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Cab driver won't let traffic ban stop him from going down Memorial Drive
By adamg on Sun, 06/25/2017 - 6:09pm
So Boston Cab isn't on Twitter, but this is what a driver did when he found Memorial Drive #CambMA closed @universalhub @MassStatePolice pic.twitter.com/56EqS44Fc2
— Andrea (@blueeyedgirl) June 25, 2017
Andrea watched a Boston Cab driver hop onto the sidewalk to get around the Sunday ban on cars down Mem. Drive.
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Really? What the hell is this
Really? What the hell is this world coming to?
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Narration.
Is that not the best Stereotypical White People Accent Imitation ever? Snort!
I don't understand your
I don't understand your comment... could you please clarify?
DCR
Are we sure the driver wasn't in DCR leadership, claiming the road closure was a threat to public safety?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/06/24/sunday-leisure-along-charle...
But cab drivers are
But cab drivers are "professionals" and BPD's Hackney Division works hard to make sure unfit drivers and vehicles are held to account.
*snicker*
Odds of the medallion being pulled or the driver disciplined, slim to none.
Well ...
Yes, the odds of a Boston officer pulling over a cab in Cambridge are a tad low.
But could BPD Hackney division write them up based on video?
Serious violations like this must be penalized by somehow beyond just a traffic violation.
Unless he started driving on the sidewalk in Boston...
...probably not.
State Police?
Is Memorial Drive patrolled by State Police?
Yes, Memorial Drive is MSP
Yes, Memorial Drive is MSP jurisdiction.
I wonder if there are going
I wonder if there are going to be any repercussions for this driver.
Any word from state police?
I don't
I don't.
Cabbie is a selfish and arrogant moron
That having been said, there's something missing from the video. Where are the joggers, runners, cyclists, walkers that people would have us believe crowd Memorial Drive every Sunday? Not even one in the shot.
Well-played, sir
I'm surprised it took this long for someone to blame the non-drivers.
Oh those Massholes!
Oh those Massholes!
And just how is observing the lack
of anyone else in the shot "blaming the non-drivers"?
It's called subtext
Maybe one of your smart friends can explain it to you.
Spitballin' here
Maybe they're all off to the side of the shot, staying as far away from this maniac as possible
Or maybe, just maybe, fifteen
Or maybe, just maybe, fifteen seconds of video taken of a small portion of Memorial Drive isn't really an accurate method of assessing usage.
I was biking there on Sunday afternoon
Apologies for not making the photo shoot.
You should've run some red
You should've run some red lights to make it on time!
When does a sidewalk become a driveway?
Where's the official boundary between Harvard faculty parking and the no-cars-allowed sidewalk? https://goo.gl/maps/uPfBjDHXS552
Where the ramp ends
And the curbing begins.
DUH!
There's no definite edge to
There's no definite edge to the ramps or their curbs. In fact, those areas wouldn't even be identifiable as ramps if it weren't for the tactile pads. The whole curb between the ramps is flush with the roadway.
And you can say "duh" all you want, but that doesn't clarify which sidewalks are for cars and which aren't, legally or in practice.
Where are videos every time a cyclist rides on the sidewalk?
Also illegal, but a daily occurrence.
Seeing a car on the sidewalk is only noteworthy because drivers and motorcyclists are so much more law abiding than bicyclists.
Interstingly, it's not illegal to ride a bike on the sidewalk..
When I first got a bike, I was afraid to ride on the road with cars/trucks and I looked up the rules for Boston and Cambridge and found that it's not illegal to ride a bike on the sidewalk. Although, there are some retail zones that have signs banning bikes from sections of sidewalks in front of stores/restaurants.
http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/Transportation/gettingaroundcambridge/byb...
https://www.boston.gov/departments/boston-bikes/bike-laws-boston
The good stuff
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG????