driving while clueless
tommyHow about a big round of applause for Amanda Platt!!
On Tuesday, she found out that McMullen-Booth road is closed.
For months, she was able to ignore Pinellas County officials:
they’ve given drivers the heads-up on the changes, sending out fliers and posting signs for months.
For over a week, this Safety Harbor resident managed to avoid all local newspapers, local television newscasts, and local radio stations. But that’s not all.
She also was able to successfully fail to notice those huge electronic signs posted on her way to work every day. And we’re still not done.
She was able to see the “road closed” sign, but still chose to snake her way around it and get lost in a neighborhood for a half hour.
Hey - this can’t be easy. It takes real effort to remain clueless. Alas, we should not single out Ms. Amanda Platt.
“I was down there Saturday, and people were driving all the way to the end, to the railroad tracks, and turning around,” county transportation Director Mahshid Arasteh said.
You share the road with these people.
Amanda, should you somehow find your way here to Sticks of Fire (ha!), check out Pinellas County roadwork or 511 Tampa Bay - they have free traffic information.
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May 31st, 2007 at 9:08 am
I live in the effected area. (Yes my commute on 19 is more crowded this week.) You have to either out of it or an idiot not to know about the road work. The county did a great job of getting the word out and so did the media. If she got lost that is her problem. She has no one to blame but her.
May 31st, 2007 at 1:44 pm
The commute on 19 went from being leisurely to being a parking lot overnight. And yes, the word was out for a very long time and I am very concerned about anyone so clueless as to not know about the construction.
It has significantly lengthened my morning commute, so much that today I said “screw it” (seeing 19 backed up all the way to Curlew) and took Hillsborough all the way to town.
June 1st, 2007 at 8:23 am
Is it really a surprise that we share the roads with idiots, morons and half-wits? In my 27-mile commute (each way) that includes crossing Pinellas on my way to downtown Tampa, I see many people who simply should not be allowed to drive (or breed).
They have no concept of: turn signals, fast lane, vehicle maintenance (see: non functioning brake lights), common courtesy, traffic laws or even physics (two objects cannot occupy the same space.)
Finally, the car is not a phone booth … you do not *have* to be on your cell phone to operate your SUV. Hang up, get out of the fast lane, pay attention and we’ll all be a little safer!