tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59500029748223919272024-03-13T07:44:33.423-07:00parking ticket bullsh*tmdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-64533343074594190782012-06-15T07:14:00.002-07:002012-06-15T07:14:32.945-07:00Even limousines aren't above the law<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This pisses me off. The limo driver comes up. Parks in 2 spots. Doesn't bother to pay the parking meter (of course he can't because it's after 3:30 and because of the heavy "rush hour" traffic, the city won't let you park there and therefore you cannot pay the parking meter) he walked away without looking at the parking kiosk. He arrived back in time to attempt to talk his way out of the ticket but he failed. I hope he got twice the amount.</div>
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<br />mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-47075818398225413002012-05-23T14:19:00.000-07:002012-05-23T14:19:05.525-07:00Not really blocking traffic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Everything else is already blocking the "rush hour" traffic and ticketed. And being towed, so no harm, no foul just sitting in an unused spot. That teeny car wasn't really taking up that much space but it got towed anyway. Still had the deal plates on it.<br />
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Oh wait it's not. The parking checker is sitting there waiting for violators. Blocking the lane him/herself.<br />
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Yup. In the city's drive to keep the streets clear for "rush hour" traffic, this tow truck took 5 minutes of blocking all 3 lanes to tow a car yesterday. The owner came running out as I buzzed by on my scooter. There's no stopping the tow truck though.</div>
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Towed away 3 cars in the half hour I was watching. Generally speaking blocked at least 2 and often all 3 of the 3 lanes supposed to be left open for "rush hour" traffic for most of that time.</div>
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</div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-5855768807412523382010-01-05T08:31:00.000-08:002010-01-05T08:41:01.338-08:00New Year's Towing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;"> Nothing is as happy for me as seeing the lovely traditions of the season which the city cherishes and shares with her inhabitants, guests and visitors. From the lovely religion-neutral stars and blue circles hanging about the intersections to the, well, I can't think of much else. Most every other thing is paid for with private money. Those stars and circles may be too, for all I know. But what better way to ring in the new year with a right-at-3:45 towing of the first car off of Water Street. An act Scrooge would find heartwarming, the second tow truck was already lined up blocking traffic and waiting for a victim. Sure enough not 3 seconds into the towing of the first, with a tow truck sitting there no less, another car pulls up. Of course, the guy driving the tow truck did the decent thing and said nothing. A meter reader was along in just two shakes of a rat's ass and bingo. . . you can see the meter reader running anxiously to get to the car before the owner returned in the second picture.</span></span><br />
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</div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-1254336259597545902009-12-19T10:58:00.000-08:002009-12-19T10:58:26.569-08:00They must be exhausted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">One can imagine the rigors of the search for the illegal parker and just how terribly tired the champions of truth and justice (as it were) must become. This must be why the meter readers naps so frequently. I found this particular one just last Thursday at around 7:30 am. I'm sure she was refreshed and up to her task after her 40 winks.</span><br />
