Those Blazin' Truckdrivers
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Topic: Those Blazin' Truckdrivers
Posted By: VietVet
Subject: Those Blazin' Truckdrivers
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 7:42am
Valerie Griffin, Traffic Engineer (guess she watches traffic lights change all day- guess we need one of those) says that the big trucks are a "blazin'" down Central Avenue at 60 MPH!!! Hard to "blaze, Val, with the gear ratios on those big trucks and traffic lights at every corner, isn't it? Ms. Sherrer isn't happy either at this rogue "blazin'" The city has decided to start fining these ROGUE truck drivers that blaze.  Of course they will....another pathetic attempt at generating revenue while being a business/people friendly little community at the same time!  Let's mess with the people who bring us the supplies to the few businesses that remain in town....especially downtown. That's smart city hall! Real smart.   Whoops....Hoffman says that the increase in truck traffic might be the result of the Sorg demolition. Those darn rogue truckers hauling away the rubble! 
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Posted By: wasteful
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 8:21am
| Now Vet that is not what the article said. The article basically said Central Ave. is not a designated truck route and is not to be used as one or as a short cut. If truckers have to make a delivery or pickup in the area they could do so. |
Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 8:41am
Might be wasteful, but I still get a kick out of hearing the verbage usage by these people. Rogue and blazing to describe the situation. Great humor! 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 9:21am
| I thought the 60 miles per hour was hilarious. Sometimes people do not realize how stupid they sound. |
Posted By: 409
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 9:31am
Vet.....We're gonna get ticketed if we don't quit driving our pickups through there at 60 mph!  
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Posted By: Marianne
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 10:06am
Vet, by "these people," you must mean the people who write for the Middletown Journal. The word "rogue" is a term used by the article writer. It's not a direct quote from Valerie Griffin: Valerie Griffin, a traffic engineer with the city, referred to rogue trucks as a “big problem” for Middletown. Sherrer, not Griffin, is the person mentioned in the article as making the statement about how many trucks went through a light: "Sherrer once counted as many as 25 in the course of a single day." "Adriane Scherrer is sick of watching semitrailers blazing along Central Avenue. “The speed limit out here is 35 and I’m telling you they fly through here at 60 mph,” she said." But hey, don't let facts get in the way of opinions. :) |
VietVet wrote:Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 10:37am
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I may be wrong on this - but wouldn' the speed limit downtown be 25 not 35. |
Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 10:57am
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Well alrighty then, Marianne. I stand corrected as to the details of the story. Don't suppose you would know about a well-used phrase, "the jest of the story" would you? Didn't know I would be graded on this, was still in freshman college English or I would have been on my best behavior on this. Thanks for the critique! Guess no credit hours for me! I'll certainly watch next time or face academic probation for sure!
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Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 11:43am
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Vet - It's not even noon yet and your already in trouble
I guess I need to find that article so I can put in my three cents worth. ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 12:01pm
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Hermes- by all means, read it. Then, I'd appreciate some critique from you. Please concentrate on building where other critics have left off. I especially enjoy being evaluated on accurate interpretations of articles on who said what, particularly when the article was more humorous than important. After you read the article, please respond with your best shot at criticism. Any less and I'll be disappointed. It can only make me a better person. Darn, we were just talking about sarcasm the other day with Ms. Andrew, and I'll be darn, there's some more of it!
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Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 12:04pm
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Found the article....who ever this Adriane Scherrer is it is apparent she hasn't a clue about what she is complaining about,sorry. As a former driver for starters it would take a loaded tractor/trailer at least ¾ to 1 mile to even get up to 60 miles per hour, bobtailing (thats the tractor minus the trailer) could be at 60 mph in a short distance.
All drivers know you can not take a truck through a town on a no truck route, they know this is illegal & they would not put their driving record in jeopardy and have to pay a fine if they were just passing through. I think Ms. Scherrer is seeing dump trucks running back and forth to the demolition sites which would make her complaint null and void. Besides there is not enough people or business in the downtown area to even worry about it.
I think she may also have been using a metaphor when she said 60 mph. ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 1:19pm
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I think Adreane Sdherrer may have started a war. If you read the comments on the journal page as well as comments today that were posted about her business.
