‘Slow Streets’ is stupid

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So a jam up doesn't slow things down? Interesting.

Yes, you are correct. When cars have stop because they've hit pedestrians because they couldn't see them due to the slow streets signs, they slow down. Seems ideal.

Have pedestrians been hit by people slowing down for slow streets? Where has this happened?

Georgia and Lamont/Kenyon, NW.

It’s the turn on Lamont which gets backed up due to the slow streets sign. Then cars on Georgia going south try to get around the back up but can’t see, and a pedestrian was crossing.

Sounds like we should ban cars everywhere in the city until we can figure out why the drivers act like such psychopaths wantonly injuring and killing people with total abandon!

[Anonymous]

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Sounds like we should ban cars everywhere in the city until we can figure out why the drivers act like such psychopaths wantonly injuring and killing people with total abandon!

Hell yes! #bancars

[Anonymous]

Or, you know, come up with a better policy than slow streets. Like speed bumps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. Smash the cars of people who violate traffic laws and put us all at risk.

This. We’ve put a bag of river cobbles (rocks about the size of a roma tomato) outside in our front yard where have our distancing chairs for visitors. When people with Maryland tags come flying down our street taking a shortcut to River Road, we throw them at them. We’re probably 4-for-20 in hitting cars. Usually they’re going so fast we can’t even throw a rock fast enough to hit them. But we’ve landed a few!

OMG, I think I LOVE you!!!!!

I think the word “hero” is overused in today’s vernacular- but not in this case! I’d hug you if we weren’t in a pandemic!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like the slow street signs at this stage create accidents. No one avoids driving down a slow street. They just jam up when trying to turn into or out of one.

Slow Streets has to be the dumbest idea to come out of the DC government in a long time.

+1

And there are a LOT of worthy contenders for that honor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So a jam up doesn't slow things down? Interesting.

Yes, you are correct. When cars have stop because they've hit pedestrians because they couldn't see them due to the slow streets signs, they slow down. Seems ideal.

Have pedestrians been hit by people slowing down for slow streets? Where has this happened?

Georgia and Lamont/Kenyon, NW.

It’s the turn on Lamont which gets backed up due to the slow streets sign. Then cars on Georgia going south try to get around the back up but can’t see, and a pedestrian was crossing.

Oh, you mean an impatient driver broke a basic rule of driving because they were having to wait an extra thirty seconds and so hit someone. Such bad driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. Smash the cars of people who violate traffic laws and put us all at risk.

This. We’ve put a bag of river cobbles (rocks about the size of a roma tomato) outside in our front yard where have our distancing chairs for visitors. When people with Maryland tags come flying down our street taking a shortcut to River Road, we throw them at them. We’re probably 4-for-20 in hitting cars. Usually they’re going so fast we can’t even throw a rock fast enough to hit them. But we’ve landed a few!

OMG, I think I LOVE you!!!!!

I think the word “hero” is overused in today’s vernacular- but not in this case! I’d hug you if we weren’t in a pandemic!

Um, throwing any object at a moving vehicle is a felony, even cobbles. WTF is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. Smash the cars of people who violate traffic laws and put us all at risk.

This. We’ve put a bag of river cobbles (rocks about the size of a roma tomato) outside in our front yard where have our distancing chairs for visitors. When people with Maryland tags come flying down our street taking a shortcut to River Road, we throw them at them. We’re probably 4-for-20 in hitting cars. Usually they’re going so fast we can’t even throw a rock fast enough to hit them. But we’ve landed a few!

OMG, I think I LOVE you!!!!!

I think the word “hero” is overused in today’s vernacular- but not in this case! I’d hug you if we weren’t in a pandemic!

Um, throwing any object at a moving vehicle is a felony, even cobbles. WTF is wrong with you?

Depending on how “well” they throw the rocks it could even rise to a murder charge. There’s a lot of sick people out there. I hope the police catch them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. Smash the cars of people who violate traffic laws and put us all at risk.

This. We’ve put a bag of river cobbles (rocks about the size of a roma tomato) outside in our front yard where have our distancing chairs for visitors. When people with Maryland tags come flying down our street taking a shortcut to River Road, we throw them at them. We’re probably 4-for-20 in hitting cars. Usually they’re going so fast we can’t even throw a rock fast enough to hit them. But we’ve landed a few!

OMG, I think I LOVE you!!!!!

I think the word “hero” is overused in today’s vernacular- but not in this case! I’d hug you if we weren’t in a pandemic!

it is hard to believe there are people this stupid. one of those drivers is going to pull over and beat you to a pulp.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t a street that’s closed to through traffic basically a publicly funded shared driveway?

+1. Love all the privilege here. Your neighbors one street over likely "love" the fact that all of the traffic that was previously distributed across several blocks are now concentrated on their block, now that yours is "safe" and off-limits to other taxpaying drivers.

Just a stupid, ill-planned idea. In my mom's Brookland neighborhood, all three of the streets that provide drop-off access to the Metro station are designated as "safe streets." Great planning there! Granted, one could drive around the neighborhood to figure out how to approach the drop-off point to stay under the two-block limit, but I wonder how this makes sense.

I think of all of the older drivers who were accustomed to driving their "route" to and from points A and B and who now have to learn new ways of getting to their destinations.

I, for one, would rather stay within the speed limit rather than attempt to negotiate around these "safe street" havens.

None of the slow streets are closed. You are just supposed to not drive on them unless you live on them. Everyone ignores that.

Yep. They are absolutely random, with no thought given to adjacent one-way streets, increased traffic on parallel streets, or how many detours a driver ends up having to make to get to their destination. I mostly ignore them and am glad they are going away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Sounds like we should ban cars everywhere in the city until we can figure out why the drivers act like such psychopaths wantonly injuring and killing people with total abandon!

Hell yes! #bancars

Do you drive a car? You know the ban would include you too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Sounds like we should ban cars everywhere in the city until we can figure out why the drivers act like such psychopaths wantonly injuring and killing people with total abandon!

Hell yes! #bancars

Do you drive a car? You know the ban would include you too

I would be down with getting rid of all the bike lanes that no one uses. Would free up a lot of needed parking for drivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Sounds like we should ban cars everywhere in the city until we can figure out why the drivers act like such psychopaths wantonly injuring and killing people with total abandon!

Hell yes! #bancars

Do you drive a car? You know the ban would include you too

I would be down with getting rid of all the bike lanes that no one uses. Would free up a lot of needed parking for drivers.

+1

The K St bike lanes under Whitehurst are a joke. I live nearby and have never seen anyone using them; the bike riders are all in the road.

[Anonymous]

There will likely be bike lanes on Connecticut Avenue this time 3 years from now.

I can't wait!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Sounds like we should ban cars everywhere in the city until we can figure out why the drivers act like such psychopaths wantonly injuring and killing people with total abandon!

Hell yes! #bancars

Do you drive a car? You know the ban would include you too

I would be down with getting rid of all the bike lanes that no one uses. Would free up a lot of needed parking for drivers.

+1

The K St bike lanes under Whitehurst are a joke. I live nearby and have never seen anyone using them; the bike riders are all in the road.

Go to any street in DC with bike lanes. Stand there for ten minutes and count the number of cars you see and the number of bicyclists you see. The ratio will probably be at least 100:1.

It is strange we build all these bike lanes that barely anyone even uses. It's such a waste of space.