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?

[identity profile] gwodder.livejournal.com 2007-08-30 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
sounds like everyone, everywhere, every day, driving in this town.

You're not REALLY surprised that people don't care if you are there/honk, are you?

Anyway, you're not describing anything specific to that intersection.

:D

[identity profile] grapefruiteater.livejournal.com 2007-08-30 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah—there are lots of bad drivers in Somerville, and lots of asshole drivers, but there are lots of poorly designed roads and intersections, and the intersection in question is one of the worst. Scary drivers + bad intersections = maybe I should find a different way to drive to work.

[identity profile] gwodder.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Pull up google maps get the straightaway route that it gives you, and randomly drag the route away from the corners you hate... instant modified directions, and you get to see parts of the city you never saw afore.
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[identity profile] bikergeek.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't you know? Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote the state motto of Massachusetts: "To strive, to seek, and never to yield."