Posted by Cape Cod Daily News via Hyannis News
Friday September 20, 2024 (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN PHOTO NOTES & MULLINGS ON THE MATTER] – Just prior to 8:00 p.m. this evening, Barnstable Police and Hyannis Firefighters responded – yet again – to another serious crash with injuries at the notorious intersection of South Street and High School Road. Fortunately, the two individuals transported to Cape Cod Hospital did not suffer life-threatening injuries this time… but nonetheless!
ADDITIONAL HN MULLINGS: Since the mid-1980s, HN has observed countless crashes at the intersection of South Street and High School Road, some fatal. I have also covered scenes where pedestrians have been struck. It’s a bad intersection that sits close to schools and a residential program for young mothers. South Street is one of the town’s last drag strips, where souped-up shitboxes driven by incredibly tiny, impotent boys, weave their pieces of crap through the two one-way lanes of traffic, vying for the coveted prize of being first at the lights at South Street and Ocean Street. The drivers of these souped-up shitboxes are called “morons.” They serve no useful purpose and don’t give a rat’s ass about putting others in danger. And worst of all, these tiny morons like to make themselves heard by revving engines and squealing tires. It makes them feel bigger than they really are. But this is nothing new… this noisy, treacherous Hyannis speedway has been hurting, maiming, and killing people for years…
… and our government freaks, or powers to be, couldn’t give a rat’s ass either. We are a twisted society held captive by freaks and morons. A society that can build wonderful art shanties and brightly colored cubes while we don’t have a clue about how to slow down traffic on South Street. We are baffled on how to finally stop these life-threatening, high-speed crashes at South and High School Road. The carnage will continue because, “freaks and morons…”
Wait, I have an idea! Now hear me out… but how about putting some brightly colored plywood cubes the length of South Street! You know, to “spark discussion and raise awareness…”
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