has to be a single governing body.

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      2 hours ago

      He’s not a random person, he’s a resident of the neighborhood where he made the change. City officials and this alleged traffic engineer would be considered the “random people” here as they have absolutely zero stake in any of this.

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      5 hours ago

      Unfortunately, yes, they have to “punish” this.

      But it’s still a great publicity stunt that has now gotten the eyes of many people, a new petition on the matter would likely gather a lot more support.

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      7 hours ago

      The cops don’t care if the stop sign wasn’t there. They’ll give you a ticket anyway.

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        6 hours ago

        While yes, you get out of the ticket if you prove the sign was missing at the time of the infraction.

        Edit: Just don’t give them any attitude or they’ll arrest you for resisting arrest.