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Another problem with al fresco dining: When there are police trucks racings to a crime scene, they might try to avoid hitting another car, jump the curb, and pin you and your server against a wall. That's what happened yesterday in Murray Hill, as a police truck "swerved, jumped the curb and plowed into a sidewalk restaurant in Murray Hill in Manhattan, demolishing a large sidewalk planter and pushing two customers and their server up against a wall in a tangle of chairs, tables, plants and soil," as reported by the NY Times. Apparently the truck was trying to get the Time Warner Center where a man had stolen some merchandise from the Sephora store. Given the other kinds of stores at the Time Warner store, Gothamist is surprised one would be stealing merchandise from the Sephora; surely, the organic meat from Whole Foods is more expensive on a pound for pound basis. Anyway, two police trucks were traveling west on East 37th Street when a Nissan Sentra pulled into the intersection, causing one truck to swerve and then jump onto the curb and into Earl's Restaurant. The victims from the curb jumping included a couple in their late 60s and early 70s (they only had minor injuries)and the 25 year old server (treated at the scene). And the Daily News finds a Katrina connection at the scene: Two people eating there had just escaped the hurricane, telling the tab, "We were scared to death - twice."
Previous encounters with cars jumping onto curbs.
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seriously, WHOLE FOODS IS OVERPRICED PEOPLE! a fucking fuji apple is 3 bucks! A complete meal is like twenty dollars! MILK PER GALLON IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN GAS! Whole Foods is healthy for your diet but murder on your wallet.
If there were any justice - and there isn't - the driver of the Sentra would lose his license immediately. People nowadays have no respect for the lights and sirens of emergency vehicles. And why should they? The vehicles are in such a rush that they don't keep track of what cars or pedestrians ignore them. There are no consequences for obstructing emergency vehicles.
It reminds me of a scene from the old "48 Hours" show, before it turned into a murder of the week program. The crew was riding inside an ambulance that was responding to an emergency call with lights and siren going. A woman just casually crossed the street right in front of the ambulance as if she had all the time in the world.
I'm always concerned about cars jumping the curb when people "lose control" of them. I seem to be the only one. It is rather insane that only a 3" or 4" difference in height separate flesh and blood beings from roaring tons of steel. There should be pylons or whatever they're called along every sidewalk. But oh well. Try to be aware, people. I go nuts when I see people with vacant expressions letting their kids stand or walk on the very edge of the city sidewalks.
Wait, two police trucks were racing from Murray Hill to Columbus Circle to catch a shoplifter? Why?
Are you sure 48123 about this?!?