Technically, they are not supposed to be in proximity to residential communities. Totally agree with this initiative! Thx
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David Caneer
5 years ago
Sorry to hear. That’s an oversight on CALTRANS’ part. All properties impacted by the project should have been informed. I suggest requesting CALTRANS provide signage and police enforcement to keep law abiding drivers off the strips and nonlawabidders in jail. Unfortunately for the residents, the safety benefit outweighs the noise impact.
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Karla Cristi
5 years ago
We were never informed about the strips as stated by Cal Trans Jim Shivers. At that time we owned two properties that abut to hwy 68. We have since sold one.
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David Caneer
5 years ago
As an avid cyclist promoting safe roads for all users, I have been following this $3.6 million Caltrans-sponsored "Pacific Grove Shoulder Widening" project "1C250" since this section of Hwy. 68 from Piedmont Avenue to Scenic Drive was overlaid in the Fall of 2018. It was initially expected to be advertised for construction in Nov. 2018 with construction scheduled to begin Feb. 2019. As is typical for all Caltrans projects, the nearby residents should have been informed and invited to public meetings to get introduced to the project. That was the time to raise your opposition to the proposed rumble strips - - NOT after their installation. Plus, people buying homes next to a highway should be aware of the resulting increased noise impacts just as people should be when they buy homes next to an airport. The tax payers have now paid for these project improvements. Causing us more expense to modify a newly installed project is irresponsible, shortsighted, and scornful. The time to object has passed.
Federal Highway research has shown that rumble strips are a fiscally responsible countermeasure to reduce roadway departure or cross centerline collisions by alerting inattentive or drowsy drivers that their vehicles are drifting off the traveled way on to the shoulder or into the opposing lane (from Caltrans' draft "Rumble Strip Guidelines"). Data from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) "Synthesis 490, Practice of Rumble Strips and Rumble Stripes" Crash Modification Factor (CMF) website shows that in general, shoulder rumble strips reduce run-off-the-road crashes by 30% - 40% while centerline rumble strips reduce cross-over crashes by 40% - 60%. A combination of both shoulder and centerline rumble strips, as on this 1C250 project, may reduce collisions even further.
This project's addition of widened shoulders with edge line rumble strips makes this roadway safer for all users. The rumble strips
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JOHN LUBBEN
6 years ago
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These rumble strips have significantly increase the noise level in this area! When you are outside the noise is 5-20 every 10 minutes. I thought rumble strips were supposed to sound the alarm to prevent accidents by bringing the drivers attention back in focus on when they are not paying attention, for instance if they are on their cell phone. These rumble strips must alarm for 5-10% of cars because it is rumbling constantly!!! The strips are too close to the car lane, incorrect design!!! I'm all for safe roads to prevent accidents, but this is ridiculous, and is not doing what it is supposed to be designed for.
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Jack Liebig
6 years ago
The white-line strips are annoying, too close to the right side of the car, and are unsafe, especially through the 30MPH s-curves... I can feel my tires slip when they hit them. This should trigger a lawsuit!
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Adrienne Wynn
6 years ago
I hate it. My dog hits the floor board of my car every time I run over it
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Linda Humber
6 years ago
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Please sign this petition. I have timed this and cars are hitting the rumble strips more than twice a minute. That is extremely annoying and indicates a design flaw which I think is also potentially dangerous if someone overcorrects to get off the strip. In the 5+ years we have lived here there has never been an instance of a car running off the road there so why was the strip installed which creates a problem where none existed? Please help us get rid of this. Please sign! Thank you.
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Mary Royster
6 years ago
Is it just me? Or do they make one feel LESS in control of car...not sure if they are there to wake me up if I fall asleep driving, punish me for doing so, or just pester & annoy
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Annora King
6 years ago
If and when I ever drive over them with my dog, he panics big time
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Kristan Neubecker
6 years ago
Please, please, please make it stop. We hear it night and day and it really disrupts our peace
Technically, they are not supposed to be in proximity to residential communities. Totally agree with this initiative! Thx
Sorry to hear. That’s an oversight on CALTRANS’ part. All properties impacted by the project should have been informed. I suggest requesting CALTRANS provide signage and police enforcement to keep law abiding drivers off the strips and nonlawabidders in jail. Unfortunately for the residents, the safety benefit outweighs the noise impact.
We were never informed about the strips as stated by Cal Trans Jim Shivers. At that time we owned two properties that abut to hwy 68. We have since sold one.
As an avid cyclist promoting safe roads for all users, I have been following this $3.6 million Caltrans-sponsored "Pacific Grove Shoulder Widening" project "1C250" since this section of Hwy. 68 from Piedmont Avenue to Scenic Drive was overlaid in the Fall of 2018. It was initially expected to be advertised for construction in Nov. 2018 with construction scheduled to begin Feb. 2019. As is typical for all Caltrans projects, the nearby residents should have been informed and invited to public meetings to get introduced to the project. That was the time to raise your opposition to the proposed rumble strips - - NOT after their installation. Plus, people buying homes next to a highway should be aware of the resulting increased noise impacts just as people should be when they buy homes next to an airport. The tax payers have now paid for these project improvements. Causing us more expense to modify a newly installed project is irresponsible, shortsighted, and scornful. The time to object has passed. Federal Highway research has shown that rumble strips are a fiscally responsible countermeasure to reduce roadway departure or cross centerline collisions by alerting inattentive or drowsy drivers that their vehicles are drifting off the traveled way on to the shoulder or into the opposing lane (from Caltrans' draft "Rumble Strip Guidelines"). Data from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) "Synthesis 490, Practice of Rumble Strips and Rumble Stripes" Crash Modification Factor (CMF) website shows that in general, shoulder rumble strips reduce run-off-the-road crashes by 30% - 40% while centerline rumble strips reduce cross-over crashes by 40% - 60%. A combination of both shoulder and centerline rumble strips, as on this 1C250 project, may reduce collisions even further. This project's addition of widened shoulders with edge line rumble strips makes this roadway safer for all users. The rumble strips
These rumble strips have significantly increase the noise level in this area! When you are outside the noise is 5-20 every 10 minutes. I thought rumble strips were supposed to sound the alarm to prevent accidents by bringing the drivers attention back in focus on when they are not paying attention, for instance if they are on their cell phone. These rumble strips must alarm for 5-10% of cars because it is rumbling constantly!!! The strips are too close to the car lane, incorrect design!!! I'm all for safe roads to prevent accidents, but this is ridiculous, and is not doing what it is supposed to be designed for.
The white-line strips are annoying, too close to the right side of the car, and are unsafe, especially through the 30MPH s-curves... I can feel my tires slip when they hit them. This should trigger a lawsuit!
I hate it. My dog hits the floor board of my car every time I run over it
Please sign this petition. I have timed this and cars are hitting the rumble strips more than twice a minute. That is extremely annoying and indicates a design flaw which I think is also potentially dangerous if someone overcorrects to get off the strip. In the 5+ years we have lived here there has never been an instance of a car running off the road there so why was the strip installed which creates a problem where none existed? Please help us get rid of this. Please sign! Thank you.
Is it just me? Or do they make one feel LESS in control of car...not sure if they are there to wake me up if I fall asleep driving, punish me for doing so, or just pester & annoy
If and when I ever drive over them with my dog, he panics big time
Please, please, please make it stop. We hear it night and day and it really disrupts our peace