Isn't driving on the wrong side of double yellow lines illegal because it is really dangerous for more people than just the driver and passengers of that vehicle? Of course that's the reason! Then why is Hudson forcing drivers headed into town on Glenwood Boulevard to cross the double yellow when even one car is parked in the street at the bend? And why is HPD not ticketing drivers for crossing the yellow lines there, which can be seen regularly? Don't they want to stop this dangerous practice? Or is crossing double yellows permissible anywhere they are found in the city? Wasn't the speed limit recently reduced on Glenwood because everyone agreed that there was a speeding problem there, especially along that last long stretch?
Two moving vehicles meeting on the left side of the yellow lines would make HPD's monthly accident report. But it really wouldn't be an accident, would it? |
Is it possible that HPD and DPW are working in cahoots with local body shop and car repair station owners, receiving kickbacks for creating hazardous road conditions 24/7/365? How else can one explain this situation on Glenwood that every Hudson cop and Robert Perry and his DPW foreman are likely well aware of?
Definition of the word accident: 1) An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly or unintentionally, typically resulting in damage, injury or death.
2) An event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause.
Two or more vehicles meeting adjacent to, or involving, any parked cars along that last narrow stretch of Glenwood Boulevard does not meet either of the criteria to be considered an accident. Rather than an accident, it would simply be a crash caused by the City of Hudson. There would be absolutely nothing accidental or random about two vehicles meeting there since the city created the conditions for the "accident."
If, perhaps today, a bicyclist or two riding appropriately in the eastbound lane of Glenwood -- perhaps a child and mother -- are flung 20 feet from their bikes and killed instantly after bouncing off the windshield of an SUV travelling at 30 miles per hour which suddenly crossed the double yellow lines after swerving left to avoid a parked car, I wonder what the payout from the city to the families of the deceased would be. I'm thinking it might be in the tens of millions of dollars and a complete embarrassment for Kamal Johnson and Mishanda Franklin that might haunt them both well past their days serving Hudson. I wonder what Robert Perry would have to say if asked about the tragic "accident" and how it relates to DPW and if the deaths would haunt him for the rest of his life. (I doubt it.) Of course, the city attorney would make sure that NO PARKING signs be immediately erected by DPW -- primarily to avoid future lawsuit -- not necessarily to make the street safer for everyone.
Toward the end of last night's informal meeting, the council went into executive session to discuss two cases of litigation against the city. Boy, do I wish I were a fly on the wall for that discussion!
We need to stop voting mayors into City Hall every two years and instead HIRE a City Manager who knows what they are doing and is compensated appropriately for it. Someone who is mature and can pay attention. This 20th century approach to managing Hudson is failing us badly, day in and day out!
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