1 photos
Unnoticed Sign at KMS Parking Lot
[QUOTE=DrinkSlinger98;4891172]If I remember right there is a trick to that parking lot. I don't think you are suppose to make a left out of the lot to get back on to JYP. I will make a right and go to the side street that runs behind KMS and either make the left to get to 192 or make 2 rights and get back on JYP.[/QUOTE]I have a number of remarks related to this.
- First, there IS an obsure STOP sign and NO LEFT TURN sign as you leave the immediate parking area in front of Kissimmee Massage Spa (KMS).
- Second, the little east/west "street" onto which you enter as you leave this parking area (the "street" between the BB&T Bank and the KMS complex) appears NOT to be a public roadway, but, rather, a private road connecting several private parking lots for the various businesses along that access-way.
- Third, I've been told by LE (in another state) that they are authorized to enforce/ticket traffic violations in private parking lots (like Walmart, etc.), so even if that STOP sign/NO LEFT TURN sign is privately installed in a private parking lot accessing a private roadway, local LE may be able to stop any vehicle that failed to STOP at that sign or that DID turn LEFT and then immediately right onto John Young Parkway. Whether they bother to disclose the reason for their stop, or not, they may be counting on that to get them past any legal hassle with the stop. For that matter, they could even LIE and simply testify that a car failed to stop at the sign (for this reason, I've started running a video on my phone as soon as I get in the car and then I narrate all of my driving actions like lane changes (always signal), posted speed limits, MY speed, stops, turns, etc.).
- Fourth, I'm GUESSING that LE counts on most customers exiting the parking area with a (illegal?) LEFT turn and then a right onto JYP, for which reason they would "set up" just north of this area and then snag people as they drive north on JYP. If they were to "set up" to the south (in the Blood Bank), they have no easy access to those back side roads and the only path would be for them to enter JYP, drive in front of KMS, and then try to follow you directly into the side streets. Exiting (legally) in the opporsite direction (to the RIGHT), as DrinkSlinger describes, and then using as many of the various side streets as possible to re-enter on east-bound 192 as FAR away as possible may confound these LE strategies to some extent. I might even suggest wriggling around those side streets, even if they ARE hot on your tail in that neighborhood area, to navigate to the rear parking lot entrance (off Cherry Street) of the Burger King at the corner of 192 and Rose Avenue for a refreshing drink and/or sandwich (or any number of the other small businesses along that same area... also accessible from Cherry Street). If nothing else, they'd have to invest a lot more effort to run you down and catch up to you, and by that time, you'd have some nice hot fries to offer them!
I have attached a JPG file which can be enlarged to view what a driver sees as you leave the KMS parking area. The big RED circle and arrow are, obvioulsy, elements that I added to the screen shot I captured from Google Maps Street View (yes, Street View even drives into the KMS parking lot). As you can clearly see, those signs (which I had NEVER seen before DrinkSlinger pointed it out and I just now went to Google Maps to look) indicate that there is NO LEFT TURN out of this parking area, which is the most direct path to returning to John Young Parkway. Based on that alone, I'm guessing way more than half of the KMS clients are wanton, deliberate CRIMINALS of the worst kind that did, in fact, commit the unlawful act of making a left turn ... in a parking lot, fer cryin' out loud!
All this worry about LEO!
Take easy and cheap precautions. Get an Uber to the spa, or better yet, to a place near the spa. If you are cheap as fuck, or maybe need to avoid a significant other, drive to a parking lot near the spa and walk over.
If you are SUPER nervous drive to a busy parking lot near the spa during business hours. Go into a regular store. Leave after a few minutes and walk to the spa. Afterwards go back to the store and buy something. Then leave. Keep the receipt.
No reason to be scared of what happens outside the spa.
Q.