It's too bad the state government doesn't post percentages at traffic signs at schools in California. Public safety is a problem in California. The World Health Organization feels that the high traffic accident rate is an indication of community norms and is disgusted by this failure .California should have a posted percentage for stop signs at schools. to show the community norms at the schools. Published in the news, it would provide a clue about the slaughter of one million people every year on our roads. The rate right now of people stopping a t a stop sign in California is almost zero. If there is no oncoming traffic, the carefree westcoasters blow that puppy like true social negligence - shining brightly - for all to see. Street cred and the unwritten law of the street provide a wonderful sabotage of society, by making civic duty and social responsibility both unfashionable AND unhip. Sacramento Public Works was delighted at the idea of publishing local stop sign percentages, in the capital. "Anything that will get the public to stop at stop signs is desirable," they said! From our institutions to our communities, we need to understand the rocket science of public safety. By publishing compliance rates, we can see our traffic both safe and moving. We can also see law-abiding, ethical, conscientious and honest families, communities and institutions and sleep well at night knowing this. The state capital should have people who stop at stop signs etc, but laws are magically suspended and our civil servants are immune to traffic misdemeanors. So, it's a callous place with calloused people working for the government and being paid billions.
It's too bad the state government doesn't post percentages at traffic signs at schools in California. Public safety is a problem in California. The World Health Organization feels that the high traffic accident rate is an indication of community norms and is disgusted by this failure .California should have a posted percentage for stop signs at schools. to show the community norms at the schools. Published in the news, it would provide a clue about the slaughter of one million people every year on our roads. The rate right now of people stopping a t a stop sign in California is almost zero. If there is no oncoming traffic, the carefree westcoasters blow that puppy like true social negligence - shining brightly - for all to see. Street cred and the unwritten law of the street provide a wonderful sabotage of society, by making civic duty and social responsibility both unfashionable AND unhip. Sacramento Public Works was delighted at the idea of publishing local stop sign percentages, in the capital. "Anything that will get the public to stop at stop signs is desirable," they said! From our institutions to our communities, we need to understand the rocket science of public safety. By publishing compliance rates, we can see our traffic both safe and moving. We can also see law-abiding, ethical, conscientious and honest families, communities and institutions and sleep well at night knowing this. The state capital should have people who stop at stop signs etc, but laws are magically suspended and our civil servants are immune to traffic misdemeanors. So, it's a callous place with calloused people working for the government and being paid billions.