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Medford hockey store suddenly gains a drive-thru
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Just following the GPS
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More likely
I thought I was hitting the brakes!
Lots of elderly in that area (huge elder housing spot 1 block away), many of them (like a certain elderly mayoral candidate) don't even know what the laws are anymore.
Their license should spend a
Their license should spend a couple years in the penalty box but that won't happen because dangerous drivers are not held responsible.
I think
Their insurance will hold them responsible. For a minimum of 6 years. If no person is hurt, this is the only recourse, unless lawsuit by the building owner. But they have insurance for a reason, too. What do you suggest be done?
Oh really
So she will pay for all this damage over the next six years?
Or will she just be subject to the same minor surcharges as those issued tickets for speeding, and the rest of us will pay for it? Sure, she'll get more points but the system tends to heavily surcharge for that first point to distribute the revenue collection to people with minor infractions.
Check out how the Massachusetts insurance system is set up to subsidize bad drivers sometime.
New Driver
From Medford PD via Inside Medford:
It's worth noting that if you want to become a manicurist in Massachusetts you need to take a 100 hour course from a licensed training program. Want to cut hair instead of nails? That's a 1000 hour course.
Thankfully it's much easier get a driver's license to do some real damage.
Make people take their exam on a standard transmission vehicle?
I wonder if that would help?
Otherwise, yes - the paper exam is a joke, the practical exam is a fundamentally deficient joke. I'm making my boys pass my test before they even get to the RMV!
The streets around Medford
The streets around Medford Square are configured to move cars through the area very quickly. And most of the time that is what they do: move cars through the area very quickly.
The area needs a traffic study and a complete reorientation, including turning Salem Street into a two way street. That will slow traffic down and reduce the risk of such accidents, and make the area more welcoming to pedestrian traffic, which will (one hopes) mean that the storefront landlords will find better tennants than the current bunch (which include a pawn shop and a brothel).
This will of course mean lots of contentious city hall hearings consisting of such conversations as
Crotchety old timer: but this will slow down the cars!!
Young hipster: yes. this will slow down the cars.
Crotchety old timer: but this will slow down the cars!!
[repeat ad nauseam]
Hyperbolic much?
Depicting Medford Sq. as the home of pawn shops and brothels (?!) is a bit disingenuous given the number of new and varied restaurants moving in over the past few years (Tenoch, Italia di Gusto, etc). I will be the first to admit that, despite these additions, the square is still lacking that "destination" status that other town centers have. I've seen a few reconfigurations over the years that have failed to achieve this (including the pedestrian friendly Ring Road) and I agree that there should be another effort made.
But purely to slow down traffic, based on a single accident? Making Salem St. two way? Have you ever crawled through the square during the morning rush hour? Your solution would indeed slow that down even further to the point of impassibility.
And back to the brothel swipe. I can only assume you are referring to the Asian massage places. Those are all over the place, including some of the more successful and pedestrian friendly town centers in the area. I don't have a solution for that, but it should not be used to define Medford Sq.
Penalty for charging and spearing
into the box!