ASK MS. TRAFFIC\Intersection won't see stop sign.Byline: Compiled by Virginia Gonzalez Speeding on Chevy Chase Chevy Chase (chĕv`ē), town (1990 pop. 8,559), Montgomery co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; founded as a village, inc. 1914. Drive near the Chevy Chase Country Club in Glendale is out of control. Turning onto Chevy Chase from side streets such as Country Club Drive is extremely dangerous Exteremely Dangerous is a 1999 four part series for ITV starring Sean Bean as an ex-MI5 undercover agent convicted of the brutal murder of his wife and child who goes on the run to try and clear his name. He sets out to follow up a strange clue sent to him in prison. because speeders practically rear-end motorists as they pull onto the street. Some of these speeders have the nerve to honk, blink their high beams high beam n. The beam of a vehicle's headlight that provides long-range illumination. Noun 1. high beam - the beam of a car's headlights that provides distant illumination and pass by using the lane for opposing traffic. Would it be possible for the city to install a stop sign at the Country Club Drive intersection? - A.G., Glendale Representatives from the city of Glendale's traffic engineering department studied the street and concluded that the guidelines for a stop sign were not met, said Jano Baghdanian, the department's traffic engineer. Baghdanian said the decision was based on traffic and accident volumes at the intersection and problems in traffic flow that a sign would create. Glendale residents may request that police crack down on speeders by calling the Glendale Traffic Bureau at (818) 548-3132 Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Speeding motorists along Chadwick Drive between Templeton Street and Lynnfield Street in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. make driving on the street very dangerous for residents living in the area. With a blind curve on Chadwick, it's just a matter of time before a speeder slams into a motorist driving up the blind curve on the hilly hill·y adj. hill·i·er, hill·i·est 1. Having many hills. 2. Similar to a hill; steep. hill road. Would it be possible to install speed bumps along this stretch of road? - L.S., Los Angeles An initial review of the location revealed that Chadwick Street met required guidelines for speed hump A speed hump (sometimes colloquially called a speed bump) is a rounded traffic calming device used to address issues of excessive vehicle speed and volume on residential streets. installation, said Glenn Ogura, a senior transportation engineer with the Los Angeles city Department of Transportation. Ogura sent an information packet, including a formal petition, to the inquirer. The petition must be completed and returned by Friday in order to be considered for the 1996 fiscal year. Those interested in requesting speed humps may write to the City of Los Angeles
Include the street address and nature of the problem and a department representative will investigate the situation. |
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