Thursday, September 18, 2008

Needed: One DashCam




Is this the full-moon time of month?

When you are driving north past McDonald's and have to slam on your brakes to avoid a driver who makes a sudden, and otherwise illegal, left turn right in front of you, what do you do? Besides miss the other car, I mean?

More and more frequently, drivers are turning left into the Jewel shopping center across from Chase Bank and McDonald's, in spite of the clear No Left Turn sign. Or is it so clear? Remembering that this is Woodstock, maybe what's needed there is a "NO LEFT TURN' sign, instead of the international symbol prohibiting a left turn.

If the sign doesn't provide enough advice, then the raised island for the right-in, right-out for northbound traffic ought to provide a pretty clear indication that you are not supposed to turn left there.

I wouldn't say that I came "close" to making a big red imprint on the passenger side of that car, but it was only because I was watching. Glad I wasn't on the phone, drinking a Pepsi, turning up Y103.9, reading a text message, or otherwise distracted. (Hey, I'm leaving myself wide open here; right?) Since he was in the left-turn lane, I did expect he would be turning left - just not right there!

I circled through the parking lot and spotted the driver walking away from his car. The vehicle is a sort-of gold-colored Ford Taurus four-door sedan; license A63 3669. If you see this one coming at you, give him a lot of leeway, because he'll take it.

It was about all I could do to keep from summoning a Woodstock officer to write him a ticket.

Have you ever tried to make a traffic complaint to the Woodstock Police Department, been clear on the facts and been willing to testify in court? What was your experience? Were you successful?

5 comments:

yagottabekidding said...

You obviously think Woodstock is a pretty crappy place to live and all it's residents of below average intelligence. Do yourself and everyone else a favor and go somewhere else.

Unknown said...

More and more frequently, drivers are turning left into the Jewel shopping center across from Chase Bank and McDonald's, in spite of the clear No Left Turn sign. Or is it so clear? Remembering that this is Woodstock, maybe what's needed there is a "NO LEFT TURN' sign, instead of the international symbol prohibiting a left turn.
-You just said there was a no left turn sign and then said there wasn't, all in the same paragraph. You truly show your intelligence.
Add taking pictures to the fourth paragraph

Gus said...

Actually, I think Woodstock is a very nice place to live. If I didn't, I wouldn't be here.

I've lived in Denver, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Phoenix, Sedona, L.A., Corpus Christi, Kansas City, Richmond (Va.) - among other places.

Unknown said...

How did they all manage to get rid of you?

What's the secret we're missing?

yagottabekidding said...

Make sure your dash cam doesn't obscure your view you wouldn't want another ticket.