There is one thing I don't understand:
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What I don't understand, then, is why they are still allowing those blocks of concrete set exactly in the middle of the road. It is clear that they are dangerous and that people will continue to crash into them, regardless of everything else, so why are they still there? Why has driver's safety become an option?
The whole point of them is to
make you slow down and drive slowly around them.
And if people keep crashing into them, when they are clearly visible from at least two blocks away, (I've driven past them quite often), then they need to either have a vision test, or a mental accuity test, or just publicly shamed.
That's almost like saying:
"I'm sorry officer. I have no idea how I hit that train."
"Well, you see those flashing lights? And the barriers that swung down and blocked your entire lane? And you heard the really loud shrieking horn? That was what we call a hint to, oh, I dunno..STOP CAUSE THERE'S A TRAIN COMING, DAMMIT!"
"Yes, I did see those. But there's still a gap, so I just drove around them. Honestly, something should be done about them. Every day at this time, they just drop down, and because of them, I have to really floor it to squeak by the train!"
".....!!??"
"I mean, really. If they wanted me to stop there, they should have told me..."
*Officer shoots himself*