This one happened while I was at work in the work vehicle.
Now, a little background. Edmonton downtown area has a river cutting through it, and my route currently straddles the river, so I cross it a couple of times a night at least. There are a number of options to cross, but the ones I tend to use are the 'High Level Bridge' and the 'Low Level Bridge'.
Both are old, converted railway bridges, wide enough for two lanes, and both are one way. High Level Bridge runs North to South, Low Level runs South to North. All of the roads leading to the bridges become one-way LONG before they get anywhere near the bridges themselves, creating a gauntlet of 'Do Not Enter' signs, street lights and signs all facing the wrong way, and oncoming traffic. Going the wrong way on any of these roads would become painfully obvious LONG before you reached the bridge, even at night.
Got it? Good.
This guy apparently didn't.
I was crossing the Low Level Bridge, in the left lane, along with a fair bit of traffic in the right lane, when I suddenly realized the lights ahead of me weren't taillights. They were headlights of a pickup truck, crossing the bridge the wrong way!
Thankfully the traffic beside me let me over without a fuss, because this guy wasn't stopping. He zoomed on by without a pause, to continue across the bridge, and up about six blocks worth of hill, all the wrong way on a one-way street.
Anyone familiar with the area would know the bridge is one way, and I'm not sure how you could FIND the bridge going the wrong way if you weren't, since naturally the only signs you'd see would be those pesky 'Do Not Enter' signs that don't apply to you, and to even get on the appropriate streets you'd have to either start from deep downtown, or turn off a street that's taking you right to ANOTHER bridge that will take you across the same river the way you want to go. So either he's a newbie who stumbled upon it, or he's a local who had a bit more stupid juice than the law allows.
Now, a little background. Edmonton downtown area has a river cutting through it, and my route currently straddles the river, so I cross it a couple of times a night at least. There are a number of options to cross, but the ones I tend to use are the 'High Level Bridge' and the 'Low Level Bridge'.
Both are old, converted railway bridges, wide enough for two lanes, and both are one way. High Level Bridge runs North to South, Low Level runs South to North. All of the roads leading to the bridges become one-way LONG before they get anywhere near the bridges themselves, creating a gauntlet of 'Do Not Enter' signs, street lights and signs all facing the wrong way, and oncoming traffic. Going the wrong way on any of these roads would become painfully obvious LONG before you reached the bridge, even at night.
Got it? Good.
This guy apparently didn't.
I was crossing the Low Level Bridge, in the left lane, along with a fair bit of traffic in the right lane, when I suddenly realized the lights ahead of me weren't taillights. They were headlights of a pickup truck, crossing the bridge the wrong way!
Thankfully the traffic beside me let me over without a fuss, because this guy wasn't stopping. He zoomed on by without a pause, to continue across the bridge, and up about six blocks worth of hill, all the wrong way on a one-way street.
Anyone familiar with the area would know the bridge is one way, and I'm not sure how you could FIND the bridge going the wrong way if you weren't, since naturally the only signs you'd see would be those pesky 'Do Not Enter' signs that don't apply to you, and to even get on the appropriate streets you'd have to either start from deep downtown, or turn off a street that's taking you right to ANOTHER bridge that will take you across the same river the way you want to go. So either he's a newbie who stumbled upon it, or he's a local who had a bit more stupid juice than the law allows.
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