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sexobon · 10-05-2015, 09:24 PM

Shouldn't the vehicle markings say:

EMERGENCY
451

glatt · 10-06-2015, 07:16 AM

LOL.
Or use the Dewey Decimal System

352.2 Police
or maybe
022.1 Library - Administration of physical plant

Gravdigr · 10-06-2015, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexobon

Shouldn't the vehicle markings say:

EMERGENCY
451

That's the D.C. Public Library Fire Dept..

glatt · 11-04-2015, 01:01 PM

Shit. I gotta scrub this mental image. Saw a cyclist or maybe a pedestrian tangled up under the rear wheels of a tour bus on my lunch walk. I looked away as soon as I realized what I was sort of seeing, so I am not sure which it was. This was before emergency personnel arrived and there was just a traffic cop who had been in charge of that intersection standing there blowing her whistle furiously at all the cars that were trying to drive around. Nothing for me to do for that guy under there.

She's got to feel some responsibility since that probable death happened in her intersection while she was directing traffic. I hate it when cops direct traffic in intersections. They are not good at it and everyone gets all panicky and behaves erratically.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-04-2015, 01:14 PM

They appear to be not good at directing traffic, but I think much of the blame goes to the drivers who can't understand hand signs. In their defense, they rarely see traffic lights replaced with a live person, but some are really clueless. They can't even follow simple commands from road construction flagmen.

glatt · 11-04-2015, 01:23 PM

I didn't see the accident, but I imagine she waved the bus into its turn without stopping pedestrians and bikes first. If that's the case, the pedestrian/bike should have used their head and stopped as they saw the bus turn, and the bus driver should have used his head and stopped when he saw the pedestrian or bike in his side mirror as he was turning.

If you think about everything going on in an intersection, there are 20 different legal traffic movements that the traffic cop has to be constantly aware of and directing. Lights do a better job without losing focus. Although people (including me) ignore lights pretty regularly.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-04-2015, 01:33 PM

You're right, both drivers and bikers/pedestrians have to think, and watch out for there own ass.

11-04-2015, 01:14 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They appear to be not good at directing traffic, but I think much of the blame goes to the drivers who can't understand hand signs. In their defense, they rarely see traffic lights replaced with a live person, but some are really clueless. They can't even follow simple commands from road construction flagmen. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-04-2015, 01:33 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You're right, both drivers and bikers/pedestrians have to think, and watch out for there own ass. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-05-2015, 09:24 PM	#1
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Shouldn't the vehicle markings say: EMERGENCY 451

10-06-2015, 07:16 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	LOL. Or use the Dewey Decimal System 352.2 Police or maybe 022.1 Library - Administration of physical plant

11-04-2015, 01:01 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Shit. I gotta scrub this mental image. Saw a cyclist or maybe a pedestrian tangled up under the rear wheels of a tour bus on my lunch walk. I looked away as soon as I realized what I was sort of seeing, so I am not sure which it was. This was before emergency personnel arrived and there was just a traffic cop who had been in charge of that intersection standing there blowing her whistle furiously at all the cars that were trying to drive around. Nothing for me to do for that guy under there. She's got to feel some responsibility since that probable death happened in her intersection while she was directing traffic. I hate it when cops direct traffic in intersections. They are not good at it and everyone gets all panicky and behaves erratically.

11-04-2015, 01:23 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I didn't see the accident, but I imagine she waved the bus into its turn without stopping pedestrians and bikes first. If that's the case, the pedestrian/bike should have used their head and stopped as they saw the bus turn, and the bus driver should have used his head and stopped when he saw the pedestrian or bike in his side mirror as he was turning. If you think about everything going on in an intersection, there are 20 different legal traffic movements that the traffic cop has to be constantly aware of and directing. Lights do a better job without losing focus. Although people (including me) ignore lights pretty regularly.

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