Sign says "Here All Belong" - except SUV drivers on the tracks. Photo by TPD.
Transit Police report that around midnight, a 22-year-old driver from the Framingham suburb of Ashland was speeding down Huntington Avenue when he blasted through a red light and then "crashed into a traffic pole and somehow landed on MBTA GL M.F.A. stop."
The driver will face charges of operating to endanger, speeding and ignoring a red light, police say, adding he was uninjured.
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The Transit Police
By anon
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:33pm
Give out more traffic citations than fare evasion citations
Why did they block the
By Kinopio
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:46pm
Why did they block the license plate? Its not confidential information. Stop doing everything possible to treat criminal drivers with kid gloves.
Not blocked on Twitter
By downtown-anon
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 1:32pm
If you need know the plate, it is pretty easy to pull out of the Twitter post.
Not sure why they hid it in one picture and not the other.
"ignoring a red light"
By Michael
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:55pm
Wow, that must be one of those silly old laws from the 1700s that they only dust off once in a while, like "herding Pigs in the city limits on the Sabbath" or "making Eye contact with a known Slattern within sight of the local Church" - could have a chilling effect on local drivers if they start enforcing that one
Not a day goes by when I don't see cars speeding through reds.
By CopleyScott17
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 3:01pm
There's no longer even a tiny speck of concern they might get pulled over and cited, or hit a pedestrian or another vehicle, streetcars included. The city has entirely given up on enforcing traffic laws.
Seriously
By Michael
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 3:21pm
And remember when they were going to outlaw driving with a cell phone in your hand? I'm actually shocked when I'm waiting for a bus and see someone drive by who isn't holding one.
It's not just Boston
By h and h
Thu, 02/09/2023 - 12:52pm
I recently moved out of state and still check this site occasionally. People driving 55 in a 30, blowing through stop signs and red lights, pulling crazy moves just to save 2.5 seconds. It's terrible and the police don't seem interested in enforcing anything. I've written my local office a few times but doubt it's having any impact. They'd rather pay lip service when someone is killed than do anything proactive. I'm not ragging on cops, it just seems to be the current state of the world
"the Framingham suburb of Ashland"?
By Form
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 2:31pm
Ouch. Accurate, but ouch.
I came here to comment...
By JJ
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 7:25pm
... on this very fine bit of prose.
Based
By anon
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 8:25am
Based
TIL Framingham has suburbs.
By xyz
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 3:13pm
TIL Framingham has suburbs.
Able to write that from years of experience
By adamg
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 4:51pm
I once covered Ashland as a reporter, then got promoted to the Big F.
But Grandpa...
By Former Westroxer
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 5:24pm
Framingham was still a town then, wasn't it? Or can you call anything a suburb if nearby bigger neighbor has city-like problems? (In Framingham's case, without the good parts)
Yes, the largest town in New England had suburbs
By adamg
Thu, 02/09/2023 - 1:13pm
Amazing but true.
How you gonna keep 'em down
By xyz
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 8:49am
How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Framingham.
whither Natick
By JJ
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 9:36am
Is Natick a suburb or is it like Framingham's Cambridge?
If you like, Frambridge.
By xyz
Tue, 02/07/2023 - 10:26am
If you like, Frambridge.
Framingham is Natick's Cambridge, actually...
By Karl
Wed, 02/08/2023 - 12:25pm
QED.
Somehow, I'm picturing this
By Don't Panic
Mon, 02/06/2023 - 11:36pm
Somehow, I'm picturing this SUV doing a side somersault vault and sticking the landing on the tracks.
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