It has been a long while since I've posted anything to my blog, and for this, I am a little sorry. I've been distracted since summer began and can't seem to shake the hold that sun, warmth, and greenery has on my ability to sit inside for too long a period of time, like when you get caught behind the red light at the "rotary" located in downtown Middlebury.
For those of us who understand the concept of a rotary, we know that a rotary is designed to keep traffic moving in a consistent flow. Merging is a brilliant idea and quite effective when used properly, a concept that whomever is responsible for having traffic lights placed there, does not understand. I should have posted a photo so that you can better see how funked up it is but just looking at it is too much for my impatience with the matter.
If you ever happen to be driving on Rte. 7 through Middlebury, do it at the height of traffic so that you can fully appreciate the mess it creates. As for me, I have decided to get myself a faux traffic vest and start directing the southbound traffic to disregard the red light that is responsible for creating a 1/4 mile traffic jam each day at 8:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., and 5:00 p.m. Drivers may then begin to understand that common sense should rule the road, especially a really badly designed one.
Until the next time I feel inclined to post something here and you opt to read it, Funk out and laugh like you mean it.
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I'm laughing and when I do, I always mean it. The design might be funkingly disgusting, but some of the problem comes from licensed drivers who do not practice the rules of the road. Have you also noticed in our little hamlet, that many of the good folk believe that "Yield" means "Stop?" Wherever did they get that idea? Oh, right - and what about those bicyclists who act as though they are vehicles AND pedestrians whenever the mood suits them. If I see ONE more bike drive through a stopwalk, well, I'm not sure what I will do.
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