Speeding on Vestals Gap!

haha...what exactly does that mean? There's no way that's possible...

 

My main gripe is this, if you're *SO* concerned about your child's safety, keep them out of the street in the first place.[/QUOTE]

Thank god some folks have actual common sense. You minivan driven moms' out there crying about driver safety; when did you guys start owning the street. I am starting to see more and more of these cones or road blocking devices that say, "children at play, slow down" in the middle of the street!!! Some advice, you, THE PARENT, stand at the bottom of the drive way so just in case precious decides to bolt, you can catch them before they get to the street.

 

Parents must be very careful and watch their children. Accidents can and will happen.
The main gripe I am reading is it the speed limit is 25 you are breaking the law at 26. If you don't want to carry the guilt and grief the rest of your life if you end up hitting a young child get off you phone, stop texting and slow it down to 20.

 

I can agree with the texting and yaking on the phone. Most folks cannot do both at the same time very well. Those folks should be shot; however, the state of VA just rejected giving people tickets who do text while driving!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-17/virginia-house-panel-rejects-drive-talk-text-ban.html

Good job VA!

 

Wow - this is an old thread.

Not much has changed since 2004, well, some folks have upgraded their stereos and we have been enjoying some really bumpn' bass the past few weeks. Please distribute a song list, as some of the songs are worthy of an iTunes download.

The 4-way "Yield" signs at the corner of Chickacoan and Vestals continue to keep traffic flowing. Those silly Stop signs created such a bottle neck during the morning rush hour. People are a good 10 seconds further along into his or her commute.

There is an added benefit from the yield signs. One can look both ways before backing out of his or her driveway and by the time his or her car is shifting out of reverse, another car is immediately in the rear view mirror to provide an adrenaline rush to kick off another stress free commute. No need to wonder how the car managed to get half way down the street so quickly, the transformational benefits of the yield signs will continue for many years to come.

 

Thanks for the reminder. Time to call Deputy Nugent and have him send out a deputy. Last time they did this I think they pulled someone over every 5 minutes. This must off set my property taxes somehow.

Don't forget to complain !!!! The squeaky wheels get the grease.

http://loudoun.vhost.vipnet.org/sheriff/complaint.htm

 

Heck, I see too many people NOT coming to a complete stop or even going as far as to enter the intersection right after someone has already entered the intersection. One SUV/Truck had already begun to cross the intersection right as I was in the middle of the intersection to get onto Ridgeway from Wynridge Road crossing over Claiborne Parkway. Some people have NO patience at all with people crossing over. Its time to put up stoplights so that way people are forced to wait until its their turn to cross over.

The other day, I was at the stop sign at the intersection of Old Ryan Road and Mooreview Parkway/Ashburn Village Blvd when an 18 wheeler was pulling into the middle of the intersection from the Toll Road exit, two of the cars in front of me gunned their engines to pass the truck as the truck, in their eyes, was slow enough for them to pass the truck. I thought these two cars were extremely impatient and rude in ignoring their own safety and truck driver. The truck driver had the right of way since he was already in the middle of the intersection already. If the truck driver had T-Boned these jerks, it would not be the truck driver's fault...

 

This is my new hobby. I already have a video camera mounted and my radar gun arrives this week. You will never catch my kids playing in the street but going into my front yard with a ball shouldn't be as stressful as it is due to the people blowing by. I'm going to be posting the license plates on the board or my own website.

 

You better tell you kiddos to be careful crossing Ellzey at the path. People drive too fast on this street constantly. And we've seen many kiddos almost get hit because of cars being parked too close to the intersection of Ellzey and the path so the kids have to come out on the road to see if they can cross.....my heart has done many flip-flops watching the idiots that have no respect for the folks in our community. I've mentioned it to the HOA that maybe a "no parking from here to corner" or painting yellow curbs would help but I've been told it's up the VDOT.