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #cc6600; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'times new roman', fantasy; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">Between 3:30 and 5:30, as you may already have read, the city does not want you to park on Water Street in the 600 block. This is so that the street remains clear for “rush hour” traffic. Not having people parking in that lane ostensibly opens a third lane for all the downtown traffic. But since it is not marked, and since the meter kiosk does not tell you cannot park there. People do anyway. And then with the incessantly hovering meter readers, 2 lanes are blocked. Throw in a tow truck and all 3 and sometimes the outside, oncoming lane is blocked. What is the point? If the city needs the street clear it is not being accomplished. The present system is a mess, it doesn’t do anything except make money for the city and for the towing companies. It is a misery for all the people who park there and most of them very unknowingly leave their cars because the city deliberately does not make it obvious that you are going to be ticketed much less towed.</span></h3><div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666;">Oh, and just give a drive by any morning around 7 in the vicinity of Lyon and Jackson and look for the sleeping meter readers.</span></div><div><br />
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</div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-47440418488259835012009-11-25T06:41:00.000-08:002009-11-25T06:46:01.221-08:00Parking issues retold. Part 1.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">The 600 block of N Water Street is a busy place during the day. Not so busy at night except on Friday and Saturday late, when the weird club is open. The city in its wisdom has seen fit, for as long as I've been working downtown, to forbid parking between 3:30 and 5:30 pm so the street is clear for rush hour (as if we have any) traffic. In theory, though unnecessary, this is fine. But in practice it is not workable nor fair.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">I have worked downtown for more than 30 years. For the last 25 or so I have had a window office on the second floor that faces the corner of Water and Wisconsin. Somehow, and what seems like suddenly, though in fact it's been several years, the parking checkers have multiplied like rabbits, or maybe lice is a better word. One day it just dawned on me that we had a much larger force and they were vicious about their job. If you park downtown and your meter expires, you WILL have a parking ticket. And if you come out in the course of the ticket being written, you have no chance of talking him or her out of it.</span></span></div></span>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-7327987579790076382009-11-06T11:00:00.000-08:002009-11-06T11:04:07.056-08:00Hoping for a little magic or at least mischief<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">It is unclear what these elves were doing parking on Water Street but my hope is that they were up to no good vis a vis the parking checkers. Whatever they were doing they were also picketing for employment. Things must be getting rough at the North Pole what with all the global warming and such.</span></span><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2GewXDaSTCRUxAIvkismoHx9_d7crRg24CN3vkT1k86aqv9pTDs8Sr1B8UYuwnhhkCsALcsw13gOARxezfwYWI_vOCfZenS3i6ioDUXGNaBmSdb8B21YshUC_bC2BwvObPCW76YfBAAK/s1600-h/elves2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2GewXDaSTCRUxAIvkismoHx9_d7crRg24CN3vkT1k86aqv9pTDs8Sr1B8UYuwnhhkCsALcsw13gOARxezfwYWI_vOCfZenS3i6ioDUXGNaBmSdb8B21YshUC_bC2BwvObPCW76YfBAAK/s200/elves2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401067870211152450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WnEDV85o9I2PxhCgYX7JfZkaWbK-zrUFgCnrNw4Dv301t0MDHhLM_DLR_Bl1KZSfNwDU9zHqVUafKIrwRh0g2Pt9HjrhwcmSaGDD3KcOpEoaiKloZXvTGypJXbrLhem9wIqJv736Xtq3/s1600-h/elves1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WnEDV85o9I2PxhCgYX7JfZkaWbK-zrUFgCnrNw4Dv301t0MDHhLM_DLR_Bl1KZSfNwDU9zHqVUafKIrwRh0g2Pt9HjrhwcmSaGDD3KcOpEoaiKloZXvTGypJXbrLhem9wIqJv736Xtq3/s200/elves1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401067779394803378" /></a><br /></div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-60818404103568480382009-10-28T13:40:00.000-07:002009-10-28T13:43:00.396-07:00Sleeping on the job.