I have a problem with the roads of Hawaii.  Basically they all suck.  Yes, even the newly paved ones.  The worst are the patches…where they become potholes after some rain.  All the rocks just break up where there used to be a pothole, and then it becomes a bigger one with rocks everywhere…everywhere enough for cars to zoom pass them and have them ping off your tires and dent your car.  And it’s not like the patches were even good to start with…they are sloppy at best when covering the hole, and high enough to be called a speed bump.

But after driving last night, I came up with another annoyance.  REFLECTORS.  Most of the reflectors on Kapiolani Blvd are missing.  Yes, congested traffic does cause more wear and tear, but they don’t ALL fall off at once.  When one does, they should replace them, but instead, they just shrug it off.  How about the ever so important blue ones that stand out to tell the firefighters where the nearest fire hydrant is?  I hope the city would fix those first above all.

But I have another gripe about these reflectors.  THEY DON’T WORK.  GET ONES THAT DO.  Last night it was raining, and I couldn’t see the roads at all.  Not even a little bit.  Not to sound cocky, but I feel that I’m a pretty good driver with no violations on record.  But how do you expect people to stay in their own lane when they can’t even see them?  I was looking for reflectors so that I could stay in my own lane, but I found that either the reflector was missing or even if it was there, it wasn’t shining enough to tell you where the lane is.  They are basically useless.  When I lived in California for a year during my graduate years, I could clearly see all the lanes even with the hardest of rains.  What’s the deal with the Hawaii ones?  Is the city that cheap?  Almost none of the cars were in their own lane…no wonder accidents occur here more than other states.

And just one more gripe…please clear those trees on Kapiolani Blvd.  After the high winds this past week, there are A LOT OF HUGE BRANCHES on the ground.  They could have easily fallen on a moving car causing an accident, and maybe even death.  It can also cause some major damage if the car gets hit or even if the car swerves to avoid it, and ends up hitting another car or pedestrian.

Cut the trees, pick up the branches (don’t rely on the cars driving past them until they get smaller…it damages our cars you know), fix the potholes RIGHT, change then replace the reflectors, and please, can you pave the roads?  Thanks!

• Neglecting Kapiolani Blvd.
• Repaving of Hawaii Roads
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