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See that light? You might want to stop for it
By Times Staff Writer
Published August 30, 2007
CLEARWATER Nothing ruins a long holiday weekend like a $185.50 ticket for running a red light. Clearwater's police traffic enforcement team plans to be out in force Saturday through Monday watching for motorists who run lights at the city's top intersections for crashes: - U.S. 19 and Sunset Point Road. - U.S. 19 and Drew Street. - U.S. 19 and Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard. - Gulf-to-Bay and Belcher Road. A senior could use your old cell phone Donate your old cell phone to the Senior Safety Phone Project that provides seniors with free 911 cell phones. Clearwater donation sites include Ross Norton Recreation Complex at 1426 S Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Clearwater Main Library at 100 N Osceola Ave., and the Long Center at 1501 N Belcher Road. Phones are distributed to seniors from 9:30 a.m. to noon the first Wednesday of the month at Ross Norton Recreation Complex, the second Wednesday of the month at the Main Library, the third Wednesday of the month at the Long Center and the fourth Wednesday of the month at Clearwater Countryside Library, 2741 State Road 580. Call Kerry Marsalek at (727) 562-4830. LARGO Board to discuss school assignments The Pinellas County School Board will discuss its proposed 2008-09 student assignment plan at a workshop at 10 a.m. today in the conference hall of the school administration building, 301 Fourth St. SW. The public is welcome, but audience participation is not permitted. Meetings to allow public comment are scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on: - Sept. 18 at Palm Harbor University High, 1900 Omaha St. - Sept. 26 at Pinellas Park High, 6305 118th Ave. N, Largo. - Sept. 27 at John Hopkins Middle, 701 16th St. S, St. Petersburg. To view the workshop live online, visit www.wpds.tv and click on the "Watch WPDS Online" link.
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by CC
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08/30/07 06:41 PM
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Syncronized lights... yeah that's the ticket... FIX THE LIGHTS...
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by John
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08/30/07 01:17 PM
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I got burned at US19 and Gulf to Bay at 7:00 in the AM, light goes from yellow to red very quickly and what a surprise - two Clearwater motorcycle police picking me and others off. Budget cuts must be pretty steep; thinly veiled entrapment.
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by Bill
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08/30/07 10:29 AM
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Do we only enforce the red light laws on holidays? Why don't police enforce them every day? It has nothing to do with light synchronization ... people are simply to impatient to wait. Enforce the laws EVERY DAY.
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by Steve
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08/30/07 10:08 AM
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I sat thru same left turn signal 3 times on US 19 this morning & just made it on the 3rd cycle. It was only green for about 3 seconds, letting a few cars turn before turning red, meantime all I saw in rear view mirror was headlights after headlights
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by Pete
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08/30/07 06:32 AM
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If the traffic signals were actually syncronized to keep traffic moving instead of stopping at every single light, people wouldn't be in such a hurry to rush through them. Talk about fueling road rage. Fix the lights, folks. Save us all the rush.
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