Y’know, something happened this morning that really bothered me. It’s not something that would happen anywhere else, but because of the strange alignment of I street and Elkhorn Blvd. in front of Rio Linda High School I see it happening all the time.
In the morning and afternoon, parents often turn from eastbound Elkhorn onto westbound I Street to pick up the youngins at RL Junior High (or whatever they’re calling it today).
I street, and the inlet from Elkhorn are both very narrow. Generally, there’s plenty of room to make the turn IF there’s no-one coming west on I Street. In the mornings and afternoons, when traffic picks up, often times there’ll be another vehicle coming west on I intending to turn onto WB Elkhorn.
Listen… If you’re that guy… if you’re coming west on I street and you see someone turning from Elkhorn, give them some room! If you pull all the way up to the intersection, you block the traffic from Elkhorn. Common sense should tell you that it makes a lot more sense, and is much more safe for you to stop short on I street and let the traffic finish the U-turn, rather than blocking the intersection and causing the Elkhorn traffic to STOP in the middle of Elkhorn Blvd… a situation I would wish on nobody.
Also, knowing that traffic is going to be turning onto I street at that point, go up to the next outlet! There’s 3 exits from I street to Elkhorn at that point and everyone wants to use the first one. If you’re turning onto Elkhorn, drive the extra 75 yards and make the turn there.
(It would be nice if the county could fix the Folsom lake sized potholes at the second inlet. It really would. I’d bet $100 that potholes of that size wouldn’t last as long almost anywhere else.)
Use your head… that’s all I’m saying. I don’t want anyone getting run over by a gasoline tanker on Elkhorn because Mister Fiero Guy can’t be bothered to wait.
