Comments on: Mailbag: Doesn’t 101 onramp need striping to be safe?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:43:31 +0000

Trevor, so your attitude is fix it until it is broken?
I drive this section of highway every morning and have never seen any unsafe action here. Now the northbound exit to downtown (with the Hwy 12 merging into 101 at the same spot) is a real mess. The drivers going from 12 to 101 North hate letting the people exit 101 to downtown merge through their line. I assume for fear of extending their drive time by 5 seconds.

By: devildog

devildog — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:46:33 +0000

Hey, who needs lane striping? It keeps you guessing! Keep life interesting! Oorah

By: RWB Reader

RWB Reader — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:57:07 +0000

If Caltrans were to stripe lanes the whole way through the ramp, then they would be intentionally going against design standards. I’d say that’s a pretty good argument for not doing it.

And Doug, assuming for a moment that your comment makes sense (because Hwy 12 does not go north, and the onramp ends before Corby because it can’t just go on forever), wouldn’t it be a good thing that Caltrans widened the freeway without consulting with people who don’t know about traffic? And what do “Sonoma County legislators” have anything to do with freeway onramps?

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:18:09 +0000

“Based on our record, there had been one reported collision in the latest three-year period from 4/1/2008 to 3/31/2011. It was a non-injury, rear-end collision.

Based on the above assessment, Office of Traffic does not recommend any changes to the pavement delineation that would alter the existing traffic movements.”

So if I am reading this right, not enough accidents have happened to pay for this? I understand if no accidents are happening then they may not be an immediate need, but wouldn’t a little paint go a long way to possibly help prevent future accidents?

By: doug

doug — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:06:36 +0000

This question is not very relevant. The relevant question is why does the north bound ramp from hwy 12 to 101 south end before Corby ave. ? Why is the Todd rd. on ramp going south bound on 101 still so short? There is not enough room to get up to speed. The whole project was politicized and corners were cut so that the highway could be widen with out the input of people who know so little about traffic. I say this because people who don’t have their heads in the sand realize that it takes most cars more than 100 yards to get up to 70 miles an hour, the speed that cars traveling. Vote out Sonoma County legislators! Time to move your money lined pockets out of our way.

By: Me

Me — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:11:54 +0000

And while they are at it, how about a “lane ends” sign at the Mendo onramp lane heading south 101. Not only are people merging onto 101 from that lane, but when traffic is slow or stopped, people are using it as a passing lane on the right and then getting stuck or trying to crowd those in the right lane over.