Top photo:Carriage Drive looking right onto Rt.68/70 Bottom photo:Carriage Drive looking left onto Rt. 68-70

Now as many of you know, my husband received a ticket for not stopping at the stop sign at the intersection of Rt. 68/70 and Carriage Drive.  The officer claimed he did not stop at the stop sign at all and pulled right out onto the main road at 5:30 p.m.

Now the above photos show just what it is like at the stop sign on Carriage Drive in Cheshire before one pulls out onto Rt 68/70 turning left or right. Mind you, these photos were not taken at 5:30 p.m. when the road is filled with cars going towards Wallingford from Cheshire. These photos were taken around 7:30 p.m.

It is funny, because if my husband “allegedly” blew through this stop sign (which as you can see or can’t see at this intersection during rush hour would be suicide) why did the officer ask him “didn’t you see my car” which was coming from the right as shown in the first upper photograph.

Be honest, how far ahead can you really see from BOTH DIRECTIONS. Now in the bottom photo, I had a friend stop his car in the road before Carriage Drive. CAN YOU SEE THE CAR? Answer: HELL NO!!!

Mind you, most people coming down Rt. 68/70 go WAY OVER the 45 miles per hour speed limit. And, if you look at the bottom photo, there is also a curve in the road. So literally, if you are traveling down Rt. 69/70, you do not see Carriage Drive until you are at least 20 feet from it. It is even more of a blind spot approaching that road  from the main drag.

The biggest problem as you can see from the bottom photo, is where the street sign is placed. It is at least 10 to 15 feet from the intersection. I know, I travel to Carriage Drive several times a week to visit a friend. If you are in the Cheshire area, drive down Rt. 68-70 and turn right onto Carriage Drive THE FIRST TIME. I BET MY BIG FAT you know what–you will MISS THIS STREET!! I GUARANTEE IT!!

And on the top photo, with all the overgrown brush and trees, hello!! HOW FAR UP THE ROAD CAN YOU SEE. WE WERE AT THE STOP BAR AS IT WAS WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN. One would literally have to block the right lane to see even halfway up the street. Don’t forget cars travel in feet per second. One literally has to watch the left side of the road, and in a split second, jump out when that coast is clear because it really is blocked!!!

So do you honestly believe you can just sail through this intersection without even ATTEMPTING TO STOP?? DO YOU?? CAN YOU??

IN OTHER NEWS: The City of Bridgeport is trying to foreclose on the two “Freeman Homes” because the City says the owners of the property, Action for Bridgeport Community Development (ABCD) owe at least $116,000 in back taxes dating from 1990!!

ABCD says it is non-profit and does not pay taxes. WHAT IS GOING ON?? Couldn’t the City of Bridgeport or shouldn’t the City of Bridgeport have figured this out 18 years ago?? Apparently a Superior Court Judge said that ABCD is a taxable entity. This is so muddled it is worse than the Norton School Boiler issue.

The home is on the National Register of Historic Places. These were homes built by two free African American Women around 1831 in a section of Bridgeport that became known as “little Liberia” The Underground Railroad even used these homes as a safe haven for slaves leaving the South.  In fact, these two homes are a dwindling reminder of this time in our country’s history.

This is an outrage. Someone needs to decided if ABCD IS  REALLY not for profit and if foreclosing on the homes is in the best interest of the community. And  if so, the City should take the property over and preserve this at any cost!!  But you all know what will happen if the City takes it over- look at Pleasure Beach and the Poli Theater on Main Street for starters!!

Come on, even Cheshire wouldn’t do something as dopey as this!!

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