-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 03-23-19  06:29 <=-

 >  >  JM> I used to joke I would love to see a fire truck or ambulance push
 >  >  JM> those cars out of the way and they would find out why they
 >  >  JM> couldn't park there. 
 >  > As a friend of mine used to say, you were only half kidding... 
 >  JM> Yep.
 > Did you ever see it actually happen, that an emergency vehicle showed
 > up, needing to get into the area....?

 JM> If some event going on that area was closed off to allow whatever
 JM> into the area.
 JM> Thankfully there was never a fire.
 JM> Can't recall if an ambulance ever needed, during working hours
 JM> anyway. 

Sounds like you were lucky there... 

 JM> I used to make a lot of people mad when the Circle and access
 JM> to Old Main was cut off.  They would be full of excuses why they HAD to
 JM> park there.  None of them were that important.
 JM> I always got a chuckle when it was closed and someone I had talked
 JM> to a short time before drove up, saw me, turned around and left.  

Found out that they'd not be able to outwait you (or outwit, either, for
that matter...)  

 JM> I would park the cart across the opening so no one could get around.
 JM> They had a high curb to get over.  (There are cut outs for HC access
 JM> but not wide enough for a car).

Planned properly to be able cut off access when needful...  

ttyl        neb

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