Lakewood Drivers get a a bad rap for the driving habits and the town got itself a bad reputation for it. While there may be some bad drivers as is the case in any town or city there are other contributing factors to blame. A lot has to do with the infrastructure that cant handle the traffic and a lack of smart planning.
Somehow the issue of Lakewood driving ended up in a twitter storm with President Donald Trump.
"It was just an emotional expression I was referring to Lakewood, New Jersey and the horrible drivers of that town and that happens to be mostly Jewish people that live there."
LA Times: During an early morning Twitter storm, President Trump retweeted a meme of himself "eclipsing" President Obama.
Then things took a strange turn for Jerry Travone, the man who tweeted the image. He had featured a website where he has an online shop selling pro-wrestling T-shirts in his Twitter bio. But anyone who clicked on the link Thursday morning would have been taken to the Jewish United Fund of Chicago – before the link disappeared from Travone's page altogether. Travone told The Times that he had nothing to do with the link to the Jewish United Fund, later tweeting that his account must have been hacked. Not exactly. The Twitter account @OneHourTees, which belongs to the owners of the T-shirt marketplace where Travone had his shop, said it had redirected Travone's page to the Jewish United fund, telling Travone that it took action "since you hate Jews." Soon after, Travone said he lost access to his online store.
"That's what happens when the left attacks you," Travone tweeted.
On Sunday, Travone tweeted a statement critical of Jewish people. It has since been deleted.
Travone told NBC News that he wasn't anti-Semitic. "It was just an emotional expression I was referring to Lakewood, New Jersey and the horrible drivers of that town and that happens to be mostly Jewish people that live there."
Later on Periscope, he made similar comments and criticized liberals and MSNBC for turning attention to that tweet.
"I should have worded it better," he said, adding, "I don't hate Jewish people ".
Don't blame the infrastructure just because that's your agenda. We really need to educate people not to,make left turns onto rt 9 when the sign says not to ,and not to try to,make left turnswithoyt pulling to the left and letting the traffic behind you move forward. These are 2 things that happen to me constantly. We are bh very busy with our families and children but its still not an excuse
ReplyDeleteit might be nice to let people go around you on the shoulde on the right when you are making a left turn, but it is actually illegal for those cars to do that so you have no right to be mad at someone for not allowing you to break the law and drive on the shoulder.
DeleteI was not talking about a shoulder. There are many places where there is no shoulder and room to drive straight if the left turning car was in the left of the road and not in the center.
Deleteif there is no real lane on the right you are legally not allowed to pass someone on the right.
DeleteYup, and when the light turns green take your nose out of your phone and drive! Don't wait to be honked at a 10 second turning light, and then 2 other people behind you missed the light.
ReplyDeleteOh and stop signs, mean stop, full stop, and wait you turn by an all way stop sign.
And use blinkers!!!!
ReplyDeleteHeard from a local rov: There is nothing that show a blatant disregard for yenem like not signaling before you turn.