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Driver plows into Arlington laundromat
By adamg on Mon, 05/13/2019 - 5:26pm
Arlington Police posted a photo of the aftermath of a driver winding up driving into the Brite White Laundromat at Mass. Ave. and Forest Street this afternoon.
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The laundromat always wins.
The laundromat always wins.
True that!
Car looks totaled.
That car no longer has a front end.
Yeah, I'd say it's totaled.
The car looks a bit wrinkled
Do those machines have wash
Do those machines have wash and wreck cycle? He gave it his "All" but what did he "Gain"? He gets no " Cheer". Time to "Wisk" him away, unless the "Tide" cycles his way. Because he could be in a lot of hot water. Time for me to put a lid on this.
That comment's ...
just a lot of dreft.
Brite White?
That laundromat should have been wearing neon green.
I used to go to that laundramat
It most definitely was NOT wearing a helmet, and it might have had earphones in.
Come on Swirly, you know that never happens
especially when it does
At least the car is wearing a
At least the car is wearing a helmet in the photo.
There's a traffic warning light
in front of that laundromat, to discourage cars from doing what this one did.
Obviously the driver was not paying attention. Mass Ave takes a sharp turn to the left at that intersection.
More likely scenarios
1. driver headed west decided too late to take the right
2. driver was rolling along westbound when someone pulled out by the Greek Orthodox Church and they took evasive action
3. DWHUA with distraction coming down Mass Ave.
If memory serves
all that light does is blink yellow most of the time. I think I've only seen it act like a traffic light once out of four years of living down the road from there and driving by that intersection twice a day every day. But hey...it costs more to buy a traffic light with amber in the third position so why not.
The light is in the picture, on the left side.
It's an always on blinker.
traffic light by the laundramat at forest st in alington
That light is used daily and frequently for students going to the Ottoson Middle school, and for those of us pedestrians who cross the street at other times as well.
If you miss the turn
and keep going in the same direction, you hit the laundry building.
I presume in a day or so we'll find out why they missed it.
I'd pay a little extra to for
I'd pay a little extra to for same-day service on getting this ironed out.
Oh no
I hope the driver didn't drop their phone
Marty Walsh
“Laundromats have got to understand, cars are going to hit you.”
Thank you for saying "driver"
Thank you for saying "driver" and not "car."
Driver was in a hurry ...
... in order to make it for the last wash of the day.
Also, as a result of the crash, could now have some additional items to launder.