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Home My WebLink About1989-04-03; Traffic Safety Commission; ; Establish a prima facie speed limit on Palomar Airport Road from El Camino Real easterly to the City limits.CITY OF CARLSBAD TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION COMMISSION REPORT OF: April 3, 1989 LOCATION: Palomar Airport Road (PAR) east of El Camino Real INITIATED BY: City of Carlsbad Police Department ITEM NO.~ REQUESTED ACTION: Establish a prima facie speed limit on Palomar Airport Road from El Camino Real easterly to the City limits. BACKGROUND: Palomar Airport Road is designated as a prime arterial on the City of Carlsbad Circulation Element. No prima facie speed limit has been established on the subject segment of Palomar Airport Road. A traffic and engineering survey is required to establish a prima facie speed limit. In the absence of a posted speed limit, Section 22349 of the California Vehicle Code (CVC), Maximum Speed Limit, prevails. In the existing situation this would be a maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Section 22350 of the California Vehicle Code, Basic Speed Law, states "No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highwa>7, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.' This section would apply to vehicles travelling at a high rate of s2eed as well as those vehicles travelling at a slower rate, sucli as in adverse weather conditions or stop and go traffic. The law establishes prima facie speed limits under certain conditions, as indicated in CVC Section 22352. A mechanism to increase or decrease the prima facie SQeed limit is provided in Sections 22357 and 22358 of the California Vehicle Code. Each of these sections require that an engineering and traffic survey be conducted. A prima facie speed limit is the maximum speed that is deemed lawful unless competent eviaence is presented that shows that a higher rate of speed is safe. DATA: From El Camino Real to the easterly City limits, a distance of approximately 2.2 miles, Palomar Airport Road follows a curvilinear alignment with limited sight distance in some locations. One lane is constructed in the eastbound direction. For westbound traffic, there is one lane from the easterly City limit boundary for a distance of approximately one mile where two westbound lanes are then provided. At this point and continuing westbound there is a wide, painted median island. Three streets intersect Palomar Airport Road within the subject limits, all on the northerly side. Loker Avenue West located approximately 0.25 miles easterly of El Cammo Real, is a right tum in, right tum out only "T" intersection and controlled QY a STOP sign. El Fuerte Street is a signalized intersection 0.80 miles easterly of El Camino Real. Loker Avenue East, a "T" intersection approximately 1.1. miles easterly of El Camino Real has not been opened to public travel at this time and will be controlled by a STOP sign. Streets hghts are installed on the northerly side of PAR from El Camino Real to Loker Avenue East. The Average Daily Traffic (A.D.T.) on Palomar Airport Road easterly of El Camino Real is 23,000 veliicles