wrong-way driving on M street (parents rushing to school drop-off)

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Anonymous wrote:All day long I see people commit flagrant traffic violations right in front of MPD. The police do not care. The other day I ran a red light with a cop parked right there, just to see what would happen. Spoiler: nothing. No reaction.

The police in this city are a joke.

Your personal responsibility isn't all that much either, it seems.

This is why you see men in fancy business suits jumping the metro fare gates. When something isn’t against the law (or you don’t enforce the law) society falls apart.

I took the metro for the first time in a long time today, and wondered why I should pay the fare.

Yes, as we all know, if everyone else is doing something that's wrong, it's no longer wrong and you should do it, too.

I think that's how we legalized marijuana and that turned out fine.

No, that's not how we legalized marijuana. We legalized it by legalizing it. With laws.

Laws that were changed because everyone was already ignoring the existing ones. So there was really no alternative but to legalize weed.

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Anonymous wrote:All day long I see people commit flagrant traffic violations right in front of MPD. The police do not care. The other day I ran a red light with a cop parked right there, just to see what would happen. Spoiler: nothing. No reaction.

The police in this city are a joke.

Your personal responsibility isn't all that much either, it seems.

This is why you see men in fancy business suits jumping the metro fare gates. When something isn’t against the law (or you don’t enforce the law) society falls apart.

I took the metro for the first time in a long time today, and wondered why I should pay the fare.

Yes, as we all know, if everyone else is doing something that's wrong, it's no longer wrong and you should do it, too.

I think that's how we legalized marijuana and that turned out fine.

No, that's not how we legalized marijuana. We legalized it by legalizing it. With laws.

Laws that were changed because everyone was already ignoring the existing ones. So there was really no alternative but to legalize weed.

Traffic laws are effectively nonexistent (definitely not enforced) in DC. Do what you do!

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Anonymous wrote:All day long I see people commit flagrant traffic violations right in front of MPD. The police do not care. The other day I ran a red light with a cop parked right there, just to see what would happen. Spoiler: nothing. No reaction.

The police in this city are a joke.

Your personal responsibility isn't all that much either, it seems.

This is why you see men in fancy business suits jumping the metro fare gates. When something isn’t against the law (or you don’t enforce the law) society falls apart.

I took the metro for the first time in a long time today, and wondered why I should pay the fare.

Yes, as we all know, if everyone else is doing something that's wrong, it's no longer wrong and you should do it, too.

I think that's how we legalized marijuana and that turned out fine.

No, that's not how we legalized marijuana. We legalized it by legalizing it. With laws.

Laws that were changed because everyone was already ignoring the existing ones. So there was really no alternative but to legalize weed.

Traffic laws are effectively nonexistent (definitely not enforced) in DC. Do what you do!

This. My kid is in one of the schools discussed above and I turn left on Bank Street which is no left turn in the morning. But the police don’t enforce so staying on M until 33rd street has become dangerous. Until they start enforcing it I’ll keep turning on Bank so I don’t get into an accident.

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anonymousDCist wrote:To the local ANCs and those with connections to get police & city services changes -- PLEASE do something about the people repeatedly driving the wrong way down M street (IE: nearly the length of a block) to turn left/north on 33rd. These parents that think it's okay to drive the wrong way just because they are in a hurry to do school drop off - it's ridiculous. Today 7 cars drove nearly the length of an entire block, trying to cut around cars, and there were 2 near crashes. With children in the car! This is a major safety issue and it's not difficult to solve--- We need to install flexible/removable barriers.

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What school is this?

It’s parents coming from Virginia to drop their kids off at the private Catholic schools - visitation, Saint Ann’s, plus work is trying to get to their jobs at Georgetown University & the hospital

Ah, rich people.

no, troll. school closed 10 years ago

There is a St. Ann school at Tenley Circle.
OP, fine if you’re venting however this is not the place to effect traffic enforcement.

That school closed years ago.

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Laws that were changed because everyone was already ignoring the existing ones. So there was really no alternative but to legalize weed.

