Journal HokieSeas's Journal: Randomness.... 5
So....I am about 15 hours away (submitted by 12 noon on Friday) from wrapping up a project that I had to turn around very quickly to have submitted before the end of the year in an effort to beat a county ordinance that may be adopted which would severly restrict the ability for projects like I just completed from occuring in the county. Whew. Nice run on sentance, eh? Anyway, it's been a busy week, and if I went strictly by hours worked on this project, I should be able to leave at noon on Friday, but, I have to take maybe 30 min to breathe, file some things, then move to the next project.
Anyway, the ordinance the county is trying to pass really is just to severely restrict or stop any sort of commercial growth. You know, because they like being a poor county with no tax revenue.
Anyway, things are almost through for this week, then a nice long weekend over Christmas, but being out and about while mentally numb, some things just become amusing.
When did it become ok to run a stop sign in a parking lot as long as you look at the person you just cut off, smile and wave? In the parking lot to my building there is a bank, which gets most of the traffic. But, the aisle where we leave the parking lot has a four way approach, but only stop signs on the two sides. For those with poor abilities to visual what I just said, when I drive through the intersection, the people to my left and right have stop signs, and I don't. Twice this week I have nearly been hit by people running the stop sign in front of me, then smiling and waving at me.
Where the hell did all these people come from? I have been out to the malls and the streets of Virginia Beach on a Saturday afternoon. Many times. But these last few weeks, where has all this traffic come from? Well, I figured it out. There must be a large segment of the population that never leaves their homes except to go out and Christmas shop. Yeah....that's it.
Porn and Monkeys: A How To Guide. Maybe a book that needs to be written. And no, not none of that cheap sock monkey porn I have seen floating around the net.
Yes, I understand at Christmas time and everyone is in a hurry. Just don't get mad at me and give me the finger becase you ran your red light, I floored it into the intersection trying to hit you, and then laid on my horn as you barely miss me cutting across in front of me. Face the facts bud. You have probably spent three times the cost of your plastic car on the horrible sounding exhaust, ugly ass rims, and retarded plastic fenders and spoilers you put on that little rice burner, and I am driving a 14 year old paid for beast that I don't care about much anymore. Please, hit me. I would be looking forward to a new vehicle.
Anyways....everyone can return to your normally scheduled thursday evenings. I think it is time for me to return to watching hockey and drinking rum.
Anyway, the ordinance the county is trying to pass really is just to severely restrict or stop any sort of commercial growth. You know, because they like being a poor county with no tax revenue.
Anyway, things are almost through for this week, then a nice long weekend over Christmas, but being out and about while mentally numb, some things just become amusing.
When did it become ok to run a stop sign in a parking lot as long as you look at the person you just cut off, smile and wave? In the parking lot to my building there is a bank, which gets most of the traffic. But, the aisle where we leave the parking lot has a four way approach, but only stop signs on the two sides. For those with poor abilities to visual what I just said, when I drive through the intersection, the people to my left and right have stop signs, and I don't. Twice this week I have nearly been hit by people running the stop sign in front of me, then smiling and waving at me.
Where the hell did all these people come from? I have been out to the malls and the streets of Virginia Beach on a Saturday afternoon. Many times. But these last few weeks, where has all this traffic come from? Well, I figured it out. There must be a large segment of the population that never leaves their homes except to go out and Christmas shop. Yeah....that's it.
Porn and Monkeys: A How To Guide. Maybe a book that needs to be written. And no, not none of that cheap sock monkey porn I have seen floating around the net.
Yes, I understand at Christmas time and everyone is in a hurry. Just don't get mad at me and give me the finger becase you ran your red light, I floored it into the intersection trying to hit you, and then laid on my horn as you barely miss me cutting across in front of me. Face the facts bud. You have probably spent three times the cost of your plastic car on the horrible sounding exhaust, ugly ass rims, and retarded plastic fenders and spoilers you put on that little rice burner, and I am driving a 14 year old paid for beast that I don't care about much anymore. Please, hit me. I would be looking forward to a new vehicle.
Anyways....everyone can return to your normally scheduled thursday evenings. I think it is time for me to return to watching hockey and drinking rum.
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It depends on how you define "enforcement." At least in Virginia, I don't think they can write you a ticket for running a stop sign in a parking lot. However, if it causes an accident, the presence of that sign will definitely have an impact when the officer determines fault.
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I define enforcement as me pulling the bastard through the driver's window and beating his ass in the parking lot.
I've noticed that recently people here have been ignoring THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS on major intersections. Yesterday, my light turned green and cars were still coming from the opposite turning lane. So I floored it and laid on the horn. The last jackass to run it had to stop in the intersection to keep from hitting me, and he almost got hit by the car in the lane beside me who apparently had the