EAST 31st ST AT GARNETT RD

Tulsa, OklahomaNov 03, 20141 Comments

IT’S NOT JUST YOUR AVERAGE SPEED TRAP; IT’S A CONSTRUCTION ZONE TRAP. THE INTERSECTION HAS SOME CONSTRUCTION BARRICADES UP ON ALL 4 SIDES, BUT AT THE LIGHT FROM FACING NORTHBOUND ON GARNETT TO TURNING LEFT GOING WESTBOUND ON E 31st ST, THE LEFT TURN LANE IS & ALWAYS HAS BEEN OPEN. IT WAS NEVER BARRICADED, EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER LEFT TURN LANES FROM 3 OTHER DIRECTIONS HAVE BEEN BARRICADED FROM TIME TO TIME. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE ONE SMALL “NO LEFT TURN” ORANGE SIGN HANGING UP NEXT TO THE OVERHEAD TRAFFIC LIGHT FOR THAT DIRECTIONAL TURN LANE. THIS, THE OFFICER TOLD MY FAMILY, IS “4 SIGNS BEFORE THE INTERSECTION THAT SAY, ‘NO LEFT TURN’ ON THEM.” HE’S FULL OF HOGWASH! IT’S A TRAP! HE SITS UNDER THE BIG SIGN OF THE NEW CVS PHARMACY IN THE PARKING LOT, JUST WAITING TO SNAG WHOEVER IS LAST IN THE LINE TO TURN LEFT AT THAT LIGHT SO HE CAN TICKET THE POOR, UNSUSPECTING SOUL & FATTEN UP THE CITY’S GREEDY COFFERS! TODAY JUST HAPPENED TO BE MY FAMILY’S TURN. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE A MOVIE OF THIS ONE! [I TYPE IN ALL-CAPS DUE TO VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; NO OFFENSE INTENDED.]

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I also got a $150.00 ticket .A co worker said the radio today said OVER 100 tickets are being written up EVERY day at $150.00 each. I called the city for MORE warning signs.They said yes of course we will.Of course not…this is a big money maker for them. The other 3 signs he is talking about are three SMALL no left turn arrow signs (circle with a left turn arrow with a slash through it) ON the barricades in the construction zone ! Our eyes are NOT there but ahead of us and steering AWAY from construction. It IS a ticket trap and VERY unfair. I did not see the sign up near the light until I was halfway through the intersection. By then it was too late. NO cones or signs on the LEFT to grab our attention but plenty of signs to tell us no turning to the right where the construction is. VERY UNFAIR. I obey signs …when I SEE them.
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