[RP TownTalk] Route 1, Queensbury, and beyond

[bruce.wernek at mindspring.com]

Looks like those folks are out to win the "Darwin Award".


-----Original Message-----
>From: Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Aug 3, 2011 12:25 PM
>To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
>Subject: [RP TownTalk] Route 1, Queensbury, and beyond
>
>Ever walk around Lafayette and Queensbury at rush hour in the morning?  Or I 
>should say, try to?  Cars ARE backed all the way from Route 1 to Lafayette and 
>what makes it interesting is; sometimes, instead of waiting on the east side of 
>the tracks for traffic to clear so they can cross safely, I'll see cars in 
>traffic parked ON the railroad tracks!  Hey, they don't mind putting themselves 
>at risk........   And in addition; the cars will many times be backed up from 
>the tracks along Lafayette back to Ravenswood Road.  
>
>
>As for the signs saying "do not block intersection?"  Might as well save your 
>money and not bother; there is (or was?) a sign for northbound traffic at 
>Queensbury and Route 1 and it's the norm for people to park right in the middle 
>of the intersection.  A real shame, but it does as much good as those stop 
>signs, "traffic calming lines," etc. we have in town along Lafayette/  When I'm 
>out walking I notice it when people DO stop at a stop sign or don't block the 
>intersections.  And yes, friends and neighbors, it's gonna get worse....  
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