Aldercreature Leadfoot Complains
If you're doing something wrong, wouldn't it make more sense to .... just stop doing the wrong thing? Not if you're an aldercreature:
- A South Side alderman who got two warning notices recently after speeding around schools and parks is demanding that City Hall put up more and better signs to alert motorists to slow down.
Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) introduced a resolution at this week’s City Council meeting co-signed by a dozen colleagues.
Signs alerting motorists to an upcoming speed camera are "similar to existing speed limit signs," the resolution states.
By contrast, signs warning motorists approaching a red-light camera are “uniquely designed with a traffic signal illustration," according to the resolution.
The resolution demands that the Chicago Department of Transportation install “clear distinctive signs and/or striping that indicates that a motorist is approaching a school or park safety zone.”
That would kind of defeat the purpose of the cameras Leslie. They are there to generate money, not promote safety. And see how Leslie explains away her misbehavior:
- “If I’m driving in an unfamiliar neighborhood, then I’m entitled to notice to be able to comply with the law to be a safe driver in a school zone by reducing my speed. It is not fair for a driver not to have a posted sign allowing them to adjust their speed.
She's entitled. And the signs will warn her that she's got to be safe because there are cameras around, meaning that if she doesn't see the signs or cameras, she can drive like an asshole?
The logical disconnect here is pretty typical of Chicago political hacks.
The logical disconnect here is pretty typical of Chicago political hacks.
Labels: silly people
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
60 Comments:
Some people are more equal and more important than the common herd. Also due to their VIP status, some people should be exempted from many common rules and regulations and speed limits. Now if the Alderperson was doing 100mph this is one thing. Doing 45-50 mph should get an exemption. She is important and so is her time. In addition the speed cameras were never intended to raise money from alderpersons.
Lets just leave it at this……..ASSHOLE
Aldermen or women can do what they want. I needs a sign to tell me not to speed. I love the speed cameras, I always said, you can bitch at a police officer for giving you a ticket, BUT, you can only bitch at yourself if you get a speeding ticket from a camera. Its just freaking great, I needs a sign to tell me not to speed. LMFAO
If your driving around a school shouldn't you reduce your speed anyway you stupid bitch.
you couldn't make this shit up... only in shitcago.
I wonder how she voted when it came to these cameras.
"Entitled" sums up, not just her, but an entire segment is society.
Pay your ticket and shut up.
Much as I hate to admit it, Ald. Hairston is correct on this issue…most of these speed cameras in "school and park areas" are nothing more than a money trap. The vast majority of their locations, even if posted in newspapers, when you're driving past them are top secret. These speed camera locations should have signage that are similar to those in red-light camera areas, and they aren't. I know in my travels throughout he city I see the speed cameras snapping away, with most motorists oblivious that they are being photo'd.
Cameras or no cameras... signs or warnings... Law is the law and one sign is sufficient. If understanding a single sign is difficult for a politician they should be tied to the sign and forced to memorize it. What a bunch of idiots.
“clear distinctive signs and/or striping that indicates that a motorist is approaching a school or park safety zone.”
"ALD HAIRSTON SLOW DOWN
"ALD HAIRSTON SLOW DOWN
"ALD HAIRSTON SLOW DOWN."
Kind of like the "WRONG WAY WRONG WAY WRONG WAY" signs nobody pays any attention to anymore...
Which one was it got arrested for ignoring firemen/coppers yelling at her, arguing with them, and drunk driving over a whole mess of stretched hoses on North Sheridan Road outside a going fire? F1, but can'r remember the name.
Before these cameras and signs were installed, didn't this have had to pass through the City Council, and have had to be voted for by these stupid MF'ers?
Typical Politician blowhard! I'm entitled! These laws are for the little people in the Rahmdom!
So if this thing passes shouldn't everyone that had to pay a fine already be entitled to their money back?
Tha shit be racisis too.
This is what passes for a Chicago political leader. Can the bar get any lower?
