http://davelew.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] davelew.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2007-08-30 05:24 pm
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Intersection of Bristol, Broadway, and Willow

I need someplace to vent, and this seems appropriate.

Every weekday, my route home from my work takes me down Bristol Rd, across Broadway at Ball Square, and onto Willow Ave. Nearly every day, someone coming the opposite direction on Willow Ave and turning left cuts me off at the traffic light. It's like people driving up Willow have no idea that it's a four-way intersection, and think they can turn left at will without yielding to oncoming traffic.

Today, a car cut me off, then slowed down. The four cars behind them closed ranks, and all crept past (while I honked and debated the merits of T-Boning them) until my light had changed from green to red. I had to shift into reverse and back up onto Bristol to avoid the Broadway traffic.

Then, to make matters worse, the car waiting in line at Willow nearly hit me when it tried to turn left onto Broadway through my car. I had just honked at four cars, how did she not know I was there? Is there a cloaking field covering the end of Bristol that masks my honking? Or is it a rudeness field over the end of Willow that makes drivers not care?
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[personal profile] ceo 2007-08-31 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Yes it is; I still get messed up by those lights. If anyone reading this was nearly run down by a maroon Subaru station wagon running the red light, while crossing from the center island to the funeral home a couple nights ago, that was me and I'm sorry.

What really frosts my ass is the pedestrian crossing signal exiting the rotary on Broadway eastbound, which hoses the entire intersection whenever someone pushes the button.

[personal profile] ron_newman 2007-08-31 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
I remember that this kind of arrangement was fairly common in England when I visited there, but that was 23 years ago.