Thu Feb  3 19:11:47 MST 2005

joana diamos called about matters that might be addressed in newsletter:

traffic problems:

1. speeding
	problem:
		walkers, esp. early morning, esp. older,
		experience danger from speeders;
		some residents have been hit (I believe).

		many speeders appear to be non-residents:
			household help
			contract workers (painters, etc.)

	solution
		in newsletter, ask neighbors to be aware of problem
		and to alert their employees, both long-term and
		contract, to the need to drive slowly and carefully.

	benefits
		for walkers, obvious;

		for neighbors advising workers:
			warm feeling from respecting and helping their
			neighbors;

			even warmer feeling from decreasing probability of a
			"deep pockets" attack from person injured by
			speeding worker.

2. stop signs
	there are no 4-way stop signs in eee;

	vehicles on the outer circle (and inner cirle?) have right
	of way (no stop signs constrain circle driving).

	problem:
		drivers on streets intersecting circle are controlled
		by stop signs;
			but these drivers appear sometimes (often) to not
			realize that circle drivers always have the
			right of way.

	solution:
		explain this obvious point to neighbors:
			new residents may not be aware of problem (may not
			have nearly collided with vehicle entering circle
			from side street).

		suggest that defensive driving on the circle requires
		that a driver assume all intersections are 4-way
		stops, if any other vehicle is in sight:
			a car driving on circle will often cut in
			front of another vehicle driving in opposite
			direction when exiting on a side street.