Is this legal?, Stick it to the man! Options

[Brando]

At my apartment complex, we have a 1½-car driveway that exits to a street. Unfortunately when cars park along the curb by my apartment complex (like the big trucks and SUVs that are out there right now) you have almost ZERO visiblity for oncoming traffic -- both ways! This morning when pulling out I almost got nailed in the side by a woman speeding in a honda. Because I had no visibility I had to 'chance it' for when to take off. Monday I almost got hit on by traffic going the opposite direction. Because you can't SEE traffic coming you just have to hope nobody is coming. Between 8AM and 6PM is WORST.

So, tonight my roommates and I are going to extend the 20-foot fire zone section another 100 feet, this way we can see oncoming traffic both ways. I called the management company for my apartments and all they could tell me is that it takes the city nearly a year to get involved with a safety problem like this, and last time it happened (10 years ago) all they did was say the owner of the property can paint the fire zone. The managers went out and painted a small section.

Any chance we'll get arrested? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

[Brian Mifsud]

Cities and Traffic Safety Comittees are remarkably numb to mentions/threats of "liability".

Neighbors on my block organized a petition, attended 5 meetings with said "officials" to get resulution on speeding cars, and our narrow streets (and resulting HABITUAL sideswipes of parked cars, clipped mirrors, cars cut in half (drunk sideswipes)) BUT up to now, no dead children Thanks God and knock on wood.

Damage to parked cars has been going on for years and years (with at least 5 households having their car totalled while parked in front of house). The city has been very well acquainted with the standing hazards, but has done nothing.

City Traffic Engineer proposed several solutions, but all were vetoed by either Fire Department (must not have any impedance to their trucks) or City Council for "Budget".

Seems to me, something really aweful is gonna have to happen and then the city will be sued for ignoring a known problem...