Hey Hairston - you are not entitled to anything, you ignorant mutt.
Those laws we pass are for the peasants, not us, to follow or be fined.
Your Shitty Council
2:56 AM
You are referring to former 24th Ward Aldercreature Sharon Denise DIXON. Hopefully, desperately needed psychiatric help and psychotropic drugs are proving successful with reversing her emotional disturbance issues.
Aside from the 24th Dist. firehose incident, she is the same asshole that was arrested for carrying a firearm into the 10th Dist. station. Earlier, she also caused problems with the well-respected 10th Dist. PO Dannye WARD for merely doing his duty.
Give it a day or two.... the next complaint will be that the speed camerasmare only targeting african americans. Racist speed cameras.... that has jackson and hair boy al written all over it.
Didn't she cast a yea vote for the speed cameras?
It's all about REVENUE, nothing more. A stupid aldercreature, above all since they voted them in in the first place, should know this.
The cameras are placed on poles in the middle of the block and the
sign is across the street opposite
the camera and this by design so
you will speed on your merry way and drop your money in the mayor's pocket. The posted speed limit is
30 mph so it won't hurt to slow down
to 25 mph and if the other drivers
elect to go around you that's their
problem.
LMAO shut the fuck up and pay your fine bitch, your making 6 figures....better yet just write a check from your expense account!!!
Doesn't the "Rules of the Road" have speed limit guidelines for speed limits that are not posted?
Just sayin' that your suppose to know how fast to go as described in the ROTR book.
I mean, most side streets do not have posted signs but that does not mean you can go 80 because "there were no signs.... how am I suppose to know how fast I gotta' go?"
The same Hairston who called the 006th dist commander on a P.O. because her friend didn't have car insurance and was told she would vet a citation! Yeah she's a class act!
The vast majority of their locations, even if posted in newspapers, when you're driving past them are top secret.
Easy solution..........PAY ATTENTION!
Comon! Bitching that the speed camera signs don't "stand out" is a cop out. Most people drive the same route everyday and they know what to expect. If you are driving in an unknown area, then just do the limit. How hard can that be?
Besides, at least the cameras are always in the same spot, unlike a marked car.
The camera will only get you for speeding. The copper will not only write you for speeding, but any other violation they find. Gotta have that activity for VRI!
Not to defend this goof, but theres a point here. An example would be the cameras on 111th east of Pulaski, near the Ag school and Mt. Greenwood Park. The speed limit west of Pulaski is higher that it is east of Pulaski, so you have to hit the brakes so the camera doesn't get you. Little if any signage makes it a naked speed trap. Money grab only.
Everyone should slow down around schools, but the city knows that signs work against the REAL goal...making money.
i thought the aldermen were in the same class as city workers such as cta employees and don't have to pay traffic cam fines.
pretty sure the mayor doesn't mind the inflated number of tickets issued as tho the traffic cams are making things safer.
it's makes for good hollywood-like p.r. yeah
would you look at all these tickets we printed. no-no, don't look at how many are paid or the clouted ones that get a 'professional courtesy'
you should be aware.
at currie h.s. we have east bound traffic on archer cutting over to 51st to avoid the speed trap cams and the red light cam on pulaski.
during rush hour, when the children are present, many of these drivers are nearly running down pedestrians that have the right-of-way to cross the street -- in their mass rush to make their right hand on red turn.
this location is right at the cta orange line stop it gets busy. someone is going to get hurt because of this eff'd up traffic engineering and lack of enforcement.
save the children mayor. won't someone save the children.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
“clear distinctive signs and/or striping that indicates that a motorist is approaching a school or park safety zone.”
"ALD HAIRSTON SLOW DOWN
"ALD HAIRSTON SLOW DOWN
"ALD HAIRSTON SLOW DOWN."
Kind of like the "WRONG WAY WRONG WAY WRONG WAY" signs nobody pays any attention to anymore...
