On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:09:39 -0800, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

Because road humps expose you to liability for that sort of stuff...like
wheel alignments and the like due to the fact that there is no national or
regional standard for "road humps". Trust me, I'm in a court case like this
right now and nobody can present evidence for the correct design of "road
humps".

Jim


Since you have to maintain your portion of the easement, why not build
some "road humps" so the delivery trucks have to slow down or risk
having to resort all the parcels in the back?


There are speed bumps all over this valley on CITY-maintained streets,
as well as speed bumps in many shopping centers.

Since I've not heard of a suit, you might look into Arizona law as to
what's legal and extrapolate to your situation.

BTW, Scottsdale also uses tight-ass round-abouts to slow traffic...
you have to slow or you'll rollover.

...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
BTW, Scottsdale also uses tight-ass round-abouts to slow traffic...
you have to slow or you'll rollover.

Can you give me the address of such an intersection? I'd like to look at
some on google maps for background on a local street-improvement project.

In rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Richard Henry wrote:

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
BTW, Scottsdale also uses tight-ass round-abouts to slow traffic...
you have to slow or you'll rollover.

Can you give me the address of such an intersection? I'd like to look at
some on google maps for background on a local street-improvement project.

Google for "chicane"; that's the generic name for tight wiggle-like
features built into roads and streets to force traffic to slow down.

--
Mike Andrews, W5EGO

Tired old sysadmin

"Mike Andrews" wrote in message
...
In rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Richard Henry wrote:

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
BTW, Scottsdale also uses tight-ass round-abouts to slow traffic...
you have to slow or you'll rollover.

Can you give me the address of such an intersection? I'd like to look
at
some on google maps for background on a local street-improvement
project.

Google for "chicane"; that's the generic name for tight wiggle-like
features built into roads and streets to force traffic to slow down.

Our local problem is a street that is normally lightly-travelled, but gets
congested during the morning and afternoon because of traffic to/from the
high school. The city has proposed widening the whole length (it varies
from 50-year-old twisty 2-lane to modern 6-lane boulevard over the stretch
in question) and a local group has proposed traffic circles at 4 critical
interrsections.

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 07:53:36 -0800, "Richard Henry"
wrote:


"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
BTW, Scottsdale also uses tight-ass round-abouts to slow traffic...
you have to slow or you'll rollover.

Can you give me the address of such an intersection? I'd like to look at
some on google maps for background on a local street-improvement project.


Google Earth...

Intersection of Cholla St. and 68th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85254

LAT 33.589390°

LON -111.935610°

There are quite a few of this type in Scottsdale and in Carefree/Cave
Creek, AZ.

Phoenix tends toward speed bumps, but is also looking into
round-abouts.

Scroll a few blocks SW from there to the NW corner of Desert Cove and
66th St., and you'll see the acre I lived on from 1969 to 1994.

I always referred to the Cholla/68th St. intersection as the "drunk
catcher", because there's a dip there as well... rain drain channel
;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
snip
Google Earth...

Intersection of Cholla St. and 68th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85254

LAT 33.589390°

LON -111.935610°

There are quite a few of this type in Scottsdale and in Carefree/Cave
Creek, AZ.

Phoenix tends toward speed bumps, but is also looking into
round-abouts.

Scroll a few blocks SW from there to the NW corner of Desert Cove and
66th St., and you'll see the acre I lived on from 1969 to 1994.

I always referred to the Cholla/68th St. intersection as the "drunk
catcher", because there's a dip there as well... rain drain channel
;-)

...Jim Thompson

Anyone point me to how do you enter Latitude and Longitude into Google
Earth?

Regards
Ian

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:49:12 -0000, "Ian"
wrote:


"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
snip
Google Earth...

Intersection of Cholla St. and 68th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85254

LAT 33.589390°

LON -111.935610°

There are quite a few of this type in Scottsdale and in Carefree/Cave
Creek, AZ.

Phoenix tends toward speed bumps, but is also looking into
round-abouts.

Scroll a few blocks SW from there to the NW corner of Desert Cove and
66th St., and you'll see the acre I lived on from 1969 to 1994.

I always referred to the Cholla/68th St. intersection as the "drunk
catcher", because there's a dip there as well... rain drain channel
;-)

...Jim Thompson

Anyone point me to how do you enter Latitude and Longitude into Google
Earth?

Regards
Ian


I don't know either, I just put in Cholla & Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale,
AZ 85254 and then scrolled west.

I then read off and noted the latitude and longitude in case someone
knew how to do it directly.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:23:20 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:49:12 -0000, "Ian"
wrote:


"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
snip
Google Earth...

Intersection of Cholla St. and 68th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85254

LAT 33.589390°

LON -111.935610°

There are quite a few of this type in Scottsdale and in Carefree/Cave
Creek, AZ.

Phoenix tends toward speed bumps, but is also looking into
round-abouts.

Scroll a few blocks SW from there to the NW corner of Desert Cove and
66th St., and you'll see the acre I lived on from 1969 to 1994.

I always referred to the Cholla/68th St. intersection as the "drunk
catcher", because there's a dip there as well... rain drain channel
;-)

...Jim Thompson

Anyone point me to how do you enter Latitude and Longitude into Google
Earth?

Regards
Ian


I don't know either, I just put in Cholla & Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale,
AZ 85254 and then scrolled west.

I then read off and noted the latitude and longitude in case someone
knew how to do it directly.

...Jim Thompson

Try pasting this into the search bar:

33 30 11.57N 111 55 46.22W



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Spehro Pefhany
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"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message
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Try pasting this into the search bar:

33 30 11.57N 111 55 46.22W



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Thanks, Spehro, I'll try that tonight (Google Earth doesn't like my ancient
graphics card at work).

Regards
Ian

Spehro Pefhany wrote...

Try pasting this into the search bar:
33 30 11.57N 111 55 46.22W

Try this one in Hybrid mode, Google has you driving off
an unfinished bridge, 42.370831,-71.066555 :-)


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Thanks,
- Win