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The push was on at JP Whole Foods
By adamg on Wed, 02/14/2018 - 5:04pm
![Subaru pushed down fence at the Jamaica Plain Whole Foods](https://www.universalhub.com/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2018/fencepusher.jpg?itok=XIjeSn9i)
Gretchen Van Ness captured the scene at the Jamaica Plain Whole Foods this afternoon, where somebody managed to push down a fence in the parking lot and then a tree planted on Centre Street. No injuries, although a woman who had been on the sidewalk just a few feet away was shaken up.
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I never thought to check what
I never thought to check what that fence is made of, but clearly all the supports sheared at the base, so I guess it must be plastic (or really thin metal). I think some corners were cut here...
Sometimes these things are
Sometimes these things are designed to break the way they do: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/breakaway-hit-street-side-posts-d...
Fence material
So that is what happened. I saw the fence leaning last night, the tree limbs and the caution tape.
I believe it was a metal fence with the vegetable motifs cutouts along the top rail.
If you're a fence
you've got to understand, cars are going to hit you.
Missing apostrophe?
Should it be Jamaica Plain's? Or Jamaica Plain?
Must be near the Boston
Must be near the Boston Commons
Or ...
The Mission Hills I wrote about earlier today. Fixed.
The construction crew at
The construction crew at Forest Hills's Forest Hills Diner is blocking customers from entering.
Obligatory "Gettin' Real in the Whole Foods Parking Lot"
The more I see this
The more I love my bike.
Tune up. Jump on. Opt out.
Welcome to the danger zone.
Welcome to the danger zone.
Any idea why a person would drive into a fence?
Drunk? Extremely poor driver? Possessed by the Spirit of Fence Haters?
wrong pedal I guess
Somehow got confused and hit the gas instead of the brake? This is an extremely tight parking lot, I can't see how you'd just lose control.
It is an extremely tight parking lot ...
... and the traffic flow pattern is not clearly defined. I expect there are a lot of fender benders there. Doesn't explain this, however.
Shoe got stuck between the
Shoe got stuck between the pedals, and driver panicked?
(Happened to me once, although I handled it well, and no damage done. But I drive barefoot now, just in case.)