A large semi truck made a wrong turn in Edgartown Thursday afternoon, causing traffic issues downtown.
Speaking to The Times, Police Chief Bruce McNamee said the truck made a delivery downtown and went the wrong way, due to a GPS mishap.
“He got on the other side of Morse Street, and realized this just wasn’t going to work,” McNamee said.
The truck then went back into the Harbor View Hotel and made several turns to get back out. Police blocked traffic to North Water Street, and were able to get the truck down South Water Street and out of town.
“It took an hour and it was a hassle, but it wasn’t all that dramatic,” McNamee said. “It worked out great, we got it out of there, and he will not return.”
He added that police will go back to look at traffic signage in the downtown area.
I am always impressed with the way truck drivers can handle these big rigs.
Not the drivers fault to follow the gps– it’s not a perfect system.
But somehow, the great majority of these drivers seem to really know what they are doing.
Earlier in the day he was stuck on Meshacket trying to back into the old dump and turn around! I was stuck behind him until he sort of gave up and let me by.
SSA, MVC, Edgartown, OB and VH select boards might want to coordinate thinking about a central trucking ctr for big rigs to off-load. Get them off small roads out of neighborhoods and off of our congested spring/summer and fall streets. Smaller trucks can more easily distribute produce etc from a distribution ctr. As it is we pay exorbitant prices for things shipped half way across the U.S. and the short boat ride. As we know, the SSA has its ear bent to the business community lacking all reasoning or understanding as to what makes/made the Vineyard so special.
Today because no one is rising to rein in the uncontrolled disaster unfolding gradually here, we have become complacent to after work traffic jams, rude drivers, no common sense biking alternatives, uncontrolled 5 corners mishaps etc.
No tractor trailer tr
The sky is falling.
We have incompetent leadership.
They are just like us.
” we have met the enemy and he is us ” Oliver Hazard Perry (1813)
-Paraphrased by Pogo (1970)
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