The heat must be making people forget how to drive in rotaries; yes, it's even worse than you think
There are places to be courteous and let someone in ahead of you, but a Boston rotary is not one of them. A really peeved roving UHub driver from Roslindale is worried somebody's going to get killed if people don't stop stopping in the middle of a rotary to let somebody else into the flow of traffic (reminder for outatownas: People already in a rotary have the right of way):
Several times in the past week there have been drivers (maybe the same small brown car a few times) who come to a complete stop as if to let drivers enter the rotary.
Someone needs to clue these people in that this is not NJ.
They almost caused terrible accidents at least 3 times in the past week.
I live in Roslindale, across the Parkway from Bellevue Hill, and I drive these parkways almost daily, and usually go safely around however many rotaries, waiting my turn to enter, etc.
I called our local precinct non-emergency number and the officer said I should call the state troopers because DCR. The officer was very polite and sympathetic, and said he would bring it to DCR’s attention. Maybe DCR can make bigger signs or something. I love our beautiful rotaries with their beautiful plantings, so I hate the idea of bigger signs, but this new person or persons are scaring me. Jeesh!
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Roslindale busybodies at it
Roslindale busybodies at it again.
actually
It’s a public safety issue
(asshole)
I'm learning to drive and
I'm learning to drive and somehow worried it was me, since that rotary terrifies me, but I haven't driven in a small brown car, so...phew.
That having been said, for people living in a state with a lot of rotaries, we sure stink at driving in them.
So now we know that….
….Refugly drives a small brown car.
Many drivers don't understand the rules
Way too many drivers don't understand what 'yield' means. Getting a license to driver here is far easier than it should be.
Can we retire DCR already?
Hand over the roads to local public works/police departments. Hand over the parks to local parks departments. There's no need for a separate DCR, Greenway Comission, etc.
Could be out of towners,
Could be out of towners, other newbies thinking the decent thing to do at a rotary is to let people go?
Hope no one tries this at the Columbia Road rotary during the morning rush, it’s already an extremely slo-mo Mad Max thing,