How about some detour signs?
I had the misfortune of heading home from Point Pleasant Beach Saturday night around 9:30, soon after the Route 35 drawbridge between Point Pleasant and Brielle got stuck. It resulted, of course, in a massive traffic backup. As is too often the case when roads are blocked off, particularly local roads, no effort was made to point motorists in the right direction - no detour signs, no information provided by officers redirecting traffic.
If you get lost in New Jersey, it's virtually impossible to find your way back by depending on road signs. There aren't nearly enough of them, and they rarely tell you whether you are heading east or west or north or south - something that could be easily remedied at little or no additional cost.
Given the poor signage in the state, you would think police departments would work harder at helping motorists find their way when roads - particularly important ones - are closed. How hard could it be to throw up a few detour signs?
If you get lost in New Jersey, it's virtually impossible to find your way back by depending on road signs. There aren't nearly enough of them, and they rarely tell you whether you are heading east or west or north or south - something that could be easily remedied at little or no additional cost.
Given the poor signage in the state, you would think police departments would work harder at helping motorists find their way when roads - particularly important ones - are closed. How hard could it be to throw up a few detour signs?
posted by Randy Bergmann at 5:43 PM
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That would invole thinking. You don't actually expect government workers to think, do you? They're not paid to do that.
The other day I was at the Post Office. I waited 20 minutes in line to try to buy some 2-cent stamps. When it was finally my turn, I was told they were out of 2-cent stamps because someone bought them all up the previous day. How hard would it be to put up a sign? "Sorry, No 2-cent Stamps Today."
No... that would require thinking. And with thinking like that, you might run the risk of... oh, I don't know... running a business effectively!
Let's see. A bit over one hour and they DID call the transportation Department for the traffic diversion team. Sounds like they did the right thing. A Saturday night in a shore town during the summer. Where do you think they are going to get the extra manpower within the department on such short notice?
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 07/7/07
BRIELLE — The Route 35 drawbridge between this borough and Point Pleasant Beach was stuck in the raised position for more than an hour Saturday night, causing major congestion on area roadways, police said. Police said a Department of Transportation diversion team was called in to help reroute traffic.
It is unclear what kind of glitch caused the bridge, which crosses the Manasquan River, to remain open. The problem, which started around 8:45 p.m., was fixed around 10 p.m.
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