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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child was late to school today and there was still traffic surrounding Churchill at 8:00.

Parents can speed as much as students. The school dropoffs are also on neighborhood two lane roads which are prone to being congested. Just because the driver was a parent doesn't mean the school community should dismiss the incident. Any earlier, a student pedestrian could have been struck when the car left the road.

A van with a speed camera is regularly parked on Gainsborough near Cabin John. [b]Why can't one be parked in front of Churchill or a permanent camera errected like Wootton has? Is the county waiting for a magic number of accidents or a fatality before doing something[/b]?[/quote]

Speeding is not the only issue. DO you know how many times I see parents on their phones? You would think with all the fancy cars parents at Churchill drive, they would learn to use the Bluetooth.[/quote]

So is running the red light at Gainsborough/Tuckerman to get to school drop-off in the morning which I've seen parents do MANY times. Very dangerous. There needs to be a red light camera there.[/quote]

They need a turn signal at that intersection. It is incredibly difficult to make a left onto Gainsborough from Tuckerman in the morning and afternoon. If they want to disable it during other parts of the day fine, but I've seen where only 2 cars can get through that light and mostly it's on the yellow turning red. [/quote]

Yes-- there needs to be a full traffic study.  But I'd recommend a stop sign on Victory to help cars get out of the lot, particularly to go straight and turn left onto Victory (so traffic isn't stuck in the lot, unable to exit).  And some mechanism to smooth the departure along Gainsborough so cars don't get so backed up going that way.  I was wondering about a stop light to help cars turn left from Victory onto Gainsborough, that operates as a stoplight during morning/afternoon drop off and blinks red/yellow at other times of the day (which would also slow down cars on Gainsborough, generally).  Most parents are probably wanting drive to Tuckerman, but might find that turning left onto Gainsborough gets them out of the traffic tangle faster, even if it means driving a few extra blocks.

I don't typically drive in the morning but I did today and a student was in a car that turned left from Victory into the lot into that new lefthand lane, but then zoomed past me (in the righthand lane to go straight to park in the spots that are straight ahead.  Occasionally sending security guards out to confiscate the parking passes of poor drivers in the lot would both help increase safety in the lot and maybe make these new drivers more responsible drivers in all contexts.[/quote]

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