A simple rant today, but important. Would some designers of parking lots please reconsider their jobs? While they are reconsidering theirs, would those in charge of line maintenance please reconsider theirs as well? At least reconsider the responsibilities you have to public safety.
Parking lot maintenance: We won’t even discuss giant potholes. Let’s just skip to the lines that are no longer visible or so worn that unless you knew they were there you could never see them. When you have traffic coming in 4 directions, one of which is from a busy road and there are partially visible stop bars, it is basically a crap shoot who, if anyone will stop. And crap is a perfect word to describe it, don’t you think?
Parking lot design: Let’s see, traffic coming in from a busy road, many of which are making quick left hand turns to beat the cars barreling around the curve that another designer built in a major shopping area. Now, quick, they slam on the brakes, IF they see the stop bar or the sign behind the bushes that someone (oh, the grounds keepers) were allowed to grow tall. Of course, there appears to be stop bars or remnants of signs at three of the four directions. And which one has NO stop bar or sign? Why those just leaving the gas station. Yes, let’s just have them not stop, while the ones rushing in from the main road in an attempt not to get hit try to stop before they crash into a car with a full gas tank on the edge of a gas station. But then since three ways stop, there are those who think the gas station has a sign they just can’t see and go after a brief stop, thinking the other car will stop.
Granted, we are all responsible to be careful, but with as many people fitting onto tiny roads, could you give us all some help, please, by fighting for a safe design?