Speeding down Beach and Ash
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Was totally on board with your prose until this.
Both sexes are awful drivers. Vast majority just don't know it.
You don't have to be a physics genius but it's not hard to figure out that speeding doesn't save much time and it's generally pointless unless you like buying brakes and gas more often.
He's not saying women are bad drivers. He's saying the majority of people he has seen speed down these roads are women. There are a couple sororities on Ash and quite a few women live on Beach as well.
I enjoy driving fast around town myself, but I don't understand the people who do so on residential streets. Too many things that can jump out at you. Just not worth it.
lack of using your turn signals are the biggest pet peeve everywhere, and create dangerous situations.
Weave in and out of lanes on I-80 going 85 mph? yup
No turn signal at a 4-way intersection, then turn? yup
Like are we supposed to 'guess' where you're going?
The signal can be accessed on the f-king steering wheel. It's just rude, lazy azz drivers out there
I don't have a dog or a child. I also don't live in ames.
How about staying in the left hand lane on the freeway? Almost going the speed limit and not moving over; holding up a bunch of cars for miles.
Sometimes I want to try this just to know what it feels like to be completely clueless.
For some reason Nebraskans drive this way.
My parents house is on Lynn Ave. One summer in the late 80s as kids, a frat student on his Ninja motorbike was flying down the street when he ran over a plastic ball that had rolled into the street. He lost control, rode the curb for about 40 yards and hit a telephone pole. He was estimated to be doing between 45 and 55 mph by the police. He pushed the pole by 2-3 inches.
Broken pelvis, broken leg, broken arm (which we could see sticking out), and a bunch of internal injuries. He survived, but I'm sure his recovery time was lengthy.
To be clear I wasn't referring to all cycles as donorcycles. Really it is generally crotch rockets and more how the particular bike is driven than what bike it is.
Last night I was on a freeway in pretty dense traffic and my son and I watch a guy on a pretty big bike swerve in and out of tight traffic trying to make up a couple of seconds in traffic that was only doing about 40. My son asked why the guy didn't have a helmet and I didn't have a good answer for him. The dude's bald head wouldn't fare terribly well when some other driver does something stupid that the cyclist couldn't control and he ends up face planting on the concrete.
I hear you. I live just outside the city limits on a paved county road with a nice S curve on it. The crotch rockets love to come screaming around it. Prior to us living here, people have died racing along this street and it's only a matter of time before it happens again.
Speeding is a big issue in Ames and has been for a long time. Doesn't mean that cannot change.
https://www.weareiowa.com/news/loca...eding-problems-in-ames-neighborhood/554132907
I spoke with the Police Chief and he is concerned about this as well since public safety a top concern. With RAGBRAI and other events at the stadium, he knows there will be a more foot and bike traffic in the area. He only has a limited staff so they are trying to focus on the area with the greatest concentration of people. He also mentioned that he may move the mobile speed signs to the area.
It is impossible to write down all offenders because they are going too fast, but the most recent repeat speeders are:
- 4Runner; white; ZRK ***
- Silver sedan; Texas plate KCP ***
- Mercedes Benz; bronze; EVJ ***
All female drivers! The 4Runner was going about 50 mph and couldn't stop at 4th street, so she just tapped the brakes and blew thru the intersection going north on Beach. It certainly surprised the car that was stopped at the intersection ready to cross Beach.
https://www.weareiowa.com/news/loca...eding-problems-in-ames-neighborhood/554132907
I spoke with the Police Chief and he is concerned about this as well since public safety a top concern. With RAGBRAI and other events at the stadium, he knows there will be a more foot and bike traffic in the area. He only has a limited staff so they are trying to focus on the area with the greatest concentration of people. He also mentioned that he may move the mobile speed signs to the area.
It is impossible to write down all offenders because they are going too fast, but the most recent repeat speeders are:
- 4Runner; white; ZRK ***
- Silver sedan; Texas plate KCP ***
- Mercedes Benz; bronze; EVJ ***
All female drivers! The 4Runner was going about 50 mph and couldn't stop at 4th street, so she just tapped the brakes and blew thru the intersection going north on Beach. It certainly surprised the car that was stopped at the intersection ready to cross Beach.
When I was in college I used to use Mortenson to get to west Ames and would go about 65 from State to South Dakota. Of course it was a gravel road then.
Got the solution...
We need speed cameras in Ames like in DSM and CR.
Brakes are not an issue since we have so many auto parts stores.
They did work to slow people down in CR. Whether that makes the highway any safer could be debated, but I don't think anyone could argue it had no affect on speed.
I would argue that they would have significantly more impact on residential streets.
Most of the repeat offenders, like the black Altima, IL lic. NZS ***, are female drivers. She was doing over 40 mph today.
The male driver in the black Mercedes, IA lic. ARK ***, is going northbound way over the speed limit. I think I recognize him from the Business College. Show some leadership and slow down.
Has anyone used DMVfiles.org? How accurate is it? Is access to the full DMV database?
The male driver in the black Mercedes, IA lic. ARK ***, is going northbound way over the speed limit. I think I recognize him from the Business College. Show some leadership and slow down.
Has anyone used DMVfiles.org? How accurate is it? Is access to the full DMV database?
