Your tax dollars at work

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    Rootchopper
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    This morning as I passed under the Beltway in Old Town Alexandria on South Royal Street, I was greeted by a big electric highway sign saying: Bicycles Must Stop at Stop Signs. Strictly Enforced. The sign was pointed toward the underpass so that none of the motor vehicles could see it.

    Well, it was 25 degrees out and there weren’t exactly teeming hoards of scofflaw cyclists about. I wondered what genius in Alexandria’s police department decided to spend tax payers money on this.

    I also wondered why the sign was oriented such that drivers of motor vehicles could not see it. Perhaps, Alexandria’s finest think that only cyclists run stop signs. So, to test that theory, I counted the cars that came to a full stop at the stop signs along the length of Royal Street. The answer: I lost count after a dozen because not a single car came to a complete stop. Not a one. Only a Dash city bus came to a stop before I rejoined the Mount Vernon Trail on the north end of Old Town.

    I hope the good folks of Old Town feel safer now.

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    StopMeansStop
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    Good and bring on more enforcement!

    I’m sick of cyclists blowing stop signs and causing accidents.

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