Welcome to
Citizens for a Safe
Golden Gate Bridge©
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"Click On My Chair"
"It has come to our attention that, the Golden
Gate Bridge Board District is not protecting all who drive, walk, or bike
across the span, because of several reasons... There is no
financial gain in securing the safety of others for the following reasons:
(1. As long as the Golden Gate Bridge Board District makes a legal
attempt to the following conditions, we may never have a movable barrier
or a suicide barrier on the span. These items will not make any money for the
district, but will cost them over 8.25 million dollars out of their
pocket. For the Golden Gate Bridge District it will be a losing
proposition. The Golden Gate Bridge District is in the business of making
money not spending it." (The statement above will
come to the attention of the Grand Jury of the State of California in the
near future... Section 830.6
and Design Immunity Due to the inability of the Board of Directors and the lack of power that the "Building & Operations Committee" have illustrated, they refuse to commit to any safety issues of any kind…This has gone on to long. Its time for "BSI" Movable Median Traffic Barrier, now, to stop all head-on collisions. Also, we concur that the suicide deterrent (Z-Clip) system has been talked about for 50 years now. And the "Newest" safety measure to date on the Golden Gate Bridge, is that of the “Public Safety Railing.” These safety issues have been on the table for many, and many of years now, and need to be addressed. Citizen for a Safe Golden Gate Bridge is trying to protect all who drive, walk and bicycle across this vital link between San Francisco and Marin Counties. It's time for the Golden Gate Bridge-Board of No-Directors to become directors and start to direct the bridge manager Celia Kupersmith & the “New District Engineer to commence to the safety issues at hand. How long should we wait-for another 40 years, or so... Please, contact the Golden Gate Bridge District, or me at rmgbabbitt@sbcglobal.net and voice your opinion.
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"It's a red-letter day," said Nancy Read, a bridge board member from Petaluma. "It's the right thing to do, to prevent crossover accidents, to make the most beautiful bridge in the world and the safest." Director Nancy Read & President Fraser with channel 4-news anchor Anthony Moore; upper-right photograph (The Press Democrat, May 23, 1998) |
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The Golden Gate Bridge, one of the world's most impressive and beautiful structures, is also one of the most dangerous. Each day thousands of vehicles pass in both directions on a single level span that has no permanent traffic dividers. Instead, plastic yellow cones separate oncoming lanes of traffic. Periodically, a crew moves these cones from one lane to another to adjust the number of lanes to better accommodate commuters in each direction during the rush hour traffic. Needless to say, the bridge is the site of numerous head-on collisions that have resulted in disfigurement and death. |
By
various resolutions: Res. 85-293 passed by the Board of Directors and with
the installation of the orthographic deck with trapezoidal ribs in the
80's the "Bridge District created what is now being called
"Design Immunity." Deeming the bridge may never have a movable
traffic barrier on its road surface. Design Immunity is a lawyer’s ploy
to stifle the jurors and judge. In the mid 80s' the bridge district
contacted Professor Wolfgang Homburger of the University of Berkley
Traffic Institute of Transportation who rejected the preliminary
engineering report for the bridge districts Conclusion for a No
Barrier. "Design Immunity, could be used in the district's
defense even after the movable traffic barrier and the suicide deterrent
are installed... |
The Golden Gate Bridge,
Highway & Transportation District Board is made-up of members of
nineteen board of directors, from six counties. (2) Marin, (4) San
Francisco, Board of Supervisors members, (10) prominent businessmen and
woman (1) Mayor, (1) organized labor executive secretary, and (1) Labor's
union rep. |
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Citizens for a Safe Golden
Gate Bridge Movable Median Traffic Barrier links: Barrier Cones Video: |
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This
web site was solely designed, and developed by: Robert M. Guernsey. |