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While crews study a Cary intersection to determine if it should get a stoplight, transportation experts are trying to get folks to slow down there.
Thursday, NCDOT workers installed several signs near Green Level to Durham Road and Cary Glen Boulevard.
The orange and black signs caution drivers that there's an intersection coming up, and have a suggested 35 mile per hour speed limit.
All the new signs are on Green Level to Durham Road as cars approach the intersection from both directions.
The Town of Cary has also made some changes, installing a "traffic sentry," a stationary machine that measures speed with radar.
The device is on the north-bound side of Green Level to Durham Road, and for the moment it is not displaying speeds to drivers because it's collecting data instead.
The intersection is the site of a deadly hit-and-run accident last week.
16 year old Kailee Birdsong died after the car she was riding in was clipped, and rolled over several times.
Police are still looking for a tan or beige van or SUV they believe took off after the wreck.
Anyone with information should call Cary Police at (919) 469-4012.
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By Jonathan Steen on 07/07 11:54 AM
There have already been quite a few studies done on the effectiveness of various traffic calming tactics. In some cases, the results may be surprising. For instance, multiple stops signs and speed bumps often INCREASE driver speeds (from sign to sign or bump to bump). Once the city turns the radar speed check displays on, I think they'll find it surprisingly effective - even in the long term. A recent survey of traffic engineers and police found that in most cases these signs are particularly effective for use on neighborhood streets, around schools and in work zones. There is a nice collection of links to traffic calming research on www.informationdisplay.com. Also, www.stopspeeders.org provides a nice review of various traffic calming approaches. It would make a lot of sense for Cary officials to review the research before investing in a particular option.
By deborah drebitko on 07/03 07:53 PM
The traffic study now is not representative of what occurs most of the year when school is in and students are driving to and from the near by Panther Creek High School. When pulling out of that Cary Glen Rd it ebenis difficult to see what is coming and dangerous regardless of speed. After a few close calls of my own, I insisted my child, a student, go another way because of this. There needs to be a light.
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