Man jailed for painting Crosswalks at Intersection

[unbasslichkeit]

Some local bureaucrats are going to have a PR Problem right about now..

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/15181455/detail.html

[hbarcat]

Sure, if you think you know better just go ahead and paint traffic markers where you feel like putting them. Everyone should make their own traffic signs, too, and put them up wherever they think they should go.

[Bryan316]

It woulda been easier to tell the police department, "Hey, you want easy revenue? Camp out at this intersection and you'll get to write a LOOOOT of failure to obey stop sign tickets!"

[unbasslichkeit]

Originally Posted by Bryan316

It woulda been easier to tell the police department, "Hey, you want easy revenue? Camp out at this intersection and you'll get to write a LOOOOT of failure to obey stop sign tickets!"

Maybe some good will come of his crusade, then.

They're actually doing that a little bit where I live, and that's a good thing. Then I won't throw a soda bottle at the back of the guy who ran the intersection like I...uh..thought about doing last summer.

[Pilgrim]

Unfortunately, ya just can't invent your own street markings and apply them. But I understand why he's motivated to do it.

[kserg]

That reminds me... people speed too much here, I ma put a toll booth to slow them down...

[meev992]

[69nites]

for things like that you get the people that live near it to sign a petition you don't just deface public property.

[HollowBassman]

... Stump said he intends to paint crosswalks on the intersection's other three spokes.

[unbasslichkeit]

Originally Posted by 69nites

for things like that you get the people that live near it to sign a petition you don't just deface public property.

Couldn't he just bribe an alderman to get it done for him? Or don't they have those in Indiana?

[arbitrary]

Sometimes what you feel is "right, just, correct, morale" transcends the law. The kicker is doing the time for what you feel is "morale".

[RWP]

Originally Posted by kserg

That reminds me... people speed too much here, I ma put a toll booth to slow them down...

[vbsurfer3001]

Originally Posted by 69nites

for things like that you get the people that live near it to sign a petition you don't just deface public property.

You'd be surprised at how difficult that can be...

We petitioned, called our councilman, showed up at city meetings, in short EVERY possible way to ask for action, to place a "dead end" sign at the intersection of our street & Shore drive (one of the busiest streets in VB. The continual answer was that our area was not up for that type of "review" for 6 more years.

Our street, a dead end, for some reason has a marked turn lane on the right for 500 yds prior to the intersection. There's no light, and no parking, but due to the turn lane we had at least 100 cars each day turning (some at high speed, due to the 45mph limit on Shore Dr) down our street and then turning around in our neighbor's driveway before speeding back down the street to leave. It was very dangerous for the neighborhood kids, and annoying at night. Still the city took no action.

Then mysteriously, our street sign post disappeared! The replacement, strangely enough, had a dead end sign on it.....

[doctorjazz]

Sweet. Now excuse me while I go print up a number of large zeroes to tack onto the ends of all the speed limit signs on the local highways.

[69nites]

Originally Posted by vbsurfer3001

You'd be surprised at how difficult that can be...

We petitioned, called our councilman, showed up at city meetings, in short EVERY possible way to ask for action, to place a "dead end" sign at the intersection of our street & Shore drive (one of the busiest streets in VB. The continual answer was that our area was not up for that type of "review" for 6 more years.

Our street, a dead end, for some reason has a marked turn lane on the right for 500 yds prior to the intersection. There's no light, and no parking, but due to the turn lane we had at least 100 cars each day turning (some at high speed, due to the 45mph limit on Shore Dr) down our street and then turning around in our neighbor's driveway before speeding back down the street to leave. It was very dangerous for the neighborhood kids, and annoying at night. Still the city took no action.

Then mysteriously, our street sign post disappeared! The replacement, strangely enough, had a dead end sign on it.....

that's when everyone who cares votes for other poeple when it comes election time.

[Sonic_Death]

At first when I saw this on the news this morning, I thought "it is way too freaking early, I want to go back to bed, this guy is an idiot".

Then I thought about it, and he had a good point and was just trying to do something nice.

Then the counter-argument came, and about how harmful it truly is to just put a crosswalk there when it is not really enforced, and if someone gets hit while in it, then that will become a big issue.

It is tough, and overall, I don't think he deserves any kind of punishment, but fair warnings should be given out to prevent future instances.

[69nites]

Originally Posted by Sonic_Death

At first when I saw this on the news this morning, I thought "it is way too freaking early, I want to go back to bed, this guy is an idiot".

Then I thought about it, and he had a good point and was just trying to do something nice.

Then the counter-argument came, and about how harmful it truly is to just put a crosswalk there when it is not really enforced, and if someone gets hit while in it, then that will become a big issue.

It is tough, and overall, I don't think he deserves any kind of punishment, but fair warnings should be given out to prevent future instances.

he went to jail because he didn't go to court.

what he is going to court for is only a fineable offence.

the fine is to cover the cost of his vandalism.

[Baryonyx]

Originally Posted by meev992

Almost as good as "tramp ahead"