Comments on: As long as we’re complaining about drivers…

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:30:14 +0000

While gazing out my condo window one day, I saw two people within FIVE minutes, driving the wrong way on my one-way street. I wonder how many people do it when I’m not looking!

By: SrThomasJN

SrThomasJN — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:01:44 +0000

I’ve seen many people drive the wrong way on one-way streets especially around the U of MN campus. What I would really like to see is more “you are driving the wrong way” kind of signs on streets… like maybe the back side of stop signs on one ways… Say something clear “WRONG WAY” in very bright colors… Yellow and black.

White and black doesn’t seem to work well enough

By: yuki

yuki — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:00:31 +0000

I once (many years ago) directed an out of town friend to go the wrong way on 4th by the U. In my defense, it was POURING rain and no one else was stupid enough to be out on the roads… we were headed the bar - no silly thunder storm was going to ruin a good night of drinking for us!

(Did I mention this was years ago?)

By: Random

Random — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:11:12 +0000

Jeremy H,
You will.

By: Morg

Morg — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:41:24 +0000

Bill,

There’s at least one trooper out there who was sick the day they told them to keep right.

I was on 169 between St. Peter and Mankato awhile back and encountered a LONG line of cars in both lanes, like 30+ cars deep in each lane.

On a curve I was able to see a cop in the left lane doing about 60 mph(the limit is 65).

He was blocking the left lane and no one had the guts to pass him on the right. I was so ticked. The moron single handedly was creating a very dangerous situation, as I could see people ahead of me getting impatient, tailgating,veering onto the left shoulder, etc.

How could this cop, who is trained and paid to be observant, not notice the havoc they were creating? Hard not to notice 60 cars stacked up behind you. Probably on a power trip.

Finally after about 10 miles he turned into the median.

This was the same day someone in St. Peter decided it would be a good idea to close 169 thru town for their annual celebration. No cops directing traffic, no signs, no detour, just road closed, good luck. Of course it was uncontrolled chaos on the side streets. It took me an hour to get thru the town of 8,000.

Between the braindead cop and the imbeciles planning the event in St. Peter, I was ready to go Postal!

By: MnBikeCommuter

MnBikeCommuter — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:42:23 +0000

Jeremy H., I’m glad you’re a perfect person. When a person is in strange territory and looking for street signs hidden behind trees on any of the four corners of an intersection, etc., there gets to be a lot to absorb, and one-way signs, which look an awful lot like speed limit signs, can easily be overlooked. Hopefully now you won’t be quite as amazed and will be a little more forgiving.

By: David

David — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:22:28 +0000

How timely!

Just this morning on my way to work I turned from 28th St. onto Stevens Ave. (to get to 35-W). A van in front of me was sort of straddling the two (opposing flow) lanes. Finally, he decided to move over into the left (oncoming!) lane. Now, the striping on that portion of Stevens isn’t the best owing to various kinds of construction along that stretch, but when the van driver realized his mistake (sitting at the red light at Lake Street), he decided to “fix” the problem by DRIVING THROUGH THE RED LIGHT, crossing Lake St. onto the portion of Stevens that _is_ a southbound one-way.

Of course, then he didn’t realize that that portion of Stevens is a one-way so when he got to 31st St. and realized that he needed to be in the left lane to enter southbound 35-W, he pulled the last-minute lane shift, sticking his front-end into the left lane and leaving his read-end in the right lane.

*Sigh*

By: lovetodrivegirl

lovetodrivegirl — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:01:49 +0000

I kid you not, but last week in Burnsville on County Road 5, there was a SUV driving backwards for more than one block on the wrong side of the street.

When you see those kinds of things you wonder “what!”

He/She was able to back up in a straight line and stayed in one lane, which was good.

By: lovetodrivegirl

lovetodrivegirl — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:56:33 +0000

One time I was going south on Hennepin Ave and turned right to go Lake Street towards Excelsior Blvd thinking it was still a two-way street.

Cars coming at me from all lanes, I had to quick turn right into an alley and find my street that I needed to go on in order to go towards St. Louis Park.

This happened at night time. I don’t recall seeing any “No Turn on Right” signs in the area.

By: Dave G

Dave G — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:55:24 +0000

I’ve done it myself, and felt the proper idiot afterwards. Since most people tend to make bonehead mistakes once in a while when driving I usually resist the urge at displaying indignant outrage when I see other people do things like this.

Besides, they may be a lot bigger than I am……..