Roadspill

How much is a lot of traffic?

Yes... I'm still stuck on this.

In Deep Cove it's enough to drive you mad. Or into bankruptcy.

Consider tonight, a damp Thursday night in June. Tourist potential is low. Stores are closed. The community can't be more than a few thousand people... and my street isn't the only access route.

So, armed with a stop watch and a pen... I began taking notes. Here's the minute-by-minute tally:

7:10 - 7:11: 12 cars pass
7:11 - 7:12: 9
7:12 - 7:13: 7
7:13 - 7:14: 7
7:14 - 7:15: 7
7:15 - 7:16: 7
7:16 - 7:17: 6
7:17 - 7:18: 5
7:18 - 7:19: 6
7:19 - 7:20: 4

This includes NO buses, large trucks or cars with loud sound systems. And the total: 70!

On a wet, Thursday evening, 70 cars drove by in 10 minutes. That's 420 an hour. And that's not as busy as it gets. But it's average.

Obviously I have begun to obsess about this. But I fear there is nothing that can be done short of surgical deafening or building a big wall made of foot-think sound proofing.

I am stumped. I am tired. I have had it.

I have to move... and drop another $1200++ in the process. This will be fun.

Not so cheerily,

Doug