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Legend [19640]
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Cops that direct traffic
Oct 25, 2013, 8:49 AM
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seem to be worse than in years past. I've been to plenty of big games, sold out games, and never have I been to a game where traffic directing was as horrible as it was sat. night. It may have been the fact that everyone was leaving at the same time but watching the way the cops were handling Williamson/Perimeter was just comedic. Let one car out of lot 20 let 1 go, let one out, let one go. It was horrible. And only one lane of perimeter was open to williamson....
Or was it just me?
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110%er [7913]
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I thought everybody left early from these post on here?????***
Oct 25, 2013, 8:50 AM
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Legend [19640]
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Re: I thought everybody left early from these post on here?????***
Oct 25, 2013, 8:51 AM
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They did. Unfortunately the traffic directing was so bad they were sitll sitting in their cars in their lots when the game was over....We got in the car in our lot (lot 9) about 11:30 and didn't turn onto Perimeter until 1am
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Orange Blooded [3881]
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yep! I was in lot 10 and got in the car at 11:15 and it was
Oct 25, 2013, 9:04 AM
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after one before I got out of the parking lot! I live 7 minutes away from Death Valley and I got home at 2:10 AND I left at the beginninig of the 4th quarter!!
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Orange Blooded [4693]
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to be fair, those guys have to put up with a lot of crap***
Oct 25, 2013, 9:09 AM
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Orange Blooded [3881]
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thanks! that was EXACTLY how we felt!!!...lol***
Oct 25, 2013, 9:19 AM
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110%er [5436]
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Re: Cops that direct traffic
Oct 25, 2013, 8:51 AM
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You get out there and do what they do!!!!
Noway i'm standing out there with all the drunks
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Legend [19640]
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Re: Cops that direct traffic
Oct 25, 2013, 8:53 AM
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If I were trained to do it I would. I'm not sayign it isn't hard but there are some things that are just common sense. Like letting a few cars go here and letting a few cars go there and alternating. Not let one go let another go let one go let anothe go. It takes a few seconds just to stop the car behind so you can change the path for the other lane. It was horrible man.
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Re: Cops that direct traffic
Oct 25, 2013, 9:39 AM
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Why would someone go to a Clemson game to direct traffic?
Nah. Think we should leave that to the people who get paid to do it.
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110%er [5436]
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Re: Cops that direct traffic
Oct 25, 2013, 11:06 AM
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LOL well it would have been more fun than the game
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Oculus Spirit [82025]
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Frankly, they do a worse job than the traffic light.
Oct 25, 2013, 8:54 AM
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And people need to get some balls to turn out in traffic, and it needs to go every other whenever it applies.
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Rock Defender [54]
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Re: Cops that direct traffic
Oct 25, 2013, 9:02 AM
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It was.....just you.
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Legend [19640]
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And the rest of us folks up there ^^***
Oct 25, 2013, 9:07 AM
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Orange Blooded [2672]
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Lot 7 was a nightmare to get out of
Oct 25, 2013, 9:11 AM
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It took me 3 hours to get from lot 7 to where I live behind the Super BiLo
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Walk-On [106]
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Not just you!
Oct 25, 2013, 9:15 AM
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We were also in Lot 20 and watching the cop at perimeter road I made the same comments as you. The Georgia game, when everyone left at the same time, was easier than this past Saturday when people started leaving at halftime. My wife, who never gripes compared with me, said: "Did they put all of the stupid cops on this side of the campus tonight?"
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Legend [19640]
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Re: Not just you!
Oct 25, 2013, 9:17 AM
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Exactly. It was pathetic. Glad we weren't the only one's who noticed it.
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Orange Blooded [3881]
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so which of us are going to contact IPTAY about it? How
Oct 25, 2013, 9:21 AM
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about all of us!
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Legend [19640]
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Re: so which of us are going to contact IPTAY about it? How
Oct 25, 2013, 9:23 AM
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That isn't an IPTAY problem. That's a state trooper problem. And nothing you can really do. Just hope you get a cop with some sense.