That's nonsense. There's been plenty of stories written about how MPD was making tons of MJ arrests right up until it was legalized in 2014. Then they ground to a halt.

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Next time I see a motorcycle/Quad guy busted for all the illegal things they do, I will get back into the fold. Until then, not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Next time I see a motorcycle/Quad guy busted for all the illegal things they do, I will get back into the fold. Until then, not so much.

Those are bicycles.

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Anonymous wrote:All day long I see people commit flagrant traffic violations right in front of MPD. The police do not care. The other day I ran a red light with a cop parked right there, just to see what would happen. Spoiler: nothing. No reaction.

The police in this city are a joke.

Your personal responsibility isn't all that much either, it seems.

This is why you see men in fancy business suits jumping the metro fare gates. When something isn’t against the law (or you don’t enforce the law) society falls apart.

I took the metro for the first time in a long time today, and wondered why I should pay the fare.

Yes, as we all know, if everyone else is doing something that's wrong, it's no longer wrong and you should do it, too.

I think that's how we legalized marijuana and that turned out fine.

No, that's not how we legalized marijuana. We legalized it by legalizing it. With laws.

Laws that were changed because everyone was already ignoring the existing ones. So there was really no alternative but to legalize weed.

Traffic laws are effectively nonexistent (definitely not enforced) in DC. Do what you do!

This. My kid is in one of the schools discussed above and I turn left on Bank Street which is no left turn in the morning. But the police don’t enforce so staying on M until 33rd street has become dangerous. Until they start enforcing it I’ll keep turning on Bank so I don’t get into an accident.

Are you blocking people behind you when you make the illegal turn?

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Anonymous wrote:Next time I see a motorcycle/Quad guy busted for all the illegal things they do, I will get back into the fold. Until then, not so much.

NP and those quads are so dangerous. In my neighborhood they go the wrong way down one way streets, drive all over green space where people walk dogs and children play, etc. I agree with your sentiment.

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Anonymous wrote:Next time I see a motorcycle/Quad guy busted for all the illegal things they do, I will get back into the fold. Until then, not so much.

Those are bicycles.

Those are NOT bicycles. Hardly.

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It's mainly the rich, selfish Visi moms.

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Anonymous wrote:All day long I see people commit flagrant traffic violations right in front of MPD. The police do not care. The other day I ran a red light with a cop parked right there, just to see what would happen. Spoiler: nothing. No reaction.

The police in this city are a joke.

Your personal responsibility isn't all that much either, it seems.

This is why you see men in fancy business suits jumping the metro fare gates. When something isn’t against the law (or you don’t enforce the law) society falls apart.

I took the metro for the first time in a long time today, and wondered why I should pay the fare.

Yes, as we all know, if everyone else is doing something that's wrong, it's no longer wrong and you should do it, too.

I think that's how we legalized marijuana and that turned out fine.

No, that's not how we legalized marijuana. We legalized it by legalizing it. With laws.

Laws that were changed because everyone was already ignoring the existing ones. So there was really no alternative but to legalize weed.

Traffic laws are effectively nonexistent (definitely not enforced) in DC. Do what you do!

This. My kid is in one of the schools discussed above and I turn left on Bank Street which is no left turn in the morning. But the police don’t enforce so staying on M until 33rd street has become dangerous. Until they start enforcing it I’ll keep turning on Bank so I don’t get into an accident.

Are you blocking people behind you when you make the illegal turn?

Of course they are. The left on Bank Street necessitates blocking one east-bound lane of traffic on M Street, thereby contributing to the bridge congestion in the morning. That said, the same lane is used to turn left on 33rd Street just a bit further up the block.

I have no idea what the PP meant when they said "But the police don’t enforce so staying on M until 33rd street has become dangerous." That doesn't make any sense. The left on Bank Street is definitely more dangerous since it's a mid-block turn with no signal. Cars coming down west-bound M Street might not see you turning until the last moment.

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Anonymous wrote:It's mainly the rich, selfish Visi moms.

Talk to me when the police are enforcing any laws in this city. Until then, the rich moms can do whatever the hell they want.