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">This morning on the way to work I drove past (and hastily took a picture) of Meter reader, car 56 taking a snooze on the clock. Not only was she sleeping on the job, she was taking up a parking space in an area of valuable spaces.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRWBiO0mCp4i0ZBl7jh9ZrpVvDDFdTfVurZ1QGQyLbV9AjdmPSlfy0L7zFJbcZQyGgIfbUNyVgWsj-p3Fmvgiyn4a9ntbVCOqGizYKt9u__WbGx1P1fDXbKpNx1v6P3mkwGulRbmMkUhv/s1600-h/sleep.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRWBiO0mCp4i0ZBl7jh9ZrpVvDDFdTfVurZ1QGQyLbV9AjdmPSlfy0L7zFJbcZQyGgIfbUNyVgWsj-p3Fmvgiyn4a9ntbVCOqGizYKt9u__WbGx1P1fDXbKpNx1v6P3mkwGulRbmMkUhv/s200/sleep.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397753630172042210" /></a></div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-16086396045437197452009-10-21T08:35:00.001-07:002009-10-21T08:39:15.923-07:00Lickin' his chops<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Not a car parked illegally, not even one in sight. So you'd think that the rush hour traffic could just breeze through. Instead, this towing service is just in the way waiting for some unknowing victim to park. After that he'll have to wait for the meter reader finally come and give the ticket so he can tow the car.</span></span> <div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuPivBy3pBwk7v5FK7u1cZB1s5wNGZ2l4CeFeMUy3N83P9mNUgafKIesKzGbM6vpazOslrumKtpe5oL7NYbSYhUoZ8lf0OenwT1PN-wNLB-JUExzEwnxtm5g_czp2IcDlwf8se1-sJr6L/s1600-h/lickin+his+chops.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuPivBy3pBwk7v5FK7u1cZB1s5wNGZ2l4CeFeMUy3N83P9mNUgafKIesKzGbM6vpazOslrumKtpe5oL7NYbSYhUoZ8lf0OenwT1PN-wNLB-JUExzEwnxtm5g_czp2IcDlwf8se1-sJr6L/s200/lickin+his+chops.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395077534210182802" /></a><br /></div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-63416244806935433682009-10-06T08:58:00.001-07:002009-10-06T09:03:44.774-07:00Good deed do-er<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">These folks were going to park their car at 4 pm. Fortunately for them, one of my co-workers, Javier, was crossing the street to go to the gym where he is working on extra cardio to lose weight in a bet he has going with Dave, but that's another story. He walked past them, then came back and told them that they couldn't park there (he's partially hidden by the light pole), saving them the $50 ticket and the possible $150 towing charge. I was pleased to know I work with such compassionate people.</span></span><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qVegDHjGVfV8JgdW6cA9D9bGUJxFHZNK72c42kas3HZL-7W4vI7BoL_5GnajZ0_045MP-q8plGVRpPNA5QuEbYEBCn2ii9b9buyemocTO3M-dUVT49qIO7jY8zQa8DCDA-M5e8D_PL8G/s1600-h/folks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qVegDHjGVfV8JgdW6cA9D9bGUJxFHZNK72c42kas3HZL-7W4vI7BoL_5GnajZ0_045MP-q8plGVRpPNA5QuEbYEBCn2ii9b9buyemocTO3M-dUVT49qIO7jY8zQa8DCDA-M5e8D_PL8G/s320/folks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389517524435495634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF8cqNrW63HVJ9rGCkTLIqXfCcbWFXmWvhSrBW-dt-uySuxkar4WkaWv5wf1Vf1oYJMW7lvROVCssnJ3b0qEiP-qmxcwzX-TXwqQseLBZtTb83l8FcU1Bm9Rywb9tFOV149JJZAZOtjmK/s1600-h/good+deed+doer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF8cqNrW63HVJ9rGCkTLIqXfCcbWFXmWvhSrBW-dt-uySuxkar4WkaWv5wf1Vf1oYJMW7lvROVCssnJ3b0qEiP-qmxcwzX-TXwqQseLBZtTb83l8FcU1Bm9Rywb9tFOV149JJZAZOtjmK/s320/good+deed+doer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389517182531803938" /></a><br /></div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-63233285112449834222009-10-05T10:17:00.000-07:002009-10-05T10:21:23.849-07:00Prominent attorney reads sign<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">In a display of unexpected intelligence, a local attorney actually read the sign after he tried to park his shiny silver jag after 3:30 and the meter wouldn't take his coin. He left. Too bad for his pouting girlfriend who was waiting impatiently for him.