03-31-2015, 09:33 AM
We were in St. Augustine Beach, Florida, and I was impressed by the safety of some of their pedestrian crosswalks along highway A1A Beach Blvd. Pedestrians had the option of using bright orange/red flags when crossing the road.
Cars approaching crosswalks see a familiar pedestrian crossing sign.
On the sidewalk pedestrians are given an option to use a flag for increased viability.
Pedestrians cross the busy road safely. On the other side pedestrians place their flag in the flag holder. Once in a while I saw all the flags on one side of the road. This is bound to happen but cars have to stop whether or not pedestrians use these flags.
I noticed that cars slowed when they saw pedestrians near one of these crosswalks in anticipation that they will have to stop.
I'm sure something like this would work here too. There would be some issues with snow and ice in the winter months but I think this is an example of safe street crossing worth pursuing.
Cars approaching crosswalks see a familiar pedestrian crossing sign.
On the sidewalk pedestrians are given an option to use a flag for increased viability.
Pedestrians cross the busy road safely. On the other side pedestrians place their flag in the flag holder. Once in a while I saw all the flags on one side of the road. This is bound to happen but cars have to stop whether or not pedestrians use these flags.
I noticed that cars slowed when they saw pedestrians near one of these crosswalks in anticipation that they will have to stop.
I'm sure something like this would work here too. There would be some issues with snow and ice in the winter months but I think this is an example of safe street crossing worth pursuing.