Is this legal?, Stick it to the man! Options

[Brando]

At my apartment complex, we have a 1½-car driveway that exits to a street. Unfortunately when cars park along the curb by my apartment complex (like the big trucks and SUVs that are out there right now) you have almost ZERO visiblity for oncoming traffic -- both ways! This morning when pulling out I almost got nailed in the side by a woman speeding in a honda. Because I had no visibility I had to 'chance it' for when to take off. Monday I almost got hit on by traffic going the opposite direction. Because you can't SEE traffic coming you just have to hope nobody is coming. Between 8AM and 6PM is WORST.

So, tonight my roommates and I are going to extend the 20-foot fire zone section another 100 feet, this way we can see oncoming traffic both ways. I called the management company for my apartments and all they could tell me is that it takes the city nearly a year to get involved with a safety problem like this, and last time it happened (10 years ago) all they did was say the owner of the property can paint the fire zone. The managers went out and painted a small section.

Any chance we'll get arrested? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

[Joe Bob]

Ah blow me SLITs... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif)


My street gets narrow where the public street ends and a privately maintained road starts. Morons at Public Works decided to put a fire plug there and a piddly ass 5 foot section of red zone.

Of course when land started selling for 800K an acre in the foothills they started building up above me just under the water reservoir. The supply trucks were too big to make the turn onto the twisty 18 foot wide road so they parked next to the red zone and the hydrant.....blocking access to the road and my driveway.

A quick trip to the hardware store for some "safety red" in rattle cans extended the red another 20 feet.....the City now comes up and paints it for free....no muss no fuss....they think it was their idea....

This road is so screwed up, the Fire Department brings the rookie drivers up to practice tight turns....