Lincoln Ct » traffic

Crash at the Corner

macenable — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:03:33 +0000

Echoing through the neighborhood this afternoon, the sound of a serious car accident. As usual, it was at Lincoln & Malone:

Click to view slideshow.

No one was hurt seriously except the passenger sitting in the right car. She seemed to be in a state of shock and eventually left the scene on a stretcher.

The little pedestrian with the scooter was also hurt, but I don’t know how that happened.

This intersection seems to be a more dangerous than most. Why is that?

Botts’ Dots

macenable — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:07:43 +0000

Street department recently added 32 (why does it say 23?) to mark the lanes and provide tactile feedback to drivers:

Named after Elbert Botts, a Caltrans engineer, botts’ dots are round nonreflective raised pavement markers, made of ceramic or plastic and fastened to the road with epoxy.

(Hint: Click on the above image to stretch the view.)

Grocery Cart Etiquette

macenable — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:00:13 +0000

This afternoon in Safeway’s parking lot, a young lady loaded groceries into her car, left her grocery cart right behind my car, then drove away. I don’t know what to make of this:

I ran up with my camera. She must have seen the flash and heard me calling after her, but she just ignored me.

So peaceful …

macenable — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:20:16 +0000

Unusually quiet day on our street.

Men At Work – June 4

macenable — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:35:54 +0000

They’ve started tearing up our street:

At first glance you wouldn’t think there is anything wrong with our street, no potholes or such, but this is what I was told:

We’re prepping for a keep-seal program. What we’re doing is taking out the bad stuff, putting in the good stuff. And then over the summer, or in about a month or so … it’s a two part process. The first part is the gravel and oil. Oil and rock will go down as the first sealer, and in about a month after that we’re going to put a black scooter seal on top of it. The oil is thick enough and has polymers and things like that to seal the cracks. That will seal the street to save it for another twenty years.

John, followed by Ringrid, Paulette, & Georgia

macenable — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:26:25 +0000

The crossing guard’s name is Brian (coincidence?)

(from Google Street View)

Street Scene

macenable — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:10:54 +0000

How many city workers does it take to fill a pothole?

Bad Karma for Night Raider

macenable — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:26:37 +0000

This poor possum was eating tomatoes from our garden moments before running out into the street.

Dead Possum Photo <- rated R (for roadkill)

It makes me sad, and I’ve got to wonder: Where is its spirit right now? Is it with me looking back at it?

Depressing Traffic on Minnesota

macenable — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:05:12 +0000

Cops seem to be everywhere today.