total for both directions. A recent speed survey on Palomar Airport Road found the critical speed at Loker Avenue West and Loker Avenue East to be 55 and 54 miles per hour, respectively. TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION COMMISSION REPORT OF: April 3, 1989 (Continued) ITEM NO. 6C In the past three years 1986 -1988, there have been 48 reported collisions on PAR, with 26 of the collisions being attributed to exceeding the safe speed. Of the five intersection collisions in the past three years, two were a result of exceeding the safe speed. RECOMMENDATION: As a result of the existing roadway features and geometric~ traffic volumes, collision history and the critical speed, the Traffic Safety coordinating Committee recommends that a prima facie s_peed limit of 45 miles per hour be established on Palomar Airport Road from El Camino Real to the easterly City limits. NECESSARY CITY COUNCIL ACTION: An ordinance will be required to be adopted by the City Council to establish the prima facie speed limit, as recommended: -.OCATION M~ => PROPOSED 4 5 M.P.H. SPEED ZONE . E C\I . C\I EL CAMINO REAL -I -I -I -I -I . -·-E I -CX) I 0 -I -I -I -■ -• -• -I -I -I -I -I -I -I -• -• -• -• I - l ■I 0 <( 0 a: f-a: 0 a. a: <( a: <( I -I -I -• I NTS-N r:::::::-::-----I -I -I -I -I LOKER AVE. WEST I -I -■ -~ Lal'--------- -EL FUERTE ST. 0 --~-------, ...J <( a. -I -I -I LOKER AVE. EAST -■ i i i -· • LOKER AVE. EAST • TEMPORARILY CLOSED \ -/ \ .,,,. ;' ~ CITY LIMITS ~,.,,, ,. '----------- 8 US INES S PARK DR . \ CITY OF VISTA PROJECT NAME:PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD- PROPOSED 45 M.P.H. SPEED ZONI; from EL CAMINO REAL to EAST CITY LIMITS EXHIBIT · 1 CITY OF CARL~oAD SPEED SURVEY q.Hf. 4.;,n. DATE: l(Art(.,Jl.17 '$./TIME:/t}:zo to /0: 31;, TOTAL VEHICLES: \00 WEATHER: C~e -Sv,,01 \ / CRITICAL SPEED: J:SS MPH , LOCATION: 8ialt1Ad1 A1rrar: FT?'. a ' Lo/i!H 4~~6"°?T) PACE SPEED: l:l7 to~MPH OBSERVER/RECORDER: M_j? CARS IN PACE: 74 % Speed Limit: 1?'? MPH Direction of Travel Direction of Travel II % 9£11 %tile % II 65 65 64 64 63 63 62 62 61 . ,_ 61 60 ~ ~ -q .,,. ~, ~~ 'ti~ .. ~ y VY 60 59 1 • z. ... -:~ ,p;, (. ,,,,_ IV ·1 59 j', ~ r-.;; -,_ -:i .. IC,1 :.. ,r 0 . 58 58 57 l'I 1 ~ ,,_. .. , ,-.; , II ll ) ,_ 0 57 56 ~ 1 ~ -3,, .-... '-c.. ,•7 •• \ 56 55 4 d2. t. i r, , ~ 4 " ,1 ~ 55 54 II l"I c:;;, JO c c:: ,,, ·~ <-I • ~ 54 53 1'. ~ ['Ii ~ ·~ l r) 10 ,, : ,. ~ 'l. \ I\ J 53 52 [I I" . ~ In I 2._ •i, 11r-, ~ , -:OS 52 51 l'I .. r\ (; 1:t.. ' l. ,. 4. 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I )( 42 41 e; 0 I t::) 0 41 40 0 f) \ 0 0 40 39 0 /) I t) 0 39 38 ~ ~ I 0 0 38 37 12 " ' () 0 37 36 CJ l"1 l'J I) IJ6 35 I I I ~ I '\ 35 34 ,, 34 33 33 32 32 31 31 30 30 29 29 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 21 TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORTS PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD EAST OF EL CAMINO REAL Midblock Date Report # Time Cause(s) Location Fata 1 11/29/88 10533 L IT-I NATT 15' e/o ECR 11/05/88 9877 D ws .7 mi. w/o Business Park Dr. 10/04/88 8839 L ESS (Const Zone) .1 mi. e/o ECR 09/26/88 8545 L IT (Const Zone) .5 mi. e/o ECR 08/26/88 