Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Don’t like the roundabout? Just drive through the middle

Most people don’t like navigating the roundabouts on Burnham Drive. But few go to the lengths that police say a 28-year-old Gig Harbor man did on Dec. 22.

An officer’s report indicates that at about 11:45 p.m. that night, a white SUV simply drove through the traffic island in the center of the roundabout at Burnham and Harbor Hill drives. The report notes that the SUV also drove onto a sidewalk while merging back into traffic.

After the officer pulled him over, the 28-year-old argued that he had navigated the roundabout properly and hadn’t driven over anything. The officer responded that the dash cam in his patrol car showed otherwise…

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