TASK FORCE HITS ROAD FOR SAFER HIGHWAY.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Daily News Staff Writer A busload bus·load n. The number of passengers or the quantity of cargo that a bus can carry. Noun 1. busload - the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry of people who know the dangers of Highway 118 all too well traveled the rural stretch between Moorpark and Saticoy on Wednesday, while CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officers geared up to curb bad driving habits. The newly formed Highway 118 Safety Task Force, made up of residents of Somis and Moorpark, traffic engineers, elected officials and representatives of law enforcement, met to study the highway and identify the areas that are of the most concern. ``Enforcement is not going to solve all of our problems,'' said Ventura County Supervisor Judy Mikels, who chairs the task force. ``They'd practically have to drive alongside each one of us to be sure everyone is doing the right thing.'' Still, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers were expected to begin their extra patrols Wednesday, and will monitor the road at various times of day. The Moorpark Police Department also is expected to increase its patrols on the New 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. Avenue portion of the road in late January. The task force's work is financed by $61,000 in state grants to pay for overtime for CHP and Moorpark police officers, as well as publicity materials and three hand-held radar units. CHP officials said that between October and December of last year, 129 traffic citations were written, and the road saw seven injury collisions, one fatal crash and 16 with only property damage losses. While everyone agrees that there are grave safety problems on the two-lane road, the task force brings together several factions that have long fought over the best way to fix those problems. Some want the road widened to four lanes to accommodate the volume of traffic, but others believe that to do so would encourage development of the sleepy agricultural town. As they traveled on the bus through the area, they chatted about the need for decorum DECORUM. Proper behaviour; good order. 2. Decorum is requisite in public places, in order to permit all persons to enjoy their rights; for example, decorum is indispensable in church, to enable those assembled, to worship. and dialogue between the two sides to reach a common goal. ``I think our two issues are not incompatible,'' said Barbara Kerchoff, a member of the Save Our Somis group, which is concerned that widening the road would cause an increase in development. ``It's going to take all of us sitting down and coming up with a plan.'' Members generally agreed that sorely sore·ly adv. 1. Painfully; grievously. 2. Extremely; greatly: Their skills were sorely needed. needed in the area are the reopening of truck scales Truck scales are large, floor mounted weighing systems that can weigh entire vehicles and their contents. As the American name implies, they frequently weigh entire trucks. In the United Kingdom, they are called Weighbridges. along the highway, fixing the S-curve near Mesa School and adding signs indicating no-passing zones and that farmers' slow-moving vehicles may be using the road. Moorpark officials said their main concerns about the road within city limits are illegal parking that blocks the view of drivers trying to merge onto the road, unlawful passing and turns on red lights that often cause rear-end collisions
A rear-end collision (often called simply rear-end) is a traffic accident where a vehicle (usually an automobile or a truck) impacts the vehicle in front of it, so called because . The California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. is working on a plan to address some of that, but the committee now will have to find ways to implement the other fixes and come up with effective advertising campaigns. The agency will soon put up signs, bearing the task force's logo, at both ends of the highway to indicate that it is a safety corridor. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1-2--Color in Simi Edition only) (Ran in Simi and Conejo Editions only) Superior Court official Florence Prushan, below, takes the task force's bus ride Wednesday to assess the dangers of Highway 118. A mix of motorists and construction traffic, left, flows along the two-lane road near Somis. (3--Ran in Simi Edition only) Ventura County Supervisor Judy Mikels, who chairs the task force, discusses road safety with its members. Michael Owen
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