7571 L ESS-INATT .15 mi. e/o ECR 08/16/88 7301 L ESS-INATT .1 mi. e/o ECR 08/12/88 7157 L ESS-INATT 153' e/o El Fuerte 08/08/88 7039 L ESS-Stop & Go .8 mi. e/o El Fuerte 07/27/88 6650 L ESS-INATT .1 mi. w/o El Fuerte 07/08/88 6029 L ESS-INATT .1 mi. w/o El Fuerte 07/08/88 6028 L ESS-INATT 500' w/o El Fuerte 07/05/88 5912 L ESS-INATT .1 mi. w/o El Fuerte 04/05/88 2961 L ESS-FTC .3 mi. e/o El Fuerte 02/02/88 1032 L ESS 58' e/o ECR 01/30/88 0948 D ESS-INATT .6 mi. e/o El Fuerte 12/16/87 10506 L ESS-WS 200'e/o ECR 12/12/87 10375 L ESS 138' e/o ECR 12/04/87 10152 D ESS-INATT .3 mi. e/o El Fuerte 12/04/87 10136 L DWI-!NATT 90' e/o Loker Ave . (W) 11/30/87 10037 D OTH-(Hit Previous .7 mi. w/o Business Park Dr. coll vehicle 11/30/87 10035 D OTH-IT (fell asleep) .7 mi. w/o Business Park Dr. ~ 1 10/16/87 8490 D ESS 1/2 mi . e/o Sycamore 09/01/87 7192 L DWI-ESS 3/10 mi. e/o El Fuerte 07/31/87 6237 L DWI-IT 1/2 mi. e/o El Fuerte 07/10/87 5572 L ESS-INATT .4 mi. e/o El Fuerte 06/08/87 4557 L ESS .3 mi. e/o El Fuerte 05/28/87 4245 L VRW 45' e/o ECR 05/20/87 4020 D RSS-OTH 6' e/o ECR 05/01/87 3483 L WS-INATT 1/2 mi. e/o El Fuerte 1 02/19/87 1392 L ESS 318' e/o Loker Ave. 02/13/87 1226 L FTC-INATT 35' w/o Sycamore 01/16/87 0442 L FTC-ESS 1. 1 mi. e/o ECR 01/04/87 0119 D ESS-INATT 1.6 mi. e/o ECR TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORTS PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD EAST OF EL CAMINO REAL Midblock Date Report# Time Cause(s) Location 12/06/86 9664 0 12/05/86 9612 L 10/17/86 8216 L 08/25/86 6639 L 08/18/86 6426 L 08/18/86 6418 0/L 08/10/86 6200 L 07/29/86 5844 L 07/07/86 5145 L 06/30/86 4948 L 06/21/86 4661 L 05/23/86 3861 0 04/23/86 2997 L 02/25/86 1413 L 02/19/86 1283 L Legend: ESS -Exceeding Safe Speed INATT -Inattention FTC -Following to Close WS -Wrong Side HBO-WS ESS-INATT VRW ESS-Unfam. w/road ESS-INATT OTH-(Ran off Road) INATT-Impr. Driving WS-IP WS-INATT WS-INATT WS-INATT IT-I NATT (unfam. w/rd) ESS-INATT Stop & Go WS-(Vision Obscured) WS-VRW DWI -Driving While Intoxicated VRW -Violated Right of Way IT -Improper Turn H&R -Hit & Run 0TH -Other RSS -Ran Stop Sign/Signal HBO -Had Been Drinking IP -Improper Pass DUI -Driving Under Influence 553' w/o Linda Vista Or. 55' e/o Loker Ave. 3960' e/o ECR 528' w/o Linda Vista Or. 318' w/o Linda Vista Or. 5808' e/o ECR 5280' e/o ECR 2640' e/o ECR 1584' e/o ECR 2640' e/o ECR 1320' e/o ECR 5280' w/o Linda Vista Dr. 2640' e/o ECR 6864' e/o ECR 6336' e/o ECR Fatal Date Report # Time 12/21/88 11202 D 10/03/88 8804 L 08/29/87 7092 D 01/10/87 0260 D 01/08/87 0230 D Legend: ESS -Exceeding Safe Sp eed INATT -Inattention FTC -Following to Close WS -Wrong Side TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORTS PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD EAST OF EL CAMINO REAL Intersection Cause(s) Location ESS-Reckless Driving El Fuerte VRW-INATT Stop & Go El Fuerte -Unfam. w/road IT-H&R El Fuerte DUI-ESS Sycamore Rd. FTC -INATT Sycamore Rd . DWI -Driving While Intoxicated VRW -Violated Right of Way IT -Improper Turn H&R -Hit & Run 0TH -Other RSS -Ran Stop Sign/Signal HBO -Had Been Drin king IP -Improper Pass DUI -Driving Under Influence Fatal