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These traffic lights are disregarded by motorists at all hours of the day. MBTA Route 66 busses do not stop at this red light at all. The left arrow directing traffic on to Harvard Ave. is entirely useless, since people will turn left during any light circumstance. A police patrol is needed at this intersection at all times until a better solution can be found.
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Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
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Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Me (Guest)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Me (Guest)
I'm sorry. That "snitches get stitches" comment was inappropriate and not funny. I am truly sorry if it was interpreted as a threat of violence. I mean no such thing.
I do feel that ratting out people to the police for running red lights, while certainly not warranting retribution, is a despicable thing to do. Don't get me wrong: Boston has some of, if not THE worst drivers in the country. They are extremely inconsiderate, treat driving as some sort of @#$% contest, and show no knowledge whatsoever of common driving etiquette. Still, I hate traffic cops more than a lot of things. Yes, I know that traffic laws serve a cause and are probably necessary, but I hate their draconian, inconsistent, and arbitrary enforcement, especially with the myriad streets with lower-than-necessary speed limits, intersections (mainly in Cambridge) in which right turn on red is being taken away seemingly for the hell of it, and cops who set up speed traps yet still drive 60 on Hammond Pond Pkwy. And you help them? Shame on you! If the traffic cops are doing their job, then let them catch the offenders. I know very well that there are some obnoxious, unsafe drivers out there, but I'm not going to rat them out and hold them ransom to abominable fines and higher insurance rates. Chances are they've already been and/or will be caught for something else. Besides, I know that intersection well. There's nothing there.
I meant every word I said about how badly lights need to be synchronized, among other things. The roads here are pathetic. It's ridiculous: why should I have to use more gas and put further wear on my brakes and clutch by getting caught at a red light every two blocks? It's insane. And in a city that considers itself to be so progressive? Garbage.
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Danimal (Guest)
Jacqueline Connors (Guest)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Jacqueline Connors (Guest)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Me (Guest)
"Threating someones life, Me? Also illegal. I think I may take a chunk of my time to watch the light with a means of taking notes."
Wow, so perceptive of you, Danimal! Did you come up with that one yourself? Or is that your own off-base understanding of something to which I merely alluded as I took extra care to make sure that an off-color comment I made (and that you most likely haven't read) would not be seen as "threating" to anyone?
I reiterate my stance against reporting people for mere traffic violations. No one likes a tattle-tale. I don't condone illegally breaking traffic laws, but I also don't believe reporting them to be a matter of social responsibility unless someone really does present an immediate danger. Please note that this is not my attitude regarding criminal activity, in which case "snitching" is the socially responsible thing to do.
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Light Running Troll is a light runner who doesn't want to get snitched on.
Danimal, remember; do not feed the trolls.
Jacqueline Connors (Guest)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Me (Guest)
That's garbage, Grimlocke. I don't even make that left turn off Cambridge St. before the intersection between 4-6 pm, and I've seen plenty of people pull that. But did I rat them out? No way.
But what's worse, I express my disapproval of your actions--albeit in harsh terms, for which I apologized--and I'm a troll? Trolls don't reason, and they don't merely express dissent, which is what I'm doing. What's worse are the implications of your branding me--anyone who dissents must be a criminal whose sole purpose is to harass and terrorize the group. Very Stalin-esque. So much for the idea of community.
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Jacqueline Connors (Guest)
Wim Taymen (formerly "Me") (Guest)
What, this forum is useful because you say it is? What I am saying is not "useless blather." I have serious moral issues about this post. I also believe that problems with Boston drivers, whose behavior includes running red lights, is part of a deeper problem that tattling won't solve. I know Boston's roads and traffic really really well. There are extremely serious issues here that wont' be solved with certain misguided attempts.
Plus there's a reason that images on TV and in print--in the public domain--blur license plates. Posting the license plate numbers is a possible violation of privacy.
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
BB (Registered User)
Thanks for using SeeClickFix. A reminder to keep the comments constructive for the sake of being neighborly and keeping SeeClickFix a valuable resource.
BB (Registered User)
Boston DPW,
Please click the link in the email to stop receiving emails on this issue. We apologize for the distraction.
Thanks,
Ben
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Still watching people blow through this light, all day every day. The fact that there isn't a Ticket Camera for each direction at this intersection is completely moronic - the camera would pay for itself in one single day, and go on to make an amazing amount of money for the city.
Stop ignoring this issue, this is a huge safety concern as well as a blatant disregard for broken traffic law.
Danimal (Guest)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
A stout woman in a Nissan ROGUE with the plates:
12K H57
blatantly ran this red light today at 8:49am, going West on Cambridge street.
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
A grey Jeep with an aged male driver ran this light going east on Cambridge street at 10:15am today. License plate number
14F L44
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Bus number 2137 ran this red light going East on Cambridge Street on Friday, nearly t-boning a cyclist and flattening a couple pedestrians about to cross.
The neglect of duty on the part of the city and the BPD is just unbelievable. One person has already lost their life at this intersection (that I'm aware of). I guess they're going to ignore the issue until there is a decent body count.
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
An entitled little brunette in a dark grey sedan pushed through this red light to take a left onto Cambridge Street, eastbound, while drinking her Starbucks coffee.
Her license plate reads: 1PD 310
zakstone333 (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
A blue sedan with an obviously braindead female blew through this light two seconds after it turned red this morning at 8:50am. License number 68S E40.
The ongoing neglect of this trouble intersection is evidence of such grievous disregard of duty that it's becoming apparent the people responsible are at best criminal, and at worst possibly mentally disabled.
emannths (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Yet another accident at this intersection due to gross negligence by the city.
http://www.allstoncitylimits.com/hit-and-run-harvard-cambridge/
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
Grimlocke Von Hecht (Registered User)
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