Road Rage: Teen Brandishes BB Gun Over Lane Use, Tracked and Arrested

What's more maddening than road closures and construction that slow you down?

The answer is irresponsible driving that makes you just shake your head—or worse. Patch highlights some of these Traffic Troublemakers once a week.

We'll also show you what to expect on the roads all week, courtesy of MoDOT, state department of transportation.

Traffic Troublemakers

This week, we have two nominees straight out of the Shrewsbury police log:

• "A teenager brandished a pistol at another motorist after an argument over lane use while driving. No one was injured. Police have traced the license plate of the vehicle and arrested a Brentwood teenager for third-degree assault and peace disturbance. Police recovered the weapon; it was a BB pistol."

• "Police were called to the 7400 block of Woodlawn Colonial on at 3 a.m. by a taxi cab driver. Two men called for a cab ride home from a bar on Washington Avenue, in downtown St. Louis, to Woodlawn Colonial, and one of the men refused to pay the cab fare. The drunk man was arrested."

A third nominee comes from Webster Groves Patch editor Sheri Gassaway:

• "I saw a guy riding on a motorcycle downtown who was smoking a cigarette and talking on his cellphone. Good thing he was wearing a helmet."

Highway 40 Closed Downtown This Weekend
This weekend, all lanes of eastbound Highway 40 from Jefferson Avenue to Sixth Street will close starting at 8 p.m. Friday. The highway will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday.

Poplar Street Bridge Partially Closing
Two lanes on the eastbound Poplar Street bridge will also close this weekend from 8 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday.

Lanes of I-270 Closing for Bridge Repairs
In North County, several lanes of eastbound and westbound Interstate 270 between Lindbergh Boulevard and Interstate 170 will close this weekend for bridge repairs. Up to two lanes will close starting late Friday night. During the day Saturday and Sunday, only one lane in both directions will be closed.

The ramps from Lindbergh to eastbound I-270 will close during this work. All closures are expected to end by 7 a.m. Sunday.

Lanes of I-170 Closing
Up to two lanes will also be closed this weekend on southbound I-170 near the railroad bridge at Hanley. The ramp from Frost to southbound I-170 will also be closed. The closure begins at 8:30 p.m. Friday and is expected to reopen by 5:30 a.m. Monday.

In Case You Forgot...Summary

• Jamieson bridge is closed over Interstate 44 in St. Louis city.
• The eastbound 11th Street exit ramp of Highway 40 is closed weekdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The right lane of Highway 40 at Chestnut is closed starting in mid-October.
• The express lanes of Interstate 70 in St. Louis city are closed until mid-December.
• The ramp from eastbound I-70 to 10th Street  are closed permanently as of Oct. 10.
• Grand Boulevard in St. Louis city is closed from Highway 40 to Chouteau Avenue by St. Louis city until mid 2012.
• Ladue Road is closed east of Route 141.
• There is a narrowed exit lane from northbound Earth City Expressway to westbound Route 370.
• Ladue Road is closed at Route 141 until mid-November.

Send a nomination for next week's Traffic Troublemakers to andrew.hudson@patch.com