Mike the roving UHub photographer reports from the Trader Joe's parking lot this afternoon:
Lady smashed into the black car repeatedly until it hit the building, then said she didn't know what happened. Parking is tight at TJ's but wow!
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If she "didn't know what happened"
By anon
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:04pm
Then her license should disappear until she and her doctor can figure that out.
I love this.
By Patricia Roberts
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:11pm
She didn't know what happened? That's the best excuse I've heard in a long time. I'll have to remember it if I succumb to road rage (parking lot rage?).
Must've
By Bugs Bunny
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:12pm
Hit the gas pedal instead of the brake.
and then
By IndyParty
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 8:04pm
repeated that over and over.
Take that BS to Florida where everyone does that old gas pedal switcheroo.
Probably.
By mplo
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 5:00pm
That sounds like the most likely explanation, in addition to the idea that the lady wasn't thinking straight.
Towanda!
By anon
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:20pm
Fried Green Tomatoes reference. Doesn't sound accidental - this parking lot is brutal but I think most TJ parking lots are (search buzzfeed for articles). I never to this one except by foot or within an hour of closing.
This all could have been
By Kinopio
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:36pm
This all could have been avoided. If only cars came equipped with some sort of pedal that slowed them down. Or if there were a green line stop literally 15 feet from the entrance to that store...
.
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 5:18pm
.
Or some sort of handle thingy ...
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 5:17pm
For when that didn't work.
A special setting on the transmission, maybe labeled "n" for "neutral" that kept a revving engine from powering the wheels? Or is that too much to ask?
Its just too bad that we don't require driving education
By spin_o_rama
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 5:29pm
If we just made sure that motorists had to read a book, maybe a take a test, we would totally be able to avoid this. We certainly wouldn't just have them take one test and go from there, no of course not, we would totally ask for re-testing every several years.
Hm
By kisumxes
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 9:33pm
double post
"Account" for what?
By Sally
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 9:21pm
Not this accident which seems to have involved, er, two cars. Or--I'm sorry--was there some other incident where a bicyclist rammed a car into a building full of grocery shoppers? Did we miss something or were you just ranting about an imaginary event?
Hm
By kisumxes
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 6:21pm
If only bikes had to have registration, license plates, and insurance we could hold them account...
Wait a minute...!
Math Education
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 7:30pm
Looks like we also need some math education and a remedial math test for certain people.
It isn't good to be lacking in basic computational skills needed to calculate such things as cost to administer registration programs versus actual damage, comparative costs for motor vehicle mayhem versus miniscule cyclist damage, etc.
Being able to calculate cost-risk-benefit is critical if you are going to spout about policy.
Point being
By kisumxes
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 8:14pm
that cars have all of those things, yet their drivers crash them into people and other things all the time.
Point missed
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 9:01pm
They make no sense for cyclists and bikes.
Again, you need to learn what the phrase "orders of magnitude" means.
Okay, I clearly forgot the explicit /s
By kisumxes
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 9:34pm
This was nothing but a jab at all those idiots calling for plates and insurance for bikes because we're all dangerous reckless daredevils out to skip red lights and run over gramps in the crosswalk.
Clearly plates and insurance do not prevent collisions and crashes.
I'M NOT CALLING FOR LICENSE PLATES FOR BIKES!
OK...
By Sally
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 10:55pm
That whooshed over my head, but admit it--you did a pretty good imitation of a "HEY BIKES SRE WORSE--THEY ALMOST KILLED MY AUNT MILLIE!" poster.
Sadly
By kisumxes
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 2:33pm
it's obvious we've all read that kind of dribble one too many time.
Registering bikes.
By mplo
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 5:03pm
Registering bicycles with the town or city of one's residence, however, is a good idea, for at least one other reason: If one's bicycle is stolen, sometimes there's a better chance of the owner of the stolen bicycle in question getting it back.
I know afew people whose bicycles were stolen from their apartments, who managed to get their bicycles back, through the police, due to the fact that their bikes had been registered with the police.
It's not much of a system of
By anon
Sat, 08/05/2017 - 1:21am
It's not much of a system of the towns don't share registration data. Thief grabs your bike that's registered in Cambridge, cops recover it it Medford -- would they be able to find you to give it back?
It's the pretty much the sole
By RhoninFire
Sat, 08/05/2017 - 2:36am
It's the pretty much the sole reason I got bike back when I was a BU student now a bunch of years back. Thought it was a total loss then boom, I got a email from the Cambridge police who was able to trace it back to me because it was registered to me. Got my bike back and even a new front wheel (it got stolen because I got lazy one of the days and only locked the wheel like an idiot - I still hang my extra wheel in the living room as a reminder to both my stupidity and luck).
He's being sarcastic, silly.
By tofu
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:12am
He's being sarcastic, silly.
Miniscule?
By Anon
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 10:10pm
It takes millions to re-assemble an uninsured idiot who ran a red light and got run over by a bus. Their stupidity might not cause much damage to others, but the damage the cause to themselves is very expensive to repair.
Examples?
