<p>Don’t make this mistake!
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<p>Glad I’m not moving anyone to Boston this year! :)</p>
<p>Same thing happened here in my neck of the woods when traffic was rerouted on the waterfront. Some drivers simply ignored the height limit signs and the result was not pretty. </p>
<p>BB - not so fast about not moving to Boston… when we were returning our rental car at SEA-TAC last week, a similar-sized truck rental started to go up the ramp (circular, so couldn’t see ahead) ahead of us, and realized he wasn’t going to be able to pass under the sign, so he had to pull off to the side (where there was room); the passenger got out and tried to direct the truck BACK DOWN THE CIRCULAR RAMP! They weren’t speaking English, so perhaps they couldn’t read the sign that provided the height restrictions. We almost thought the whole ordeal was going to make us late for our flight, but thankfully we managed to get around them at a certain part of the ramp. But it did take us at least five minutes of sitting there waiting to see what they were going to try to do before we could go around.</p>
<p>Wow, Teri! What an ordeal. I imagine how embarrassed they might have felt… And how anxious you were while waiting for them to get off the ramp!</p>
<p>It used to happen a lot on Storrow Drive but they put up hanging signs - big rubber panels on chains with big yellow letters - that are the height of the lowest spot. It now only happens once or twice a year and usually it’s just a case of getting stuck so they let the air out of the tires. Rare that a truck is so oversized it rips the roof back. They usually just get stuck with some damage to the top of the roof.</p>
<p>But a week ago, I saw a courtesy bus in front of me going toward the tunnel. 10’ clearance. I swung to the left and went around as the bus stopped on the downslope. I could see it trying to back up as I went around the corner. The people behind were stuck. </p>
<p>What’s far worse are the people who decide they can ignore the traffic laws because, well, just because they’re new. So they turn left when there’s no left turn. Or drive through cross walks when people are crossing (which, btw, is one of the few ways to get pulled over for sure if seen by a cop). Many people, we understand, are unused to real city driving so we expect mistakes but the jerks can just go bleep. </p>
<p>For me, the big difference is parking goes away. In the summer, I can park almost anywhere (except on Saturday, which is a pain). Back Bay, Allston, even Harvard Square, places overwhelmed with extra people as the schools fill up … it changes where you go and when.</p>
<p>And by far the worst in terms of nuisance is the idiots who dump garbage on the street. We live on a quiet side street and yet the handful of places rented to younger people somehow manage to have boxes with packing peanuts left open in the wind. For a generation that claims to care about the environment, it seems more that many are interested in the laziest options available. One year, the fools left open paint gallons on the street. That was a huge mess. </p>