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EliBruins63 t1_j68upgt wrote

Reply to comment by BiffBiffkenson in Flashing Yellow School Zone Speed Signs Should be Mandatory Alongside Zone Cameras by BiffBiffkenson

Yeah I have too. And idk I don’t go through it very often cause I live in Middletown and work in Newport during the week but I usually see them sitting there when I go through

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BiffBiffkenson OP t1_j68wobk wrote

Maybe it's a time of day thing. I know they sit at what is it, Cindy's? Now that school is a place that would benefit from adding school zone cameras. Just keep the existing flashing yellow signs.

East and West Main are really difficult to Police because they are so narrow and older people can remember when the speed limit was 55 on both. If you are traveling 35 on East Main you will come close to being pushed off the road. Out of State cars weave in and out of traffic like its a speedway on East and West Main especially when they are leaving.

There was talk there of 2 travel lanes and a third for turns which would decrease accidents just like there was talk of rotaries in Bristol, Warren and Barrington. It's common for two lanes to move to one setting up a drag race also in Bristol County.

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EliBruins63 t1_j698ern wrote

Wait they used to be 55mph zones? That’s crazy lol I live on a street off west main and it’s a pain in the ass enough to get in and out of sometimes with a 35mph limit. And yeah they either sit and Cindy’s or in the second lot of the school itself. Used to sit where that shell quick lube is but I haven’t seen that in awhile

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BiffBiffkenson OP t1_j69ck9n wrote

Years ago, East Main anyway, maybe it was 50 but it was 50 or 55. West Main not positive but West Main is 45 for much of it now.

They did recently patch East Main, it was unbelievably bad.

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EliBruins63 t1_j69d4bc wrote

Yeah that patch job was much needed. Especially down by the church. Shit I’ve driven on dirt roads that were smoother than that section

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