Bay Bridge solution is simple: Slow down

There have been nearly four dozen accidents at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge's S-curve construction bypass that opened just after the Labor Day weekend, and finally Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol are stepping up prevention efforts.

[Patricia Nelson]

NO EXCUSES- SLOW DOWN The current plan is to close lanes in order to create heavier traffic which will slow the traffic down. This editorial buys into the current way of thinking in this country- everything is the fault of someone else, and crashing on the curve while speeding, talking on the phone, texting, eating or whatever must be the fault of the above mentioned engineers. People need to wake up and take responsibility for their own actions. Now responsible drivers who do and did slow down on this new section will have to suffer due to the poor driving of others. Driving a car is not difficult, when done properly and obeying the laws. The need to create a traffic jam to slow the driving public down speaks volumes as to the dumbing down of our society, and of government's solution to the problem.

[hmm]

hmm its still a design flaw. cal trans is just trying to blame it on speed.

while speed is a factor, the design is flaw that exasperate the problem.

just because there are signs does not excuse you for putting something that is not suppose to be there or a bad design in the first place. the designed is flaw.

and to the people who say well only 46 something people crash while thousands got through. if a toy is recalled because one child swallowed a piece that was not suppose to be there for that age but thousands of other kids didn't swallow it. is the toy safe?no it is still a chocking hazard. same premise.

[Tim]

hmm wrote:

if a toy is recalled because one child swallowed a piece that was not suppose to be there for that age but thousands of other kids didn't swallow it. is the toy safe?no it is still a chocking hazard. same premise.

Only if you consider Bay Area drivers to have the mental capacity of children.

... actually, you may have something there.

[Tim]

Patricia Nelson wrote:

The need to create a traffic jam to slow the driving public down speaks volumes as to the dumbing down of our society, and of government's solution to the problem.

Amen.

[Maria]

22350 California Vehicle Code and a question on your driving exam.

[Jarod]

That S curve is nasty. The first time I went on it, it felt clumsy and unnatural. It just wasn't smooth at all. It wasn't a good idea that I was speeding as well, but it was the usual way I drove on the bridge when traffic was low. And when I say speeding, I don't mean pedal to the metal, It was just normal freeway speeds of 65ish. It has been the same speed I normally did for years before the new S curve.

Habit can be hard to break out of, but speeding over that S curve once was enough for me to break that habit. Hopefully other people will start to as well.

[Mad Taxpayer]

Don't expect CalTrans to do things right the first time, it's all geared toward job security. Even if they screw up and kill a few people, who's gonna blame them? I have yet to see someone charged with malpractice after that Labor Day fix collapsed and endangered the public.