So tonight I was driving down 1st avenue, (just east of Nicollet) and got pulled over for not turning off the street where the big orange signs tell you to turn off the street and onto 29th. Granted, you can take a left from 29th onto 1st, you just can’t go straight on 1st. This is the stupidest solution to a traffic problem I’ve ever heard of. The cop said it was the neighborhood people who petitioned the city council, and they were who put the signs up. What moronic fucker decided 1) that this was even a good idea, and 2) that three cops have nothing better to do with their night than sit and ticket every SOB that doesn’t obey the stupid signage?
What is it, all of a sudden stop signs or traffic lights aren’t an option? You want to slow down traffic, put in speed bumps, or lower the speed limit. Don’t fucking put signs up that say you can’t go straight! ESPECIALLY when the street you’re talking about is one of maybe 4 one-way streets in the neighborhood. Then the cop had the audacity to tell me that Nicollet was a street more equipped for a higher load of traffic. That’s wrongest assessment I’ve ever heard. Not only does traffic on Nicollet suck ass, but 1st is a one way with THREE FUCKING LANES. Granted, most of the time there’s parking on one of them, but who cares? There are far fewer stoplights, and anybody who knows the neighborhood knows 1st is a MUCH faster street.
So basically you have to drive around the block when you’re coming from south Minneapolis on 1st street. It cost me approximately $100 to find this out. Oh, and it won’t go on my permanent record unless I get a ticket again in the next year. Big fucking consolation, you fuckers.