Compare peeled-off roof of Duck Boat on left with pristine one on right. Photo by Kamil.
Shortly before 7 p.m. the driver of a Duck Boat learned first hand why Storrow Drive has those CARS ONLY sign, on the eastbound side, near Mass. Eye and Ear.
WBZ reports none of the 20 tourists on board was injured.
Naturally, that's the same exact spot where, only 3 1/2 hours earlier, Eastie Strong photographed a Storrowed U-Haul:
Thursday:
Looks like the Storrow Pool is closed before it even opens.
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Not for Frick's sake....
By Ralph Boston
Sun, 08/28/2016 - 10:17pm
...for Duck's sake!
Yeah, too obvious, I know.
What was I (not) thinking?
By adamg
Sun, 08/28/2016 - 11:03pm
Thanks! So good - and obvious - I changed the headline.
The Frick has ducks?
By Daan
Sun, 08/28/2016 - 11:08pm
Is the Frick featuring a selection of Dutch duck paintings of the 17th century?
C'mon!
By anon
Sun, 08/28/2016 - 10:24pm
What the duck were you thinking!
I really don't understand
By Kaz
Sun, 08/28/2016 - 10:27pm
Don't these things have regular prescribed routes they do from start to finish? Why the hell would it be on Storrow where they never go?
This one had to detour
By R Hookup
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 7:58am
This one had to detour because of a closed road. They don't usually go on Storrow Drive.
Oh the irony!! Can someone
By eastiesveryown
Sun, 08/28/2016 - 10:41pm
Oh the irony!! Can someone please photo-shop these U-haul trucks and replace the U-haul logo with storrow drive?
Diversion
By mg
Sun, 08/28/2016 - 10:44pm
According to the Glob article, there was a diversion because Beacon St. was closed: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/08/28/duck-b...
Still confusing
By Kaz
Sun, 08/28/2016 - 10:47pm
Beacon Street is westbound. He struck the overpass going eastbound.
The stretch of Beacon between
By Felicity
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 8:16am
The stretch of Beacon between Charles and Bowdoin has 2-way traffic. The Duck Boats normally go down Boylston, left on Charles, right on Beacon, left on Bowdoin, left on Cambridge, right on Staniford...then towards the river or back to MOS...not sure where they go after Staniford.
Ah
By Kaz
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 10:57am
Then to get back to Cambridge he thought he'd just sneak up Storrow one exit rather than go all the way around the Garden again and come up Arch St, etc.
Duck Boat Haiku
By PeyoteEatingWat...
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 12:50am
I hate the duck boats
Their drivers are retarded
Duck boats should be banned
Haiku back at you
By Angry Duck
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 11:31am
Please don't ridicule
Our mentally challenged friends
(Your syllable count)
More Haiku
By whyaduck
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 4:41pm
Never good to hate
Breath deeply in my good friend
Mouth closed zippered up
Groucho sez...
By R Hookup
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 7:57am
I think the question you want to ask is...
Why a duck?
Why not?
By whyaduck
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 4:41pm
n/t
Actually, it was Chico
By roadman
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:52pm
who said "Why a Duck", not Groucho.
Incompetence
By Felicity
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 8:05am
I also think they should banned. Everytime I encounter them making that right from Cambridge St onto Staniford, they creep, creep, creep on pedestrians, while we have the right of way.
if it happens literally every time
By Scumquistador
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 9:15am
consider giving up your right of way
Better yet
By anon
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 9:57am
Get rid of these lunatic-driven vehicles that have obstructed ability to "see" pedestrians, but still menace them in their big quacking hurry.
Drivers do not own the roads. Behave or be gone.
Better yet
By anon
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 9:57am
Get rid of these lunatic-driven vehicles that have obstructed ability to "see" pedestrians, but still menace them in their big quacking hurry.
Drivers do not own the roads. Behave or be gone.
So if everyone on Uhub
By anon
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 11:08am
So if everyone on Uhub persistently tells you to STFU will you consider giving up on your 1st Amendment Rights?
DIDN'T THINK SO
UHub
By Scumquistador
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:29pm
Has nothing to do with my first amendment rights. Go repeat the third grade, or whenever they teach you about who exactly guarantees which rights.
Re: right of way
You might have a 'legal' or 'lawful' right of way but part of existing in a civilized society that functions well is understanding when its beneficial to you or others to give up that right. There is a give and take, whether you're driving, cycling, walking, what have you.
Since you prefer to illustrate your points using constitutional amendments, I'll mention the second and say: just because you can, doesn't mean you should
that applies to asserting your right of way as well as most things in life
tootles
what happened to all that vetting & training?
By scollaysq
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 9:57am
and driving lessons and co-pilots and all? How about "you must know Boston before you can drive this duckboat".
It's not like Storrowing is something new or happens infrequently.
Oh, I get it, the new on-board cameras are useless in this situation because they are underneath, not on top.
what the duck.
Just posting
By whyaduck
Mon, 08/29/2016 - 4:38pm
because my UHUB name has a "duck" in it.
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