3/07/2014 02:30:00 AM
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maybe the city should have an audible warning specifically for aldermen.
ya know...a bullhorn announcing 'attention chicago aldermen...we see you..
perhaps stronger words of warning could be broadcast depending on the speed that they are traveling too.
'hey mo-fo, slow the f'k down there are kids out here jackass.'
we have the technology.
of course why should we limit this reckless behavior monitoring to just parks and school zones. put a gps tracking system in their cars and a camera.
hey.. if they're not doing anything wrong what's there to worry about.
Maybe she should think twice about rubber stamping everything Rahm rams down the council's throat.
There are "speed limit" signs in school areas. Enough said.
If it only takes a sign for someone to slow down in a school zone, why the need for speed cameras. $$$$$$$
Amazing how quick she hopped on this when it affected her. Could she have possibly been on her cell phone further distracting her in an unfamiliar part of the city? Welcome to the real world Leslie. Follow the rules like everyone else and quit speeding and yapping. Pay attention to the road. After all you voted for these shitty cameras that everyone hates. Hope it bites you in the ass good.
The Duchess needs special treatment.
I always thought the signage was interesting. Believe it or not, I also thought only Chicago got the red light camera signs correct. Suburbs warn you about red light cameras with white signs which is a regulatory color. E.G.: things you should or shouldn't do. ONE WAY, SPEED LIMIT, etc. Chicago uses the yellow/black signs to warn you there is a stop light ahead - just like they should, and then put a little sign under it stating 'photo enforced' This is a correct use of a warning sign.
Kind of like yellow ramp speed signs, its a warning (suggested speed, notice it doesn't say speed limit)- not regulatory. So, the 'speed trap' signs are correct - regulatory - this is the speed limit, and we will enforce it at this speed.
Now, the number of signs along a particular section of street may be a problem. For instance, drive down Division thru Little Puerto Rico. Photo red light signs, photo speed signs, pedestrian crossing signs, speed limit signs, snow signs, parking meter signs, stop signs, one way signs, This stretch certainly has an overabundance of signs - I'm sure there are many other areas as well. Thats a problem, I'm not watching for pedestrians or cars if I'm trying to read all 50 signs on one block to make sure I'm not going to get a ticket sent to me.
They have speed limit signs all over the city. If you drive the speed limit you will never receive a ticket from the police or a camera. Simple solution to her problem.
Now all of a sudden there's something wrong with this robotic traffic enforcement,sending out requests for the ball and a date with tiny dancer in a tutu!
WTF? They need signs (from above?) to tell them they're speeding???
As much as like to nail the pedal to the floor, I'm well aware that 99% of city streets are max 30mph. If I'm tagged some day, I'll blame myself...oh, and pay the $100
because the media could care less to give me a couple paragraphs in the paper to bitch about it.
BTW, fix the potholes Cholly Williams so we can go 60 in a 30 again.
Anonymous said...
Which one was it got arrested for ignoring firemen/coppers yelling at her, arguing with them, and drunk driving over a whole mess of stretched hoses on North Sheridan Road outside a going fire? F1, but can'r remember the name.
3/07/2014 02:56:00 AM
Ald. Sharon Dixon 24th Ward
She don't be the alderbitch no mo' She got beat. She ran for congress against Danny Davis and got beat too. She was arrested at the 10th District for carrying a pistol. "aggravated unlawful use of a loaded weapon and failure to register a firearm."
What about the warning signs that say 30 mph, then 100 feet later the 20 mph when children present. Little confusing.
Hey scc
Are you sure that this or any alder creature can actually read a simple sign??
We all know they ain't color blind to green right?
Remember its for the children. Ald. Hairston the mayor conned you into thinking he was doing it for safety of the children. I bet the streets that have the speed cameras will be snow plowed and free of pot holes within minutes so that the cameras protect the children.
I fully agree with the Alderman, Stop the $ racket!
