The Klocks Corners crossing

New York · USA · Cemetery

A two way stop, a blind hill on one approach, and a limit of forty five that nobody keeps to. A great many people have been killed pulling out.

The intersection of Route 104 and Klocks Corners in Scriba, New York has killed a considerable number of people.

The geometry is the whole problem. There is a large hill on one approach, so a driver waiting at the stop cannot see what is coming. Only two of the four directions have to stop. The posted limit is forty five and a great many drivers exceed it.

People have died in cars and on foot.

What is reported at the crossing follows from that, and this is one of those entries where the folklore is the least interesting part.

A blind crest combined with a two way stop is a known and preventable engineering failure, and intersections of this design have been progressively removed across the United States for exactly this reason.

The crossing is public and in daily use.

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The Klocks Corners crossing liegt in New York, USA.