Comments on: One Less Speed Hump On Old Arcata Road – December 16, 2012

By: Chawlers Plepgeat

Chawlers Plepgeat — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 03:56:02 +0000

And here I thought a speed hump was reserved for Saturday night…

By: Chawlers Plepgeat

Chawlers Plepgeat — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 03:56:02 +0000

And here I thought a speed hump was reserved for Saturday night…

By: Douglas Pörnull

Douglas Pörnull — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:47:32 +0000

This past fall I noticed an Arcata Fire District fire truck responding to an emergency call out on Jacoby Creek Road. Only the fire truck was not arriving at the intersection of Jacoby Creek Road and Old Arcata Road from the north.

You see because of the speed humps on Old Arcata Road, the fire trucks must drive south on US101 to the Bayside Cut-Off, then head back up Old Arcata Road to Jacoby Creek Road. I suspect the fire trucks take the 'long way around the barn' to avoid wear and tear to their apparatus running gear and suspension.

So if you live down Jacoby Creek road and you die or your house burns for the worse (fires double in size every five minutes) so you can "civilize" miscreants with speed bumps, well, those are the trade-offs you've accepted.

By: Douglas Pörnull

Douglas Pörnull — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:47:32 +0000

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:11:31 +0000

Bob McPherson was one of the best teachers I had at HSU!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:11:31 +0000

Bob McPherson was one of the best teachers I had at HSU!

By: Kevin Hoover

Kevin Hoover — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:54:24 +0000

The only problem is that whatever slows down traffic also slows down police, fire and ambulances.

By: Kevin Hoover

Kevin Hoover — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:54:24 +0000

The only problem is that whatever slows down traffic also slows down police, fire and ambulances.

By: Mark Quady

Mark Quady — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:29:25 +0000

I remember when living in Germany they had forced S-turns with reflected barricades to force traffic to slow down. A possibility…..

By: Mark Quady

Mark Quady — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:29:25 +0000

I remember when living in Germany they had forced S-turns with reflected barricades to force traffic to slow down. A possibility…..