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More exemplary driving from city workers! This morning, 9:30 am, on Chapel, this car with a government license plate drove slooooowly up the left lane approaching Church. (I was directly behind.) Once the driver reached the intersection, the light turned red. Driver then decided s/he actually wanted to turn right, so veered diagonally into the right lane in front of all the cars that were waiting there. Passenger waved at them out her window. The car then proceeded to start making an illegal right turn on red, as pedestrians were crossing the street and traffic was moving along Church. Then the driver decided to stop partway, blocking both crosswalks. The photo attached was taken just as the light turned green (it took me some time to grab my camera), but shows the position this fine driver wound up in during the course of this red light.

I complain often about the crap driving and disregard for rules all over the city (with, we now know, deadly consequences for pedestrians). But why should citizens follow the rules when the representatives of the city so brazenly disregard them? Parks dept. trucks and even police cars drive around with zero regard for ordinary laws of safety and civility. We notice. Can the city maybe start doing something about this?