The Solution Causes the Problem

I often find that my idea of a solution to a problem often causes unintended new problems. I call this the Tyler method. This method is named in honor of the way Tyler decided to handle traffic on the Loop. For those not from Tyler, the Loop around the city has now been separated in the highest traffic areas by a curbed median. This curbage is designed to replace a center left turn lane. No longer can you turn left into the street or business on the opposite side of the street. Now you must go to the corner and hook a U. Therefore the new problem: accidents occurring near the intersection as one vehicle is making a u-turn. I guess it is improvement to keep the accidents in fewer areas of the Loop? I witnessed it just the other day as the a speeding pickup trying to make the light did not see the smaller SUV making the U for Starbucks, Dairy Queen or some other important destination. The truck put a permanent deep dent tattoo on the right side of the SUV sending it over the curb and across the 3 lanes of traffic on the opposite side. I feel much safer!

Song of the Day

Forward Motion
Relient K

Dedicated to: Whoever decided a curb is progress

Whoa-o...Ive been banging my head against the wall
Whoa-o...for so long it seems I knocked it down, yeah it got knocked down
Whoa-o...and the heating bill went through the roof
Whoa-o...and the wall I knocked down was the proof
That my landlord needed to kick me out

I got evicted now Im living on the street
My spirits lifted...oh wait, that wasnt me
Too many turns have turned out to be wrong
This time I learned that, I knew it all along

When car crashes occur
Then Ill be what you were
When I see what I should
When I see that its good (that its good)

To experience the bittersweet
To taste defeat
Then brush my teeth
Experience the bittersweet
To taste defeat
Then brush my teeth

Cause I struggle with forward motion
I struggle with forward motion
We all struggle with forward motion
Cause forward motion is harder than it sounds
Well everytime I gain some ground
I gotta turn myself around again
Its harder than it sounds
Well everytime I gain some ground
I gotta turn myself around again