Barber Street is one-way going east from Plane Street to South Twelfth Street. Despite that fact, drivers often travel west on Barber (the wrong way) after turning right from South Eleventh Street.
Miraculously, there have been no accidents so far. But this afternoon at 3:08, a wrong-way driver traveling west on the 1000 block of Barber almost collided head-on with a school bus going east (the correct way). After witnessing this near-miss, I investigated why these incidents keep happening and discovered the following:
This is the intersection of 11th and Barber, looking south on 11th, and it's here the trouble starts. Drivers who don't realize Barber is one-way make the mistake of turning right, causing them to travel west on Barber - the wrong way. And the reason they do so is there is not a NO RIGHT TURN sign posted.
In fact, the only indication at this intersection that Barber is one-way is this partially hidden DO NOT ENTER sign on Barber, which is barely visible to anyone traveling south on 11th and possibly considering making that right turn. That's the only indication - no NO RIGHT TURN sign, no ONE-WAY sign.
If anyone affiliated with the Highway Department is reading this, please install better signage here before someone gets injured - or worse.
2 comments:
i have lived on barber st for most of my life and believe me most of the people buzzing down the street here are very much aware that it is one way and go as fast as possible to get to plane st. there is signage there now saying "no left turn" and this is just been done. by the way i sent this comment before- where did it go? and the verification system is a real doozie- i am not illiterate and it took a few time to get past the robot- cant you make it more simple to use??
Thanks for commenting. I received your previous comment but haven't had time to attend to the blog until today. I'm about to post some more things, including photos of the new signs at 11th and Barber. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
I'll see what I can do about the verification settings for comments.
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