Expressway's or highways, or thruways, or parkways, or whatever else you call them, all have one thing in common, they have those nice U-Turn signs every mile or two, where they have a giant sign, that says you the driver are not allowed to make a U-Turn here.

In particular is the U-Turn location on I-490 near the Tinseltown exit. There didn't used to be a turn around here, it was just a spot in the grass that the police used to sit and catch speeders. Well the town came up with a great idea. Lets pave that, and make it an extra wide turn around. So they did. Then a month or so later, they decided that it looked too much like a way for traffic to go, so they build a GIANT 8 foot high chained link fence across the turn around. And put up the biggest no U-Turn sign on the fence that I've ever seen.

Guess what? Now we have the cops still sitting there, and there are tire marks in the fresh grass and mud that they planted next to the brand new turn around. Where they go to turn around because they are too lazy to unlock the turn around fence, drive through and relock it. Unreal! How much did that brand new turn around cost the local tax payers. Who knows.
posted by Bryan at 8/29/2005 02:58:00 PM