By frobot
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 9:29am
Please provide us with an example of an uninsured cyclist running a red light, getting run over by a bus, and costing us millions.
Or you could just stop making shit up in the first place.
Maybe it's time to give this
By anon
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 2:15pm
Maybe it's time to give this particular sarcastic "joke" a rest.
Look
By Waquiot
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 5:36pm
There are 2 pedals in my car, and I for the life of me can't figure out which one does which. There's a lot of trial and error that goes into driving. Today, the driver got an error. A big error.
My honest snark- I can bet roughly how old the driver was.
Which lady? That one there,
By anon
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:39pm
Which lady? That one there, the one in the black shirt and white pants?
No, not her
By adamg
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 5:31pm
Driver isn't shown.
Huge Difference
By Peter
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:51pm
I know exactly how this woman steers her shopping cart in Trader Joe's.
purposely hits my cart with her cart, and then sweetly says "Oh, excuse me!"
By Elmer
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 5:38pm
[img]https://elmercatdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2017/08...
Adorable.
By Scratchie
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 12:01pm
Adorable.
Quarter or two
By massmarrier
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:57pm
If I have to drive to that Joe's, I never head for the lot. The drivers are like hyenas circling for a space or maybe like ants mobbing a Popsicle on the sidewalk.
Across the street on Sewall or around on Harvard, I always get a space. It's worth the quarter, two if I have a long shopping list.It's a cheap price to avoid the mishegoss...I can walk a half block, and getting out and away is quicker.
Markets work
By Will LaTulippe
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 4:57pm
Trader Joe's, recognizing the blindingly obvious popularity of its Coolidge Corner store, is opening one in Lower Allston. GEE I WONDER IF THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO CASINO GAMING
Assembly Square Mall TJ's - Opens Tomorrow 9am!
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 5:20pm
Complaining about lack of parking started, oh, months ago! Most of it amounts to "I expect there to be an open space with my name on it right outside the front door at all hours because I (have a baby, have an elderly parent, can't be expected to walk, etc.).
This is in an area of extensive lanes and paths going almost to Boston and all the way into Medford, so I hope that there will be adequate bike parking, too.
I can't help but think of this
By BikerGeek
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 5:49pm
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That scene hurts
By merlinmurph
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 7:28am
My red '79 VW convertible was my favorite car - ouch
I drove to that TJs once to
By anon
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 6:24pm
I drove to that TJs once to buy their sparkling water and never again. Mem Drive TJ for all my needs with a far better parking lot.
I've made the same mistake
By BostonDog
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 7:41pm
Now I only buy non-carbonated water when driving there.
I started taking a long hard
By baustin
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:16am
I started taking a long hard look at my time management skills when I realized I was using a car to drive somewhere just to buy carbonated water.
Mem Drive lot is pretty wild
By tofu
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:15am
Mem Drive lot is pretty wild though. Only in comparison is it better. Kind of like, the Brookline TJs is Donald Trump, the Mem Drive TJs is Scaramucci.
my guess
By anon
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 7:48pm
The car smashed into the building didn't respect the queue (one way traffic to go in and out) and scooped the person waiting for that spot. They hit the gas, backed up, hit the gas again - then amnesia! Looks like parking lot rage over someone stealing their parking spot. Don't feel too bad for smashed car owner if this is true. Parking lot is bad enough without shenanigans.
Why
By Scratchie
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 9:28am
You can tell all that from a single photo? Why are you wasting your time on UHub when you could be helping the local police departments solve crimes?
do you own a dictionary?
By anon
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 12:39pm
look up the meaning of :"guess"
Do you have an empty room?
By Scratchie
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 1:11pm
Look inside it to see all the people who care about your "guess".
I've seen multiple incidents of rage
By anon
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 7:55pm
both inside and outside C.C. TJ. The way TJ management encourage passive aggressiveness and a faux 'chill' attitude among their employees doesn't help.
Safety
By Dfer
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 8:25pm
Was the driver wearing a helmet?
I always wonder...
By Dani B.
Thu, 08/03/2017 - 9:47pm
Whenever I’m at that TJ’s I always wonder how many people who drove there could’ve easily walked to that location. I suspect it’s a relatively high percentage...
I don't disagree, but...
By anon
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 7:28am
I'd bet only a small fraction of those drivers drove a few tenths of a mile to TJs, shopped, and drove straight home. I'd bet lots of folks driving around the area doing all kinds of errands stop in on their way home. Of course, some make the special trip but are buying more than their bodies can transport with a granny cart or in a few paper bags.
source: I shop there once a month, and maybe drive there once a year
maybe, maybe not
By SC from JP
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 9:23am
I'm as suspicious of drivers as any self-righteous urbanite, but "walkable" isn't the same thing as "walkable when carrying a bunch of groceries."
I don't know, I think they
By baustin
Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:21am
I don't know, I think they can be the same for some people. In my old neighborhood, lots of people got little rolling carts to walk to the grocery. That way they could take a whole load of groceries home on foot. The grocery store even sold the carts there. Plus there are so many cool bikes now that have a huge carrying capacity. I think a big grocery load does not always necessitate a car.
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