traffic safety issue- Frederick St. at Broadway
I need to vent about this intersection. Frederick St. at Broadway.
For some reason, (and I've lived in neighborhood for a long time and seen it this way, but getting way worse) when drivers are headed eastbound on Broadway and they come to Frederick St., they seem to roll the stop sign and/or cut their turn when proceeding. The distance in the intersection is a bit shorter in that direction, so maybe that is what is causing the problem, I'm not sure. I've had numerous encounters where I come to a complete stop heading either north or south on Frederick and the driver turning from Broadway doesn't wait their turn. Just in the last week I have been almost hit by two separate older women in this exact scenario. When I stoped short in front of them and honked they were acting mad at me!
**If you are heading east on Broadway and you stop at this interesection, you don't have some magic right-of-way just because the intersection is shorter distance in that direction.** you have to wait your turn just like everyone else at any normal three or four way stop sign interesection.
In addition to what I described, this interesection is crazy for bikers not stopping as they cross into the Arana Gulch bike path. Granted, many bikers do stop, but I've had a ton of near misses when I come to a complete stop in my car, and then start to proceed but have to slam on the brakes for a biker zooming through.
Please be careful out there and do all of us a favor and come to a complete stop, wait your turn to cross, whether in a car or on a bike. thank you.
