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Two bus drivers realized just in time that trying to get on Storrow Drive was a bad idea
By adamg on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 10:17pm
Lenny Rowe reports a convoy of seven Indian Trails buses was headed straight for a storrowing tonight. Fortunately for the passengers, however, the drivers of the two buses that actually close enough to Storrow to realize the doom that awaited them stopped in time and managed to back up on Berkeley. Unfortunately for all the other drivers in the area, that caused a backup.
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Can they be cited?
And sentenced to installation of commercial GPS or, at least, a class in reading a damn atlas?
Should we...
Really be citing bus drivers for NOT getting on Storrow?
Of course we should
If you can't figure out CARS ONLY and back up Beacon St. in the process, you as a driver owe every stuck driver a check for their time.
How about they put up actual
No Trucks and Buses signs well BEFORE the drivers committed onto the ramp, instead of those pathetic rubber baby buggy bumper things instead. Ever wonder why "Cars Only" doesn't appear anywhere in the Federal MUTCD . Simple, because - yes - it's an ineffective message compared to the standard signs that have been in place for over forty years.
And NOBODY deserves a payout because they were stuck in traffic - it's a risk you take when driving.
I suppose
that Adam had the good taste not to use the "It almost ends in tears for Indian Trails" headline.
Again
This is that ramp that I pointed out in an earlier thread has signs on Beacon St. saying to take a right on Berkeley for access to I-93...with no indication before it's almost too late that the route is inappropriate for trucks and buses. There should be signage for a separate truck/bus route to 93 there, but there isn't.
Bingo!!!!!!
Glad to see that at least one other person out here gets it.
I saw these busses wandering around South End
Earlier in the evening, a couple of these large busses were wandering around the South End. I noticed it because it was on small residential streets that don't normally see such large vehicles. At a stoplight, the driver of one was looking around as if trying to find his bearings, unsure which way to go. I pity out-of-town drivers charged with navigating Boston.