Hello,
COURTESY is a Mutual Requirement for ALL~ Pedestrians, Bicyclists and Motor
Vehicle Drivers - In Public Parking Lots, in Post Office Parking Lots,
Library Parking Lots, Bank Parking Lots, Grocery Store Parking Lots. All
of these are in Westbrook, some are in congested, tight and sometimes Busy
locations.
Dennis
On Jul 22, 2019 12:36 PM, "John Brooking" <johnbrooking4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To the question “what to do about this?”, apart from the status quo of
mostly relying on all users learning from experience and hoping no one gets
too hurt in the process, two possible systemic responses to this and most
other traffic behavior issues may be:
1) On the motorist side, more stringent licensing and testing
requirements, ideally with more frequent retesting over the driver’s
lifetime, and
2) for everyone, more traffic safety training everywhere in the culture,
especially the schools.
These are both longer term political solutions. The Bicycle Coalition
introduced a bill to require the latter into this legislative session, but
it is currently held over to the next session due to its fiscal
requirements. But at least it’s not dead yet!
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 2:14 PM Dennis Marrotte <
dennis.marrotte1111@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Carson,
Yes, I agree with that. Even if your driving from a public parking Lot,
to Main Street. This morning, I was heading to Main Street from that Lot,
and Waited for a man and a woman, who were obviously engaged in a
conversation walking East - They Never looked at me, just moving right
along.
When I was at CMP, working with the Underground Crew, in Portland, on a
Sidewalk Vault, for a scheduled swap of a Network Protector, after
receiving Switching Orders from Augusta, we First set up Orange Barrier
Cones and a Yellow Folding Metal Three Sided Barrier so any one Texting, or
on a Cellphone and not watching where they were walking, would NOT suddenly
Drop Straight Down 6 Feet.
Dennis
On Jul 16, 2019 1:10 PM, "Carson Wood" <cwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There also are pedestrians we’ve noticed that will walk right in back of
a vehicle that is obviously backing up.
This is not all on the driver’s.
I don’t know how to change this?
*From:* wsmac-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wsmac-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
Behalf Of *Dennis Marrotte
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 12:53 PM
*To:* wsmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [wsmac] Public Parking Lots and Manuevering Space
Hello ALL,
I have a 2015 Ford F - 150 Full 4 Door Pickup with a 60" Long Bed.
I have always tried to BACK INTO a Parking Space so that I can Clearly
SEE What is in front of me when Driving out, even though my Truck has a
Color Back Up Camera.
It is becoming more and more apparent to me that many Drivers with Large
Pickup Trucks or Large SUV's that Drive forward into Parking Lot Spaces
risk backing into someone they can not see, or back into someone who comes
Flying into a Parking Lot as if they are the only vehicle there !!!
Both the US Post Office Parking Lot in Westbrook is like that and the
Public Parking Lot " Main Street " between Bank of America and TD Bank is
also.
Thank You,
Dennis Marrotte
