Comments on: Doomed: Old Folks and the 3-Way Stop http://www.chestertownspy.com/2009/06/doomed-old-folks-and-the-3-way-stop/ All the news we have time for Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:55:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: angie stewart http://www.chestertownspy.com/2009/06/doomed-old-folks-and-the-3-way-stop/comment-page-1/#comment-918 angie stewart Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:05:25 +0000 http://www.chestertownspy.com/?p=2811#comment-918 I continue to think the new addition of the stop sign on 20 coming into Chestertown is a bad idea. I can not stand going to town to shop because of that sign. I think it is absolutely unnecessary. It is very inconvenient for those driving into town. It is very frustrating. I also agree with the other comment about the backwards yield sign. These two additions to this three way, throw off all the 'rules of the road' and do not make good sense. All people driving in an area where there have been accidents previously should just pay more attention to the road and other drivers. These changes were NEVER needed. The stop sign needs to go! I continue to think the new addition of the stop sign on 20 coming into Chestertown is a bad idea. I can not stand going to town to shop because of that sign. I think it is absolutely unnecessary. It is very inconvenient for those driving into town. It is very frustrating. I also agree with the other comment about the backwards yield sign. These two additions to this three way, throw off all the ‘rules of the road’ and do not make good sense. All people driving in an area where there have been accidents previously should just pay more attention to the road and other drivers. These changes were NEVER needed. The stop sign needs to go!

]]> By: JA http://www.chestertownspy.com/2009/06/doomed-old-folks-and-the-3-way-stop/comment-page-1/#comment-96 JA Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:45:49 +0000 http://www.chestertownspy.com/?p=2811#comment-96 I thought it was pretty easy. I saw a new stop sign, so I stopped (not to mention the new stop warning sign, the new traffic pattern sign, the new writing on the road, and the new lane lines). The new traffic pattern definitely slows people down on route 20. I don't really think that state roads could have done anything more to let people know of the new pattern. What was wrong with the original plan, before the backwards yield? I thought it was pretty easy. I saw a new stop sign, so I stopped (not to mention the new stop warning sign, the new traffic pattern sign, the new writing on the road, and the new lane lines). The new traffic pattern definitely slows people down on route 20. I don’t really think that state roads could have done anything more to let people know of the new pattern.

What was wrong with the original plan, before the backwards yield?

]]> By: Joan Smith http://www.chestertownspy.com/2009/06/doomed-old-folks-and-the-3-way-stop/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Joan Smith Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:29:06 +0000 http://www.chestertownspy.com/?p=2811#comment-88 It's incredibly confusing. I nearly went through that stop sign the first time I saw it the other day because one is so accustomed to doing familiar things in familiar places. Old or young, who looks out for stop signs in places where you've learned from experience there aren't any? The only thing the highway people seem to have accomplished there is to encourage the alleged yielders high-tailing it to Rock Hall and points between and who already made it risky to eat at Brook's (which, I have to say, is probably worth ANY risk) and/or get your car washed (which probably isn't). It’s incredibly confusing. I nearly went through that stop sign the first time I saw it the other day because one is so accustomed to doing familiar things in familiar places. Old or young, who looks out for stop signs in places where you’ve learned from experience there aren’t any? The only thing the highway people seem to have accomplished there is to encourage the alleged yielders high-tailing it to Rock Hall and points between and who already made it risky to eat at Brook’s (which, I have to say, is probably worth ANY risk) and/or get your car washed (which probably isn’t).

]]> By: Linda Kleinbart http://www.chestertownspy.com/2009/06/doomed-old-folks-and-the-3-way-stop/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Linda Kleinbart Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:44:22 +0000 http://www.chestertownspy.com/?p=2811#comment-84 I think the three way stop sign is stupid! It ties up traffic going down Rte. 20 into High Street. I'm not sure why it couldn't be left the way it was....I never witnessed any difficulty getting into or out of 291! I think the three way stop sign is stupid! It ties up traffic going down Rte. 20 into High Street. I’m not sure why it couldn’t be left the way it was….I never witnessed any difficulty getting into or out of 291!

]]> By: Nick http://www.chestertownspy.com/2009/06/doomed-old-folks-and-the-3-way-stop/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Nick Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:33:12 +0000 http://www.chestertownspy.com/?p=2811#comment-80 This new traffic pattern really makes getting out of Flatland Road to drive into Chestertown all the easier, too. This new traffic pattern really makes getting out of Flatland Road to drive into Chestertown all the easier, too.

]]>