The Blog of Bert Jones

Dear Road Con­struc­tion Workers,

First, I would like to thank you for hard work on the 35W cor­ridor. Once this is com­plete, I know that I will have a very nice looking freeway, with no holes (well, at least until after next winter.)

But, I am befud­dled by some­thing, that I have seen recently; not only on 35W, but on other freeways.

May I ask why you have me merge to once side of the road, just to directo me to the other side?

For instance, just yes­terday I was dri­ving down 35W. This par­tic­ular part had three lans of traffic. I came across a sign, and cones that had me merge to the right lane because “The Left 2 Lanes are Closed.”

But once I go near where the actual road con­struc­tion as hap­pening, you had me move all the way over to the left most lane, becuase actu­ally “The Right 2 Lanes are Closed.”

Why wouldn’t you have just had me stay in my left lane and inform us that “The Right 2 Lanes are Closed.” Instead of having us merge back and forth?

Was this your sneaky way of making us Min­nesotans prac­tice merging and using our blinkers? If that is the case, than I am not so befud­dled and applaud your sneak­i­ness at addressing one of my other pet peeves.

Sin­cerely,

The Blue MiniVan

• Posted by Bert • Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 1:04 am • (0) Comment


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