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Here's my take ... IPTAY has to pay for the troopers to be
Oct 25, 2013, 9:36 AM
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there to direct traffic. I say this because my church has to pay two policemen to direct traffic for us on Sunday mornings.
Therefore, it is an IPTAY problem since they arrange for the number and hours the troopers are there to direct.
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Legend [19640]
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Re: Here's my take ... IPTAY has to pay for the troopers to be
Oct 25, 2013, 9:43 AM
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Yeah but I don't think they can dictate how traffic is directed. Only that it is.
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Orange Blooded [3881]
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if enough of their customers are unhappy they can definately
Oct 25, 2013, 1:49 PM
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have a discussion with them
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Legend [18824]
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They do pretty good for their thankless task.***
Oct 25, 2013, 9:23 AM
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CU Medallion [62723]
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They are getting paid OT. So, it isn't thankless.
Oct 25, 2013, 9:33 AM
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Furthermore, there have multiple times we have rolled down the windows and thanked them.
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Legend [18824]
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My cousin is a SCHP. He said most of them hate it and it's not worth the $.
Oct 25, 2013, 4:58 PM
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I think I trust him more than you.
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Walk-On [131]
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Re: They are getting paid OT. So, it isn't thankless.
Oct 25, 2013, 5:34 PM
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I am a cop and although I dont work the games I have plenty of friends who do. Not all are being paid an OT rate. Many are forced to flex their time for regular duty hours. Those that dont flex are making good money but many of them are being forced to work it when they would rather be home with their families. Directing traffic is hard and often what you are seeing at your lot or intersection is predicated on what is happening at the intersections or lots up the road.
I'm certainly not saying they can't screw up but I can speak from experience that by the time the game lets out ALL of those Troopers, Deputies and Officers are ready to go home and are not milking their lots or intersections. If there was a way to keep the flow going and get out of their quicker they would be doing it.
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CU Medallion [62723]
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Appreciate what you do ... But based upon my personal
Oct 25, 2013, 5:50 PM
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experience twice this season, no one was directing the Williamson exit from Lot 10 until two hours after the game. Very frustrating.
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Walk-On [131]
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Re: Appreciate what you do ... But based upon my personal
Oct 25, 2013, 6:18 PM
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Well if that's the case then I got nothin'!
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Re: They do pretty good for their thankless task.***
Oct 25, 2013, 9:35 AM
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I saw a story on WYFF news last week that said they make $33 per hour for their "thankless task". They don't care if they are out there all night. Both the UGA and FSU games were awful.
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Rock Defender [69]
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I agree! They need to come up with a better plan for
Oct 25, 2013, 9:30 AM
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That Williamson road. It's ridiculous trying to get out of there.
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CU Medallion [62723]
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For the two night games so far this year, they have
Oct 25, 2013, 9:32 AM
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failed at moving traffic effectively.
I sent email to IPTAY office and received a canned response of, "We'll look into it."
Two hours to get out of a parking space and then one more hour of waiting to get out of the lot is inexcusable. I park in Lot 10.
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110%er [5121]
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I've been in lot 10 for many years and never had a
Oct 25, 2013, 10:29 AM
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problem getting out (maybe 30 min max). Last Sat I didn't even get out of my space for almost 2 hours.
Finally some people backed up and we all went out the Perimeter road exit. I was amazed at how well everything was flowing...except for Williamson Rd.
They had already opened up some of the roads to 2 way traffic by then...but lot 10 was still full.
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CU Medallion [62723]
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We always try to take the Perimeter Road exit.
Oct 25, 2013, 11:28 AM
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But, last Saturday's exit was slower than normal. It took us about an hour and a half to get out. The Williamson Road exit is AWFUL!
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5 out of 10 games Cops get it right
Oct 25, 2013, 7:42 PM
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Sorry could resist haha
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