[RP TownTalk] Queensbury/Route 1 frustration

[Andrew Farrington]

Another workaround -- which I absolutely cannot endorse, but may have observed to be much faster -- is to go straight through the light, make the left into Rite Aid, and the right out of the other end of their lot onto Route 1 south.

AF





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> From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
>To: Jen Sanderson <jensan6877 at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: "towntalk at riverdale-park.org" <towntalk at riverdale-park.org> 
>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:34 AM
>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Queensbury/Route 1 frustration
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>I'm so sorry Jen. It's really upsetting to have another driver treat you that way when you are obeying the law! 
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>That intersection has been a problem since my husband and I moved here nearly 18 years ago. At least there's a light there now. Imagine turning left if you didn't have a light there!  It was impossible. 
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>So now we have a light. We have marking in the intersection that says "Do Not Block" (or something like that). And it's still a problem. 
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>To be honest, I avoid turning left from that intersection at all costs. 
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>I either take East West Highway, and wait through three cycles of the light there to turn left (but at least no one is crazy when they are behind me there.) 
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>Or I follow Rhode Island Ave south from Queensbury, onto Cleveland Ave, around Dupont Circle Minor, and out to a quick right then left at the light at Madison and Baltimore Ave. That light (at Madison and Baltimore Ave) is *crazy* long, but it's another way to get onto Baltimore. 
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>On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Jen Sanderson <jensan6877 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>I know this has been a topic before and I'm sure there is really nothing that can be done....but every morning, I come down Queensbury and turn left on Route 1.  I know that this intersection is horrible and I make sure I leave myself extra time in the morning.  There are many mornings that I have to sit thru the light more than once because other cars have clogged up/blocked the intersection.  I'm not going to pull out and add to the mess.  I feel that I have just come to accept this and I'm ok with that.
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>>This morning, however, I was sitting at the light and of course, the intersection was completely blocked, so I sat thru the light.  The car behind me was a woman, in a black Dodge Caliber tag EDLLY.  She was very angry with me for not going thru the light.  She was honking, gesturing and yelling.  I raised my hands, like "what do you want me to do?"  She continued and she inched closer to the back of my car.  I am embarrassed to admit that I completely lost my temper and screamed at her.  So when the light turned green, I was so agitated, I went ahead and pulled out and she zoomed around me--almost clipping my back bumper.  Then guess what?  We were both blocking the intersection.  I hate being one of "those people" that blocks the intersection.
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>>So, after my little rant here, is there anything that can be done about this intersection?  Or is it just a lost cause and maybe all of us neighbors can be patient and give ourselves a little extra time?  And do not honk and gesture angrily at the person in front of you when they are just trying to be polite/cautious?
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>>Jen
>>42nd Ave.
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