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avalanche22
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Yes I believe that 123 will become a future slug site. But until then we all have to make the best of what we have at horner.
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emancilla
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quote: It's true. This morning the parking lot was used full capacity. That includes curbsides and stripped lines spots. |
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shahedC
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tdar20, I didn't park in a handicapped zone, that is a totally different issue.
I wear a wrist splint and a back support belt, and I am surely not in great comfort driving around. But I think there are more people who need those handicapped parking spots, so I would never park there. |
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tdar20
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The handicapped zone is not that far off the point. What if an emergency vehicle needed to get through there and since your blocking the path.....what then? Those zones were put there for a reason and it is not to park in. I go back to my earlier point, leaver earlier so you can get a legal parking spot.
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avalanche22
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What time is early? If my day starts at 8:30 why do I need to be in the slug lot at 7:00 AM. If it’s not me parking in the stripped area it will be somebody else that get to the lot after 7:45. Best believe if there were enough spaces at Horner than there won’t be any illegal parking. So until they expand Horner again, we will always have this issue.
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shahedC
New Slug Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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tdar20, my striped area is far away from the handicapped zone, and is not blocking the road.
yes, it would be more difficult for a fire engine to get in there and make turns, but if that were my intention, i would not accomplish anything by not parking in that spot. i will try to get to the lot earlier to find a real parking spot, but for those of us who are going as early as they can and still not finding a spot, what else can they do? you tell me... |
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glacier
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How did this drift from strips to blue signed handicapped parking? Lets stay of topic.
Cheers, Glacier |
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ronin718
New Slug Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Question... If the stripes were painted yellow, would you still park there?
IMHO, and at the risk of stirring up a real BIG hornet's nest, the issue of illegal parking, whether on white stripes or along the curb, is just another indicator of the "me first" mentality that permeates this area. And yes, I'll admit that I get it myself sometimes, but I hope it doesn't manifest itself in ways that could possibly endanger others. |
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glacier
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Ronin,
I left my VDOT manual at home. Excuse me for my ignorance, but what is the difference between the colors? Thanks for the assist. Cheers, Glacier |
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shahedC
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I think this is analagous to going faster than the speed limit when everyone is doing so at a reasonably safe speed. Sure,it's illegal, but then, say the speed limit is 55, and everyone is comfortably going 65, it makes sense to go at that speed. It gets everyone there faster, and is preventing a long line of cars from backing up.
If you choose to stay at 55, that's fine, stay over to the right, and let people pass. No cop in his right mind will stop you if you are moving safely with the flow of traffic. Getting back to the striped parking spots... you arrive at the lot (even earlier than you have to be), and still there are no parking spots. What do you do? At a crowded movie theater, you can't just sit on the steps if the seats are all taken. But that's just a movie. People need to get to work in the morning, and if there are no spots, they should be able to take the striped spots if they don't have any other choice. There were two police cars in the lot yesterday, and no one got a ticket. I'm sure they understand the challenge by now. The solution is to create more parking spaces in the surrounding or nearby area. |
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