</span></span><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYyzOHRIlmBe3oD3FcIKQnbu0IcIQVGKTAjOQBk2fe0Cx7FgqFaJF_3ehZQD7mqHtn-EkycNavl1GqC-qPiCaxAOm8tlFPDtypz4uw8Pv_xsaJlDClHdcyG39neo7JLW0M2bEUBg_fk6y/s1600-h/prominent+attorney.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYyzOHRIlmBe3oD3FcIKQnbu0IcIQVGKTAjOQBk2fe0Cx7FgqFaJF_3ehZQD7mqHtn-EkycNavl1GqC-qPiCaxAOm8tlFPDtypz4uw8Pv_xsaJlDClHdcyG39neo7JLW0M2bEUBg_fk6y/s320/prominent+attorney.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389166607302684178" /></a><br /></div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-41370280362536555152009-10-02T07:00:00.001-07:002009-10-02T07:17:00.436-07:00The Getaway<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Yet another example of the city keeping the streets clear. Here the tow truck sits waiting for the meter reader to come and give the car a ticket (you can see in the first picture that there is no ticket on the car) so he can tow it. Oddly, the meter reader, of which there are generally 2 or 3 thousand hovering on the block, was nowhere in sight and the truck patiently waited for 20 minutes (blocking traffic the entire time), so long that the owner of the car, who was in violation of city ordinance for over 20 minutes came out, frantically got in his car, drove off and got away scott free. The middle picture is the evil tow truck driver.</span></span><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtLP7VhpLsIgQTg9gFltMO2H6fLdSawR_jY0UrJgC9zGve0fZDKUpZa4v6WvV2FD1ebfXGXWytwAWr0MiOg7upJJyq9uvlRDfkTFJ-Nd9MJa7Tpe407zY0JSOq52g8_w-t6TB9zfPNnpL/s1600-h/getaway3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtLP7VhpLsIgQTg9gFltMO2H6fLdSawR_jY0UrJgC9zGve0fZDKUpZa4v6WvV2FD1ebfXGXWytwAWr0MiOg7upJJyq9uvlRDfkTFJ-Nd9MJa7Tpe407zY0JSOq52g8_w-t6TB9zfPNnpL/s320/getaway3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388005094626444882" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxVXMEmPQilugwekmZ6stWAv19bcH1pT6-VaXGJSwEKQBAkBvX16l0CgFzDAIbR93b1fcFEb-s9uZHFNr24DrLFbAQu53wq96kq8keEfC1lx39HAn5zPNIEo5DAkZ5pY2QUDckeIOQxAm/s1600-h/getway2.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxVXMEmPQilugwekmZ6stWAv19bcH1pT6-VaXGJSwEKQBAkBvX16l0CgFzDAIbR93b1fcFEb-s9uZHFNr24DrLFbAQu53wq96kq8keEfC1lx39HAn5zPNIEo5DAkZ5pY2QUDckeIOQxAm/s320/getway2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388002381681747330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pWderxglTL7PAQQ_AdbELI8vZyLFsHoIbaCrKicipA7SX8x0MkWdttxWVnh_X3D8uG5FRa0gyDgy3vv9Y8GCEatGopHy-OXfGdxYBRQ7gu6gJk6rKWd2-MsReLhzL80dDyrQqIGycrGE/s1600-h/getaway1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pWderxglTL7PAQQ_AdbELI8vZyLFsHoIbaCrKicipA7SX8x0MkWdttxWVnh_X3D8uG5FRa0gyDgy3vv9Y8GCEatGopHy-OXfGdxYBRQ7gu6gJk6rKWd2-MsReLhzL80dDyrQqIGycrGE/s320/getaway1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388002282688935458" /></a><br /></div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950002974822391927.post-14755862241860139042009-09-18T10:48:00.001-07:002009-09-18T10:52:00.597-07:00Free flowing traffic<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">In their never ending campaign to make sure our downtown streets are clear for the onslaught of rush hour traffic, the city has mandated "no left hand turns" between 3:30 and 6. As you can see, at 5 pm, the inability to turn left is keeping the traffic flowing nicely, all 6 of the cars were moving well. </span></span><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ipfttqDtbGmJ_Y2pC5h_Wd1JwQ9XBt9kz5WyF4dAAQ4_ai-vcO_5yn75-hkndEa9GxeUYUMkyI3-wRYaVyfgHcDCmuORBkT0HbeErOujl1Y0vceRveYTIdeA6ZFygf3TWwo13WWOyJSa/s1600-h/no+left+turn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ipfttqDtbGmJ_Y2pC5h_Wd1JwQ9XBt9kz5WyF4dAAQ4_ai-vcO_5yn75-hkndEa9GxeUYUMkyI3-wRYaVyfgHcDCmuORBkT0HbeErOujl1Y0vceRveYTIdeA6ZFygf3TWwo13WWOyJSa/s320/no+left+turn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382865904610850226" /></a><br /></div></div>mdillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638359185086407500noreply@blogger.com0