from Elliott
There used to be a stop sign (on the left side in SA) at this intersection in our town. But one day I was heading out to teach
and it was not there. I guessed it must have been run over the night before but it was nowhere to be found. The car ahead of me just drove right through without stopping. I doubt if it was the first time at the intersection; local folks don't seem to care too much for traffic rules and the absence of the sign was an excuse to move through without a stop.
Then about a week later I saw the sign again but not quite in the same location. In fact, it was about 25 feet before where it used to be a bit further away from the road hiding in the vegetation. I wasn't sure where I should stop now but I did notice the local folks were still just ignoring it.
Upon closer inspection I noticed that it was not planted back in the ground. Instead it was on top of the ground and leaning against the tree that it was tied to. At least it was up right and visible albeit in the wrong location.
At first I thought that a neighbor had put it upright but then I thought if they had taken the initiative to do that they probably would have done so immediately after it came down not waiting a week. Then I though that maybe they reported it and then after waiting a week and getting no response they gave up and did it themselves but nobody would think to give them a week to show up, they would just assume nothing was going to happen. I think the municipality did show up a week later but being ill equipped or unmotivated came up with the rather creative, albeit lazy, method.
Not sure whether to be impressed with the creativity or disgusted with the laziness?!? It is still there a couple of weeks later so I guess that is the permanent solution.
There used to be a stop sign (on the left side in SA) at this intersection in our town. But one day I was heading out to teach
Then about a week later I saw the sign again but not quite in the same location. In fact, it was about 25 feet before where it used to be a bit further away from the road hiding in the vegetation. I wasn't sure where I should stop now but I did notice the local folks were still just ignoring it.
At first I thought that a neighbor had put it upright but then I thought if they had taken the initiative to do that they probably would have done so immediately after it came down not waiting a week. Then I though that maybe they reported it and then after waiting a week and getting no response they gave up and did it themselves but nobody would think to give them a week to show up, they would just assume nothing was going to happen. I think the municipality did show up a week later but being ill equipped or unmotivated came up with the rather creative, albeit lazy, method.
Not sure whether to be impressed with the creativity or disgusted with the laziness?!? It is still there a couple of weeks later so I guess that is the permanent solution.
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