 

I thought about doing this at one point as well. Set up the video camera so it will capture the car, driver's face, and the speed on the radar gun. A nice still of all this information will be convincing that folks continually endanger others. Although not admissible in court, these still should be turned over to the LCSO. This will justify additional enforcement in the area and result in more tickets - hopefully folks will get the point and slow down.

 

That's the plan, but I think just the image of me sitting there with a radar gun (and cooler) is going to slow people down...and piss them off too. This should be good.

I have the license plate for the guy who tailgated me and blew through every stop sign as I drove 20 mph through the neighborhood today. I look forward to seeing his car again.

 

We just moved to Vestals Gap and the speeding has quickly become a concern. We knew when we bought the house that it was on a main thoroughfare, so we expected some volume, but the speeding has become a concern. Listen, we have 3 younger kids who do a pretty good job of playing in the backyard and are aware that it's a busy street and that they need to be extra cautious when they are in the front of the house. We don't play in the street, we ride our bikes on the sidewalk to the trail. BUT, as a neighbor, I am courteous when I am driving through Broadlands or any residential area for that matter, out of respect for those who live there. 2 days after we moved in, I backed out of my driveway - looked carefully to check for traffic - and before I could even put my car into drive, had a car practically up my muffler, laying on his horn because I wasn't moving fast enough for him. To illustrate, there wasn't a car to be seen when I was backing out and I wasn't slow. Wow... welcome to the neighborhood? Like I said, I'm new and don't know the neighborhood well yet, so maybe I should reserve my opinion, but I could definitely see how a few well placed speed bumps could help curb the problem.

 

It is aggravating, isn't it? I hate speeders and people who RUN the stop signs! This morning at approximately 9 AM, I was on my way to work and was about to turn onto Stone Hollow Drive when all of a sudden this black pickup truck (small like a toyota) barrelled right through the stop sign withOUT stopping at all -- yep, didn't even slow down to a rolling stop-- just plainly treated the stop sign as if it was a "yield" sign. This troubles me because my neighbor at the corner said that its pretty frequent that these folks ignore the stop sign and just go right ahead without stopping. My fear is that someone riding a bike or jogging is going to get hit one day. Not sure what can be done about this because I tried to get the license plate number from this guy but he was going a bit too fast for me to catch the numbers and secondly, his plate was kind of old and dirty-like.

Not sure what we can do about it except call the local sheriff's office to report but I doubt that there is much that can be done about it by them. All I can say is teach your kids not to go into the street unless you are around.

 

Please call LSCO or at least report it on the website.

http://loudoun.vhost.vipnet.org/sheriff/complaint.htm

If you complain enough they will put an officer at the corner. I complain every few months and they put someone on vestals and pull a few dozen folks over for running the stop sign.

If you have a repeat offender running a stop sign, figure out their schedule, sit out there and video tape them. Call LCSO and ask for Deputy Nugent. He has been very helpful.

You can also get their plate, and report them as a reckless driver.

Squeaky wheels gets the grease with LCSO, but they have been very responsive to my requests.

 

I love idiots.... simple math equation will tell you, given that at most you have, what, a whole mile to exit your community and get to a 45 mph zone around here (.. at which point you will probably ramp it up to 65 or more cause 'that's how you roll'...) that it would take at most 4 minutes at a conservaative 15mph. But man, that time is just simply hell to bear. So yeah, makes perfect sense to ramp it up a bit, flip your neighbors off, roll through the stop signs, and gun the throttle in a threatening manner behind the rest of us. Even if you manage to average 50 for that whole-painful-mile, you've gained a whopping 200 seconds onto your commute.... as if civilization itself is hanging on a thread and just can't do without you. I'd beg to differ... and I don't think I'm alone there.

And to the people who have heartburn about kids being on or around the street and get your feelings 'hurt' when your car is rolling by at the posted speed limit but a concerned parent asks you to slow down because of your proximity to a gaggle of kids (ever stood really close to a car at just 20mph? It could make a hell of a mess with a toddler).... or when the 'children at play' signs come out so drivers are more aware that, of all unconscionable acts to consider, a game of street hockey or something is in progress.... Newsflash: You live in a community with a high percentage of families with kids, not to mention the local schools and associated foot traffic, etc. Simple solution: if you don't like it, then blaze... there are plenty of other places to move to where you won't be so incovenienced by our children.

