Hoover: When an Island Isn’t.

August 12, 2019

I happened to drive past the nicely upgraded Hoover School recently. As the elementary kids start thinking about returning to class, pedestrian (and vehicle) safety will be on people's minds. Hoover has a bit of a past in this regard which you can read about here from two and a half years ago.

What caught my eye as year 3 is about to start at Hoover were the tire tracks on the roundabout island right in front. It seems odd to me that there would be an island that is so easy to drive over. What's the point really? Does it engender some false sense of security? Is it a challenge for thrill-seekers? Or is it just a poor design? Seems like if you are going to put in an island, it should really be an island instead of a little sand bar.

Posted in Easton Addition, Parking, Schools, Streets of Burlingame

4 responses to “Hoover: When an Island Isn’t.”

HMB

August 13, 2019

Probably built that way for emergency vehicle access.
BMW

August 13, 2019

Yup. Required by the Fire Department.
Also helps the occasionally rare moving truck that needs to make a turn up there.
Our famous roundabout has the same mountable curb on its edge, so fire engines, larger vehicles, Samtrans etc can mount the non-landscaped portion of the roundabout. Won’t be long until that too will be covered with black tire marks.
Bruce Dickinson

August 13, 2019

Folks I may be close to 8 decades old, but I gotta tell ya, if there’s one thing I’ve learned in driving all my sports cars over the years, is that I do know how to drift! Wrecking a Ferrari is an expensive proposition, so there’s no room for being a hooligan–when you drift, do it right with extreme control and finesse!
So to be clear, none of the tire marks in the concrete center in this or the downtown roundabouts were caused by Bruce Dickinson. Now the ones on the asphalt on the other hand…. *wink*
Lynn

August 17, 2019

It is just the right size to ruin a $500 Porsche tire at dusk.

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