Selwyn Times: March 06, 2019

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Too much signage at intersection – police
Fire rages, homes at risk
• By Anan Zaki
MOTORISTS ARE running stop
signs due to “bizarre” signage.
Senior Sergeant Pete Stills said
many intersections across the district
have varying speed signs near
stop signs, causing confusion.
The concerns come after Senior
Sergeant Stills’ call to remove the
open road signs
in last week’s
Selwyn Times.
He said one
example of confusing
signage is
at Boundary Rd
– near Lincoln.
Murray
Washington
At the intersection
with
Shands Rd,
motorists are
being met by an open road sign,
a stop sign and an 80km/h sign
– causing confusion according to
police.
Boundary Rd has a speed limit
of 80km/h and Shands Rd has
a 100km/h limit. The intersection
is marked by a stop sign on
Boundary Rd.
But before the stop sign, there
is an open road sign on Boundary
Rd, even though it has a
speed limit of 80km/h.
The district council said the
open road sign is required by law
as drivers continuing straight on
Boundary Rd are technically on a
100km/h area on Shands Rd for a
few metres.
Once drivers cross the few
metres of Shands Rd, there is an
80km/h sign, indicating they are
now back on Boundary Rd.
Senior Sergeant Stills said
the open road sign needs to
be removed as it confuses the
drivers who continue on straight
Boundary Rd.
“In my personal opinion, it’s
confusing,” Senior Sergeant Stills
said.
“I think anecdotally we’ve
found at crashes that signs are
missed because there’s too much
signage,” he said.
CONFUSION:
Putting open
road signs on
an 80km/h
road
confuses
drivers,
police say.
PHOTO:
MARTIN
HUNTER
CRASHES SINCE 2013
Boundary and Shands
Rds intersection:
Minor and non injury –
two
Serious – one
Source: NZTA
The open road sign on
Boundary Rd also impairs the
visibility of a stop sign before
Shands Rd, Senior Sergeant Stills
said.
The district council has no
plans to change them even
though Senior Sergeant Stills
wants them removed.
District council assets manager
Murray Washington said
the signs need to be in place
in accordance with the Land
Transport Rule, Setting of Speed
Limits 2017.
“Drivers need to be aware of
the change in speed limit. For example
if turning onto Shands Rd
from Boundary Rd they need
to know that the speed limit
on Shands Rd is 100km/h,” Mr
Washington said.
“The stop control is clearly
signed with ‘stop ahead’ warning
signs and two stop signs at the
intersection. The change in
speed limit does not change the
need to obey the stop control,”
he said.
•Our People, pages 19-21
•Readers’ letters, p15
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Do
you think the pictured
intersection could confuse
drivers? Send your thoughts
to anan.zaki@starmedia.kiwi
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