EAST 31st ST AT GARNETT RD
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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