Description

At this and all stop signs along Huron Parkway, especially between Washtenaw, Fuller and Hubbard, drivers neither stop at the Stop signs nor look for pedestrians/bikers on the multipurpose sidewalk. Because Huron is one-way, drivers only look in the direction of oncoming traffic but ignore the sidewalk on the other side. When there is no oncoming traffic, they turn without stopping or looking. I would have been hit/injured/killed multiple times if I did not routinely yield to cars and wait for them to turn since they never looked. To help improve this, at a minimum, I recommend adding signs at each intersection to remind drivers to LOOK both ways and to YIELD to pedestrians/bikers on the sidewalk, and to remind them that pedestrians/bikers on the sidewalk going straight have the right of way compared with cars turning into/out of driveways and cutting them off. Further, a sign about fines for injuring/killing a pedestrian/biker similar to signs about construction workers would hopefully get some attention. If this were prioritized higher, patrolling the area and ticketing drivers who don't stop would hopefully help reinforce that stop signs (and looking both ways) is not optional.