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Cars travel at a very high speed in a 30 mile a hour zone. Not that it makes a difference but there are only 2, 30 mile a hour signs on Adams St. between Middle Turnpike and Center St. one at each end.
I don't know how cars can start from the light on Middle Turnpike past our house going as fast as they do, even wake us up in the middle of the night hearing cars making loud noise from speeding.
We can't get out of our driveway at certain times of the day, traffic is backed up past our house from the light on Middle Turnpike. Not often someone will let us out.
When trying to make a left into our driveway, cars have even passed me on the left and many times they sneak past us on the right, up over the curb and almost side swipe us on the right. When coming from Center St. taking a right into our driveway, because a telephone pole is between 2 driveways we have to make a wider swing to avoid the pole and if we wait for traffic to pass coming toward us, cars beep as us, can't they see what we have to do to get into our driveway. Even if no traffice is coming and we are turning they will pass us on the left. Can't they wait.
Beside ambulances that go up our street SEVERAL times a day, cars travel just as fast and do ambulances need to use their sirens from one end of the street to the other even at night.
Seeing I am doing so much complaining, when I learned to drive the rule was if an ambulance or fire truck was coming toward you or behind you we were to pull over and wait for them to pass. I don't know how many times I have pulled over to have cars pass me and keep going. The other day a fire truck was coming toward us on Center St. two cars were behind me. I pulled over, car behind me pulled over the third car passed us both, and before the fire truck passed the car behind me pulled out and came around me. Where did they learn to drive?
I almost got hit one day stopping at a 3 way stop sign. I was going to take a left but had a feeling the car coming toward me was going to fast to stop, yes he never did stop right through the stop sign. I would have gotten hit broad side. I have seen this so many times, what are people thinking. It was also a stop sign in front of a school.
If only a police car would sit on Jarvis Rd. they would make a lot of money on tickets.
9 Comments
Doug Hardy (Registered User)
Hello Beverly,
Thanks for your detailed report. I'm sorry to hear that people are showing so little respect on your street.
If you would like to directly ask the town to address the problem, there are two things you can do.
You can go to this Internet address below, and report the circumstances to your town:
http://www.townofmanchester.org/manager/public/public_entry.cfm
I am told that any traffic complaint filed at that link above will reach the police. However, if it's easier to just make a phone call, you can reach Capt. James Neiswanger at the Manchester PD at (860) 643-3355.
Good luck. Let me know how it goes. It sounds like you've got a significant problem on Adams Street.
I also will forward your report here to the police by email.
Beverly Logan (Guest)
Thank you
Beverly
Beverly Logan (Guest)
The SeeClickFix Team (Guest)
Beverly, perhaps you could report the pothole as a separate issue. It seems like it should be a much more straightforward one for the city to handle and perhaps they will be more responsive.
Thanks again for working with us
Beverly Logan (Guest)
Town Hall Customer Service & Information Center (Guest)
http://www.townofmanchester.org/manager/public/public_entry.cfm
Beverly Logan (Guest)
Re-Evaluate Your Issues !!! (Guest)
Beverly,
First - In response to your comments and Concerns over the SEVERAL Ambulances (as you stated) that pass your home each day on emergencies, you should realize that the Ambulance Base is located on New State Road and Adams Street is a Main travel route thru town to the South Side of Town including many Nursing Homes and Elderly Housing locations in addition to the thousands of 911 emergency calls that are responded to in Manchester annually.
Second - In response to your concern over the use of the Sirens Under Connecticut State Statutes the Use of the SIREN is required to be in operation at any time the Emergency Lights are On to ensure both visual and audio notifications. Your house is also in the area of a Major Traffic Intersection and also several blind side streets, you even personally addressed a concern about people not pulling over as required by law for emergency vehicles so maybe you should reconsider your complaint.
Third - If you were the one that called 911 for an Emergency would you rather the Ambulance not use their Lights and Sirens and take their time responding to your emergency, I would think not.
Finally - I presume you Own your Single Family Home on Adams Street and you are not Renting it, so perhaps if you should have done your work and done your research before you purchased your home in the fact that you live close to a Major Traffic Intersection, You Live on a Major Traveled Road through Town, and Traffic and congestion and getting in and out of your driveway would be expected issues and perhaps a reason you should have reconsidered before you purchased your home. I personally would Never buy a home on Adams Street knowing the amount of traffic that travels on it and knowing that never mind trying to turn into the driveway may be an issue but having to back out of your driveway into traffic would be an every day hazardous and difficult and sometimes perhaps impossible obstacle - No Thank you
You Bought your home where you did and thats your problem .
Have a Nice Day ...
Beverly Logan (Guest)
Thank you for your concern.