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=we+can+business+incubator+middletown+oh&fb=1&gl=us&hq=we+can+business+incubator&hnear=middletown+oh&cid=6008152045514836406&dtab=2&ei=JZirS5TQFISyNpLP1JkF&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQqgUwAA - http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=we+can+business+incubator+middletown+oh&fb=1&gl=us&hq=we+can+business+incubator&hnear=middletown+oh&cid=6008152045514836406&dtab=2&ei=JZirS5TQFISyNpLP1JkF&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQqgUwAA
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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 3:06pm
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Wow that's quite a slam on Adrian. I have had my run in with her, but I wouldn't call her the worst person in Middletown.
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Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 3:27pm
| Ms.Schearer is a very nice lady imo, and she cares very much about Middletown, particularly the area formerly known as downtown. Her comments seem to be taken beyond their intent, and the reaction of many seems far over the top. She is always volunteering her time for community causes with no personal agenda. She is more in tune with the mindset here than many of you might think. I like her and consider her my friend. |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 4:01pm
I can't believe you said that ↑
Spider - Very well said. I don't know the lady myself but I do know that people mistakenly use the word truck to identify ALL types of truck's. I also know it's impossible to travel 60 mph down Central unless you hit every green light & you were already traveling at a good speed. (in a truck)
I'm assuming her statement was a metaphor concerning the 60 mph. ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: TudorBrown
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 4:29pm
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Unbelievable!!! Semi Trucks barreling through our Art District at 60 M.P.H. plus!!! Imagine how many of our "artists" could have been smashed like bugs!!! |
Posted By: acclaro
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 5:50pm
| I agree it would be absolutely impossible for a truck to stop at lights, and legally accelerate to 60 mph on Central. There is a light about every 100 yards downtown, and coming up, with a trailer, there is no truck which could reach 60 mph before it came to Marathon. I think the word would be hyperbole than a metaphor, although wild exaggeration is an appropriate description. I think I saw Augusta Rodin driving one, with Monets and Rembrandts in the rear. |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Mar 25 2010 at 6:40pm
We have an art district ??
 Whats the speed limit in an art district ?
Do they have signs posted ? ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: butlerlee55
Date Posted: Mar 26 2010 at 2:02pm
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I do believe that ya all are being very unfair to Adriane Scherrer. She fights everyday to make things right for Middletown.
Adriane works very hard along with others to bring things like The Broad Street Bash and Troop Aid to Middletown to be able to bring people from out of town to see what our city can do. We have a good town . I was born here and my family helped to build this town and I am proud of it and of Ms Scherrer for all her hard work. I have seen large trucks going way to fast on central ave at Main. again could those vibrations caused the 5th 3rd sign to fall.?? ------------- Frances |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Mar 26 2010 at 3:05pm
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Frances - Just guessing here but the sign probably fell due to it's age & structure, mounting brackets being old and worn,old bolts etc. I seriously doubt trucks had any part to play. Now an earthquake would be a different story.
As for your sentence that we have a good town I can't imagine why you would think that. Unless you refer to the people, then yeah I would agree we have some fine people in this town. But if you mean the way it's run by city hall then no, it's by no means a fine town. ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: Mar 29 2010 at 11:18am
| I think the lesson should be - Pick your battles. We have bigger problems in Middletown then trucks going down Central Ave. I know Ms. Sherrer tries her best to help Middletown, however we are not a high class area. I think with her statement she unintentionally offended alot of Middletonians. Alot of individuals feel that those making decisions and their friends want to have a high class town. That is kind of hard to achieve when you have a high unemployment rate, and no future of business coming to this town. Bring in the business - get people employed, that should be the number one focus. |
Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Mar 29 2010 at 12:02pm
| You're right Bobbie, business and jobs SHOULD be the priority. Unfortunately, the city leaders don't agree with you. It would appear that their priorities are centered around fed revenue for Section 8, knocking down everything in sight to create "green space" for "future development", driving business OUT of town, rather then attracting them and ignoring the streets and infrastructure, that is, until the streets get to the gravel sub-base and the infrastructure collaspses, perhaps creating a fatality. If they wished for a "high class town" they are going in the opposite direction to get their wish. |
Posted By: angelababy
Date Posted: Oct 22 2010 at 1:37am
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I thought the 60 miles per hour was hilarious.
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