Commercial trucks in neighborhood

This morning, a Sears truck went right through a stop sign nearly T-Boning a vehicle today on Ridgeway Drive. Same truck was also taiilgating this vehicle and then once the truck crossed over Claiborne parkway, truck began to speed excessively outgunning all other vehicles on Mooreville Parkway to Ashburn Village Blvd.

I am quote concerned that more and more commercial trucks are speeding in our neighborhood and aren't stopping at stop signs. I seriously doubt that the $200 fine signs in the neighborhood are such a deterrent....What can we as a community do to ensure the safety of our residents and the kids short of asking the state to put in traffic calming measures, which probably NEVER will happen, Im sure.

Its just a matter of time before such a truck collides with a family van/car with kids or not inisde. I hope this never happens but....

 

How fast were you driving if you were able to see what he did all the way to Ashburn Village Blvd? You had to be going at a pretty good clip to have witnessed that. Your description of what happened doesn't quite add up.

Did you get the tag number? Report it to the LCSO?

 

Perhaps the truck was simply doing what quite a view of your neighbors do regarding speeding and stop signs at Ridgeway/Claiborne.

 

I've seen some areas in Loudoun and Fairfax County as well as some counties in Maryland that have low impact speed humps (Not the HUGE ones, but the smaller ones that encourage people to slow down but I don't think that will be a real deterrent to trucks because they'll just go RIGHT over them at a high speed.

Anyone else wanna share some ideas here BUT I honest doubt that anything will ever be done by the state because of budget issues or they don't see the need for it.

 

I was going the speed limit on Ridgeway and I saw him cross right over Claiborne Pkwy (I was approaching Sunstone Court then). I know that Sears is located in Dulles Center Mall so he was OBVIOUSLY going back to Sears or their warehouse so he would have to take a left at Ashburn Village to go onto Waxpool Road to get onto Route 28 (Or he could have taken the Dulles Toll Road to get onto Route 28). I was NOT right behind him as you may think. He was going quite a clip and I was going right at the the speed limit in our neighborhood as there is NO reason for me to go over. I didn't have a paper and pen to write down the license plate and we were going left onto Claiborne Pkway at the time. Besides I cannot hear on the phone (I don't have a cellphone) so calling the police wasn't an option for me. If I was hearing, I would have been able to calll LCSO at the time.

Aside from this ---does anyone know if there is a way to "email" or "txt" LCSO by pager? Not sure if they have that capability for Loudoun residents that are unable to hear on the phone while in the car due to their hearing-impairment like myself.

 

I want to add another thing....I wasn't concerned about the 4 way stop at Claiborne/Wynnridge....I was more concerned about the length of Ridgeway Drive as some people don't even bother stopping at stop signs along Ridgeway or often speed along Ridgeway itself. (I've sometimes seen cops hide on one of the "courts" in an attempt to catch people speed along Ridgeway or even wait NEXT to the corner house at Ridgeway and Sunstone Court watching the four way stop at Claiborne/Wynnridge to nab any vehicle that failed to stop completely. Not sure if Loudoun has any plans to put lights at that intersection in the future?

 

I don't follow the logic on this. You don't think the truck can fit multiple deliveries on the same run? Or that it's economical for them to do so?

 

Sigh...I could CARE LESS whether they have another delivery or not. That's not the point of my posting anyhow.

The POINT of my posting is that I am seeing more commercial trucks speeding in our neighborhood with disregard for speed limits and stop signs. Do we really need this in our neighborhood?

 

But you said it was obvious, complete with large bold underlined font....much like the "care less" and "point" above.

 

Sigh...useless to talk to someone who is MISSING the point of my original posting and wants to instead focus on the delivery part.

 

Point noted and accepted. Yeah, the state probably doesn't have money for it and speed humps do pose a problem with snow plows (although I admit that I don't know HOW much of a problem it would be but I would accept what you said.)

About the weblink--
THIS IS A GREAT HELP!!! Thanks for pointing me to this and I definitely will use that in the future!

After reading that last statement, yeah--many of us law abiding residents would find it a pain....additionally, I really think that the state doesn't have the funds for it nor would they agree to it. But again, for the residents that abide by it, I agree it would be more of a pain for us.

 

Don't lie about what you saw, that would help with your credibility. After the 4-way stop, it was ALL your imagination. Sorry, but you are too prone to hyperbole for me to believe much of what you say.

 

First of all, if I am not mistaken--MOST traffic crossing Claiborne Parkway TEND to go left on Mooreview Parkway towards toll road or to Ashburn Village Road THAN taking a right onto Mooreview Parkway drive. It is CONCEIVABLE that they took a right onto Mooreview Parkway drive to another place but that is NOT the point of my whole posting.

I don't care whether you believe me or not, but I saw with my own freaking eyes a truck nearly T-Bone a vehicle on Ridgeway Drive and then cross over Claiborne Parkway going down the road towards Mooreview Parkway. I did not follow the truck as I took a left onto Claiborne Pkwy....so it is conceivable that he took a right onto Mooreview Parkway or left on Mooreview Parkway...But most commonly people take a LEFT on Mooreview Parkway. Now, he could have stopped at Southern Walk Plaza and gotten something at McDonalds there or Taco Bell there. Who freaking cares??!?

The point of my original posting was, I'll say it again, is that I am seeing more commercial vehicles speed in my neighborhood and ignore stop signs. Sigh...

 

Maybe Flynnibus was right when he remarked in a different posting on this forum that "This society is doomed." I'm now biting my own tongue! :rolleyes3:

 

Capricorn-
With all due respect, please reread your post. You clearly state the trucks behavior on Mooreview Parkway.
Then, in a later post, you admit to turning left on Claiborne, which means you made up the facts in your first post.
Don't you think this leads to a credibility issue? Why should we believe what you claim to have seen at Claiborne/Ridgeway?
Just something to think about.