Sidewalk Booby Traps Across DC
Check out this little devil I found on Vermont Avenue in Shaw.
The stump of a street sign, its raw metal edges awiting an exposed toe or unobservant walker, is primed to cause a yelp, a twist, and a fall.
How many of these booby traps litter our sidewalks? Why do they not seem to garner pothole-level attention?
A street pothole may ruin your tire, but a sidewalk booby trap will ruin your person.
Mayor Fenty, how about a little attention on transport hazards for pedestrians, walkers, runners, those who face city-left booby traps across Washington DC? Save our soles, grind down these spikes.
You should check out the potholes on Foxhall – dangerous!
Quite frankly, I think non-working fire hydrants are a bigger deal.
Then you can go post about hydrants Tom. My issue today is with street booby traps.
Defensive, table for one!
they seem to be breeding, there is one on L St, NW at 16th…on one of the narrowest streches of sidewalks in the city, I might add (right next to the WVSA school).
“Then you can go post about hydrants Tom. My issue today is with street booby traps.”
Ooooooooooh. Somebody could use a gin and tonic, huh?
I have seen these little wannabe deathmakers all over the place. Really irresponsible to leave them there. I have never sprained anything with them but have certainly tripped more than once.
If I were a good American I would find an ambulance-chaser attorney to do something about them.