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Another case of a bus driver believing his GPS rather than his lying eyes
By adamg on Fri, 11/14/2014 - 9:38am
Forlorn bus by the side of the road. Photo by Raymond Ausrotas.
Shortly after 9 a.m., the looming BU Bridge helped the driver of one of those big tour buses suddenly realized that maybe those signs at the entrance to Soldiers Field Drive were for reals and he probably shouldn't have gotten on the road.
J. Alain Ferry reports. Fortunately for the drivers behind him, he was able to pull over into one of those rare break-down spots along the road.
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A well-placed break-down lane
Many a time I've seen a bus parked here. MSP will back them in to that spot and have them wait there until after rush hour before closing the road and having them back down to Cambridge Street. Of course, it might make sense for DCR to build a gap in the median there so they could execute a 3 (or higher) point turn and drive out like a normal car, although they'd have to close both sides of the road and they'd have to be damn sure not to try to then go under the Cambridge Street overpass.
it would be cheaper
to just throw these allegedly professional drivers into jail when they refuse to follow the instructions on the signs
Because trials and jail cells
Because trials and jail cells are free.
That same bus...
was parked there at 6:30 this morning. That's a long time to wait.
Make them wait all day...
while I'm sorry for the guiltless passengers, there's really no other good way to dispose of a bus whose driver was careless.
Traffic reporters were making reference
to an overheight truck at the same location. Wonder if there was a separate incident, or if they can't tell the difference between a bus and a truck.
My GPS told me to jump off a
My GPS told me to jump off a cliff so I did it. Moron.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha H aHa
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha H aHa
Don't laugh
Not quite a cliff, but would you settle for a ferry dock? http://www.adn.com/article/20120823/man-guided-gps-drives-ferry-whittier...
Not the only case I can recall reading about like that either.
Low Signs & Map Warnings
They have wicked low at all of the entrances, right? So the bus (& all other over-height vehicles) would have to have first hit those signs when getting on the road. How does this not work? I seriously do not understand how this happens so often. Or are there some on ramps without them? I get the GPS directions thing but still...
Now this might sound crazy but I'm going to ask anyway. Is it possible for the city to contact Google maps, Waze, etc... and have them add a special warning for Storrow. Costs money you say? Doesn't this cost us $ every time?
Ultimate UHub Scoop: Post-Event Interviews Of Storrowing Drivers
e.g.: What were they thinking?
I like this.
And reward the rivers with a commemorative photo, for their trouble.
New Law Idea!!!
If anyone is caught doing this, they are charged as a Dumbass, I can picture it now, jury's saying this "we the jury find the defendant guilting of being a dumbass."
BU Bridge is not the real problem here
What will kill your bus or truck is the much lower Grand Junction railroad bridge right before it.
(also, nitpick: it's Soldiers Field Road, not Drive)
Custom Coach
They are from Maine and are running shopping excursions to Boston for the holidays.
Which explains both this goof up and the idiot at Summer and Atlantic who pulled up to a red light and proceeded to blast his horn at the very large crowd of pedestrians using the crosswalks with the walk lights who were in the way of his illegal right turn. A Fed cop got out his cruiser to bang on the bus door and explain what "no turn on red" and "red light" and "walk signal" mean!
Their drivers are apparently new to this whole "rules for driving in the city" thing.
I wonder what sort of fun these fools have found in NYC.