[RP TownTalk] Queensbury/Route 1 frustration

Tue Sep 3 16:13:34 UTC 2013

I would be happily shocked to see anyone get ticketed for anything at that intersection.

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>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Queensbury/Route 1 frustration
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>I believe that is called "illegal". :(
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>On 2013-08-29 11:46, Andrew Farrington wrote:
>> 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
>>> 
>>> I'm so sorry Jen. It's really upsetting to have another driver treat
>>> you that way when you are obeying the law!
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> To be honest, I avoid turning left from that intersection at all
>>> costs.
>>> 
>>> 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.)
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> -Sarah
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Jen Sanderson
>>> <jensan6877 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 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?
>>>> 
>>>> Jen
>>>> 42nd Ave.
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