Im sure Alderwomen Hairston would rather be pulled over by the police so she could say it was racial profiling. And get on the news saying that she was a victim of the police profiling.
slow down bitch,you have 4 eyes,you cant read?
If you observe/obey the speed limit there will not be a problem !!
Real simple, obey the spped limit wherever you are. If you are so stupid you need to be told to obey the law then maybe you shouldn't be an elected representative of the people. Or maybe the race card was blocking your view. What an incredibly stupid bitch!
The idiot alder thieves voted for this now she complains. Hah now I know why was she not given her manilla envelope stuffed with payoff cash? Must be true the others are fat and happy how much to buy her off? How about you follow the rules. "You have to know the rules before you break the rules it makes it more fun"
If you never drive over 35 MPH, alderman, you will never get a speeding citation.
Simple enough solution, even for this particular simpleton. Direct the Department of Transportation to install a clearly worded sign.. IE:
"Traffic Laws Apply to You Too, you useless piece of shit!" to Leslie's steering wheel.
I love the speed camera at 102nd & Indianapolis Blvd. The rationale for the camera is it is near a school.
The problem with the camera is no child crosses the street there as they cannot get through the Skyway.
A SPEED TRAP THAT RELATES TO GEORGIA OR MISSISSIPPI IN THE 60'S!
I just saw a new camera on Belmont and the railroad tracks east of Cicero. Poor chump ahead of me got flashed. I'm wondering if that camera is for the itty-bitty playlot on Belmont? I'm starting to drive about 25 mph all the time. All of you behind me, sorry, but I'm not giving the city a nickel of my paycheck back that I don't have to.
You all drive the limit? Right! Get out of my way.
Sounds like when Alderman Mell forgot to register his 40-something firearms on time. . . . He got passed a one-time grace period for clouted alderman to register their weapons.
there are a lot of there speed camera's around selected parts of the city that don't have any signs around them...theres 2 i thing on 127th and state area that don't have any signs near, around, before or after the camera.......no one thought this would happen right?.....just like the reprogramming of the traffic lights after the the red light cameras came around, and causing countless accidents
Now if Mayor Rahm was really concerned about safety he could put speed bumps adjacent the cameras. Or do like I have seen in other munis. Put orange flags up to draw attention to the camera. A speed bump will physically slow you down but a camera is only a deterrent after the fact.
Ever hit a speed bump at 40 MPH?
Michael Spaargaren
009, 2W
Took one at 30 in a wagon, I thought it was going to come apart and go sideways. Very scary. Just a lesson boys and girls, do not go 40, or even 30 or 20 over a speed bump in a squadrol.
How do we check to see if she pays her tickets, or are they exempt
She must think it's ok to speed around the schools where there are no cameras, because there are already signs posted by schools
My answer to potholes and cameras in the City of Chicago is simple, i have simply reduced the business I do in the City of Chicago. In the suburbs the taxes are cheaper, the roads are better and I can park. I really miss the City but Daley and that 9 1/2 fingered prick has proven to me that illegals and criminals are more important than taxpayers, so fuck them.
Just for the reord I am not a fan of hers. I also think that she is being silly about the signage. Regardless if its a camera or not she was still speeding. But Ald Hairston is part of the block that usually votes against the mayor.
Per the Tribune:
The 33-14 vote came after the mayor made changes to the camera plan in an effort to build support among aldermen leery of backing a package that some of their constituents view as a cash grab by the city.
(Voting no were: Alds. Arena, Cappleman, Pawar, Osterman, Fioretti, Dowell, Burns, HAIRSTON, Sawyer, Jackson, Chandler, Waguespack, Sposato, and Reilly. Absent were Alds. Maldonado, Reboyras, Graham. The other 33 aldermen voted )
Off topic: saw a repair man working on the camera at Vincennes and 111th Street. It's been out for a few months. Be careful on the right turn on red at that intersection.
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