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Ignatius J
Citizen
Username: Ignatius_j
Post Number: 143
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 9:02 am: |     |
...just keeps getting worse and worse!!! This morning there were no less than six vehicles lined up right in front of the school under the No Stopping Or Standing sign dropping their kids off at school. Then to top it off, one of the mongoloid SUV owners pulls away from the curb and does a U-Turn right in front of the school!!! It's a good thing there werent any law abiding parents crossing the street with their children right then.
Yes, everyone would like to drop their kids off right in front of the school but not only is it just not feasible but you're just plain not allowed to. What really bothers me the most is the "Up yours, the rules don't apply to me" attitude that so many of these miscreants have. Even at pick up there's aways the same SUV owner that just parks right in front of the school and goes over to the door to wait for their kids.
I think there should be some better enforcement before some kid darts out from between the illegally parked cars and gets hurt. |
grw
Citizen
Username: Grw
Post Number: 228
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 9:42 am: | |
My kids are in 5th grade at Tuscan, the dropping off in front has been going on since my kids started Kindegarten. Every now and then the cops will hang out, mostly, not. This just seems tough to enforce, maybe cones in front will do it. |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4203
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 9:45 am: | |
The reason for the no parking/no standing signs is that there was a bad accident with a kid being injured several years ago. Joan posted about this a while ago. |
grw
Citizen
Username: Grw
Post Number: 230
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 9:47 am: | |
Obviously the signs don't work |
shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 840
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 12:00 pm: | |
Cones are a good idea. Maybe they should not allow cars to drive past the intersection of Osborne, down Harvard, from 8:30 to 9am or something. (Almost making Harvard from Valley to Osborne a One Way during that time.) I live right around the corner, so it would probably increase traffic on my street, but the safety of children is worth it. |
Duncan
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 1399
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 12:40 pm: | |
Get out there with a digital camera and record the plates of offending vehicles and then give that to the cops. It would go a small way toward clueing law enforcement into the magnitude of the problem.
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
Wayne Gretzky |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 2334
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 5:34 pm: | |
Bobk:
Fortunately, the accident in front of Tuscan School was not as bad as it could have been. A young Tuscan student darted into the street and into the path of a police car. The police officer who was driving was unable to stop in time but was able to slow down to the point where the child was not seriously hurt.
The no parking regulations were instituted to prevent a much more serious accident from happening.
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Copihue
Citizen
Username: Cop
Post Number: 197
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 - 9:15 pm: | |
Yesterday a woman in a van blocked Gerard Ave. with her van as she socialized with a group of women on the sidewalk. It was outrageous. Then as I drove towards Rutgers (is that the street that the Tuscan School is on?), the traffic once again stopped moving as the women feel that their status as parents exempts them from motor vehicle regulations. There was one crossing guard, who seemed to have no control over the situation. I had to lean on the horn to get them to move, which disturbs the neighbors: sorry. It's comptemtible behavior, and I don't know why we have to tolerate it.
Pack your own chute. |
mtierney
Citizen
Username: Mtierney
Post Number: 466
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2004 - 3:16 pm: | |
Sorry to relate this, but this issue was a red hot topic when my kids attended Tuscan in the '70s!
No real solution then either. We didn't have SUVs to complain about - just block-long station wagons. |
Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 2670
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2004 - 5:00 pm: | |
Mtierney - Thanks for the perspective. That's what we love about this town - Tradition!
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sac
Citizen
Username: Sac
Post Number: 859
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2004 - 9:40 pm: | |
There are blockades closing off certain streets in the neighborhood near South Mountain school at school opening/closing times. I believe that they are labeled SOPD. Can Maplewood do something similar for Tuscan? |
shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 847
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 9:32 am: | |
I think that's a great idea SAC! The sidewalks over there get so congested it's impossible to walk. I for one would feel much safer if that part of the street was closed off for a half hour at drop off and pick up. It would alleviate the problem of illegal drop off and pick up in front of the school and the Y bus could still get through. |
susan1014
Citizen
Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 72
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 3:25 pm: | |
Near South Mountain school we close the end of the road nearest the school for 5-6 hours daily, around morning drop off, lunchtime kindergarten drop off, and end of day. A bit of a nuisance if you need to get on to West End Rd., but well worth it for safety reasons. Note that someone has to sit there and make sure that the closure is respected. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 2338
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 9, 2004 - 4:35 pm: | |
The streets which are closed off near South Mountain School are mostly narrow residential streets. The main streets, Wyoming and South Orange Avenue remain open.
Tuscan on the other hand is surrounded on three sides by streets which are major arteries in that part of town: Tuscan, Prospect and Valley. I doubt we will see any of those closed to traffic any time soon. The fourth street, Harvard, is where the main entrance to the school is located and the only street offering vehicular access to the school property. School buses and teachers cars would be unable to get onto the school property if Harvard were to be closed off.
What we need is better enforcement of the parking ordinace in the area. |
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