I am not advocating for any lack of parenting and believe that young children need to be closely supervised, older children need to respect drivers and get out of the street when a car approaches, and drivers need to be situationally aware of their surroundings - there will be times that the speed limit will be too fast for the occassion.

Or maybe it's really OK after all... I mean, really, its got to be my fault right, as the parent. Never mind that our kids are out in the world and witness your antics along with the rest of us. Ignoring stop signs, speeding like a bat out of hell, displaying your temper tantrum when someone dares ask you to slow it a bit or isn't moving as fast as you want to be going. No of course not, that can't possibly have any impact on their behavior, because we all know that, aside from what's really happening around here, that kids will follow the rules religiously simply because Mom or Dad asked them too and to not take into account any behavior you may be displaying because you're an idiot. Not your problem though, right...? Not now at least... should be an interesting scene in 10 years though.

 

Delete me.

 

Idiot? Why is it that you assume that if I agree that kids should stay off the street, I speed, talk on the cell phone, and text? Is it that black and white to you?

For your information, just this past week, I was driving down Ridgeway with my two, small children, driving my typical 20 - 23 mph. Kids were walking home from school, and the buses were out and about dropping kids off. Just before I reached one of the cul-de-sacs on the right hand side of Ridgeway (heading toward Claiborne), a teenage boy, driving well over the speed limit, cut right in front of me, maybe less than 10 feet in front of my car, and sped into the cul-de-sac. No turn signal, no warning, causing me to slam on my breaks so hard that the jumper cables made it from the rear of the car up to the 2nd row.

I followed the driver, who thought he could cleverly hide in a cul-de-sac, parked my car behind his, and insisted he get out of the car. When I asked the passenger of the car, a teenage girl, where her parents were, she tried to assure me they were at work, while elbowing the other teenage girl and giving "the look" to the male driver in an effort to fool me. I explained that if a parent wasn't outside within 10 minutes, the County would be summoned. Sure enough, mom comes out, and I explain to the driver, the mom, and the two teenage girls what had happened, making damn sure that the boy knew he would have seriously injured, if not killed, my four-year-old daughter had I not had my eyes squarely on the road, going BELOW the speed limit. I reassured the kid that we all have made mistakes, and all of us were teenagers at some point, but he needs to use this incident as a life-long lesson to never, ever pull a stunt like that again. And this isn’t the first time I have made a gesture to other speeders in Broadlands to slow it down.

I was raised to play OFF the street. I was taught that the street is intended for cars. I don’t care where you live in Broadlands, if your kids are playing in the road, they have a higher chance of getting hit by a car. That, my friend, is simple math. Even in cul-de-sacs, there are other drivers besides homeowners, who are not aware that kids are playing in the street. I see it happen every day, and I hold my breath every time someone zooms down the court to make a U-turn, a delivery truck goes whizzing by, or a potential buyer comes flying down the road to view a house that’s for sale.

I do not text while I drive. I only use my cell in an emergency. I keep my eyes on the road and follow the speed limit, and ALWAYS drive well below the limit when kids are outside. I also make sure my kids never, ever walk in the street for any reason. We play in our yard, or drive to one of the many fabulous playgrounds Ashburn has to offer.

 

Thank god some folks have actual common sense. You minivan driven moms' out there crying about driver safety; when did you guys start owning the street. I am starting to see more and more of these cones or road blocking devices that say, "children at play, slow down" in the middle of the street!!! Some advice, you, THE PARENT, stand at the bottom of the drive way so just in case precious decides to bolt, you can catch them before they get to the street.[/QUOTE]

Why the"delete me"? You seemed pretty adamant, assuming I speed, run through stop signs, and yack on my cell.

 

I would think that the "cones" or "road blocking devices" in the middle of the street would be illegal per county or state regulations, eh?