An ominous cloud, seen from the corner of Maple Avenue and White Street at about 6:20p, brought a brief, drenching rain to Red Bank Monday evening. (Click to enlarge)
The weather outlook for today is delightful, according to the forecast from the National Weather Service.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a west wind between 11 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. West wind between 9 and 18 mph.
Wednesday: A chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. West wind between 9 and 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. West wind between 8 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. West wind between 7 and 11 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 67.
Friday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Hey !
Look, up in the sky.
It’s a bird.
It’s a plane.
It’s a non operational traffic signal !
The fact that they still dont have those working, is pathetic.
And to be honest - did we really need them? The only time that intersection creates any problems is during the peak of rush hour.
Stew,
I have almost been hit at this intersection twice. In both cases, somebody ran the stop sign without even coming close to a stop. I was so pissed the second time that I actually followed the girl into a parking lot. She told me that she was “from out of town and did not know she had to stop.” It made me laugh. I guess in her town the don’t have to stop at stop signs?
But my take-away from my experiences is that a reason must exist why people do not see this stop sign. I am for the light. But they should turn it on before somebody gets hurt. But to Red Bank’s motto: “Safety Second”
From the sound of your story - it sounds like you are some psycho who follows “girls” around? Maybe you should drive a little slower, creep.
As for the stop signs, they are indeed posted too far back - perhaps a blinking light may have served us all a little better?
Stew,
Thanks for the kind words. You are a real class act……I mean a real trash act. First, I was not speeding. Second, my wife and I were worried that the driver was drunk and dangerous. We decided not to turn a blind-eye.
Stew, as a pedestrian I have a lot of difficulty crossing the street at this intersection.
Crossing Maple from in front of Firestone to the block with the Rite Aid plaza is very dangerous owing to people not looking, stopping and whipping straight through into the cross walk.
I am glad to see some sort of traffic calming technique in place and look forward to its activation.
Nice photo, John.
Mike - you’re just a silly tough guy - accosting some poor girl? You know the intersection sucks, yet you were out to prove a point! Loser!
Stew,
You are right. Let me work to reform my ways.
And let me resolve this before I spiral even further and become one of those little piss-ants who satisfies their low level of self esteem by anonymously making demeaning comments about others.
Sissy!
nasty intersection, needs the light.. Safety Second rules the day.
The light is a good thing. It’s a bad intersection, made worse by the fact that there are multiple parking lots feeding into it.
Sometimes you need to slow things down, in order to speed things up…
Maybe for Christmas, Santa will bring us a light….