CITY SETS UP SPEED WARNING SIGNS.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The city will install electronic signs along two Santa Clarita straightaways Straightaways is the second release of the band Son Volt. Release Date: April 22 1997 Track listing
The signs, which each cost $10,000, will be installed in the medians on Bouquet Canyon Road near Alamogordo Road and on Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road near the Saugus Speedway, said Andrew Yi, a city traffic engineer. They will be turned every six months or so to slow traffic in each direction, Yi said. The goal is to reduce speed, a growing problem in Santa Clarita, sheriff's Sgt. Richard Cohen said. ``Our citation productivity for speeding appears to be way up,'' Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. said. ``It's not only the young drivers traveling far too fast, it's adults. It's all ages.'' A driver passing the sign will see a large lighted panel that displays his or her speed in real time. The signs are radar-activated and automatically display the speed of each passing motorist. ``This is kind of a reminder for people,'' Yi said. ``Most drivers are responsible, but they often don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how fast they're going.'' Most speeders claim they simply were keeping up with traffic when they're cited, Cohen said. But he added that it's their responsibility to know how fast they're driving. Installation of these permanent signs has been shown to reduce injury crashes by up to 5 percent, according to the Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," The Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway . Cohen said speed is the No. 1 reason for collisions that result in injury or death. |
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