Comment 61291

By John Neary (registered) | Posted March 21, 2011 at 13:25:14

@thrillhouse:

The cruiser travelling west on Wilson was accelerating quickly enough to turn heads. I didn't happen to have a radar gun on me. And there was a phalanx of emergency vehicles outside the apartment building, as well as a police officer brandishing something that looked like an assault rifle. I would presume that something serious was happening in that building and that the office wasn't just driving the wrong way on Wilson Street for no reason.

I would argue that driving the wrong way on a one-way street is dangerous under any circumstances. Other users of the road don't expect it and might not take appropriate care to avoid being hit.

@MattM:

So if the one-way streets being so hard to navigate is to blame, shouldn't I be seeing normal citizens driving the wrong way on streets all over the place? To be honest, in my 7 years of living here I have seen it less than 5 times.

I see non-emergency vehicles driving south on Mary Street every few weeks. Usually they're heading from Cannon Street to Beasley Park. I guess the drivers either don't notice the one-way street sign or can't be bothered to drive around the block.

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