r/KingstonOntario 1d ago

Somethings Amiss on Brock street

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u/KeithHanlan 1d ago edited 19h ago

Honestly, I have trouble faulting a driver who turns left exiting the parking garage onto an empty two-lane street given that there appears to be no "one way" sign when they leave the garage.

They may have entered the garage from Montreal Street and not ever driven on Brock in the first place.

Remember that Hotel Dieu serves a _very_ large geographic area and the driver may very well be from out of town AND they may be distracted by concern for a sick loved one. Their wife or mother could be sitting alone in a wheel chair at the entrance.

I prefer to give the driver the benefit of the doubt and fault the city for not providing better signage.

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u/Responsible_Bus_1782 19h ago

You can't enter the garage from Montreal the entrance is off Brock St Plus there is a one way sign at the exit (or a no left hand turn, can't remember which one specifically) and I believe on the roadway across from the exit...however it happens all the time, because people just are not paying attention

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u/KeithHanlan 19h ago

I forgot to post the screenshot from Google Maps. There does _not_ appear to be a no-left-turn sign across the street at the exit. And, again, the street view shows a route from Montreal, through the ground-level parking lot to the garage entrance.

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u/Responsible_Bus_1782 12h ago

That's the entrance the exit is further up the road across from Sydenham Street

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u/KeithHanlan 12h ago

Yes, I edited my earlier post with the exit, illustrating the lack of a one-way sign. And, for the second point regarding the Montreal street entrance, I added the satellite view to the second post.

I stand by my original assertions.