masshole4life t1_iz6b8rp wrote
Reply to comment by thisisntmynametoday in You have been hired by Worcester City Government to anger and frustrate as many people as possible. However, you can only change or implement ONE thing. What do you do? by CoolAbdul
a coworker who i consider an honest guy was complaining about it. he got a ticket.
he said the cop would saunter into the road at the last second causing the driver to slam on brakes and swerve. coworker insisted he was not speeding and i believe him. the ticket was for failing to yield to pedestrian.
if that's the case they probably stopped to avoid being sued when they inevitably cause an accident.
these types of "gotcha" tactics are great for writing tickets and "raising awareness" but do absolutely nothing to improve safety and in many cases make things less safe.
thisisntmynametoday t1_iz6z0ll wrote
WPD set up across from where I worked on Hamilton St. There was a family that lived there that had a son in a motorized wheelchair, and daily drop offs from the school bus were hazardous from people ignoring the crosswalk and the bus lights and sign.
From what I saw, they made sure to step out with a block to spare, not last second. So many people speed on that road, forgetting it’s 25 mph in the city, so it might seem it was “last second.”
A few times they caught multiple drivers at the same time because there are two lanes and both would blast on through. They even managed to catch someone passing a stopped school bus with lights flashing and stop sign extended while he went through the crosswalk. That guy went ballistic and was lucky he wasn’t arrested.
I’ve been hit by cars three times in my life (crosswalk violation, doored, wrong way driver). Worcester drivers are a menace.
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