Chestertown Gets New
Three-Way Stop Sign!
Three-Way Stop Sign!
Everyone who reads this must understand how the seemingly littlest things become big news here in Kent County. The latest is at our end of High Street, where Route 291 (commonly known as "the bypass") intersects with High Street (also known as Route 20, at this part anyway). The confusion at this intersection has long been a source of annoyance to drivers along the route - and also a source of fender benders, due to the lack of the use of signal lights and the misunderstanding of the meaning of "yield". (Why don't people know what it means to "yield"? This drives me crazy.) So we've been punished with a three way stop sign, basically as a traffic "calmer", if you ask me. Just because people don't know how to use a turn signal or how to yield, we all have to suffer. Kevin was here at the office on Monday and said that the traffic was backed up to Flatland Road, from the Rock Hall direction.
However, the jury is still out. We might like it. We realize we now have a land mark for people asking for directions to Brooks Tavern! If coming from the East or North, we can tell them "just after the three-way stop"! It worked tonight! So what if it makes it harder to turn left out of our lot? We are very happy to have some way to help people find our restaurant, always a difficult proposition, considering we have virtually no signage to direct them.
And eventually they'll have a round-about put in, won't they? In a few years, eh?
Here's what the newly launched Chestertown Spy says about it. And yes, we are/are not easier to get to...
However, the jury is still out. We might like it. We realize we now have a land mark for people asking for directions to Brooks Tavern! If coming from the East or North, we can tell them "just after the three-way stop"! It worked tonight! So what if it makes it harder to turn left out of our lot? We are very happy to have some way to help people find our restaurant, always a difficult proposition, considering we have virtually no signage to direct them.
And eventually they'll have a round-about put in, won't they? In a few years, eh?
Here's what the newly launched Chestertown Spy says about it. And yes, we are/are not easier to get to...
Not only do I know what "yield" means, I come from the North so maybe that explains that, but I also know how to get to Brooks Tavern from Wyckoff, N.J. that is several hundred miles away. How come someone who lives "around the corner" cannot find you?
ReplyDeleteThey may put a round about it but that will also require the application of "Yield" principles. Then, when they realize how dangerous roundabouts are, they will remove it and put it back the way it was before the stop signs.
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