<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">I would be happily shocked to see anyone get ticketed for anything at that intersection.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "dlynch@garretroomstudios.com" <dlynch@garretroomstudios.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> towntalk@riverdale-park.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 29, 2013 12:01 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [RP TownTalk]
Queensbury/Route 1 frustration<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>I believe that is called "illegal". :(<br><br>On 2013-08-29 11:46, Andrew Farrington wrote:<br>> Another workaround -- which I absolutely cannot endorse, but may have<br>> observed to be much faster -- is to go straight through the light,<br>> make the left into Rite Aid, and the right out of the other end of<br>> their lot onto Route 1 south.<br>> <br>> AF<br>> <br>>> -------------------------<br>>> FROM: Sarah Wayland <<a ymailto="mailto:sarah.wayland@gmail.com" href="mailto:sarah.wayland@gmail.com">sarah.wayland@gmail.com</a>><br>>> TO: Jen Sanderson <<a ymailto="mailto:jensan6877@yahoo.com" href="mailto:jensan6877@yahoo.com">jensan6877@yahoo.com</a>><br>>> CC: "<a ymailto="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org" href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</a>" <<a
ymailto="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org" href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</a>><br>>> SENT: Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:34 AM<br>>> SUBJECT: Re: [RP TownTalk] Queensbury/Route 1 frustration<br>>> <br>>> I'm so sorry Jen. It's really upsetting to have another driver treat<br>>> you that way when you are obeying the law!<br>>> <br>>> That intersection has been a problem since my husband and I moved<br>>> here nearly 18 years ago. At least there's a light there now.<br>>> Imagine turning left if you didn't have a light there! It was<br>>> impossible.<br>>> <br>>> So now we have a light. We have marking in the intersection that<br>>> says "Do Not Block" (or something like that). And it's still a<br>>> problem.<br>>> <br>>> To be honest, I avoid turning left from that intersection at all<br>>> costs.<br>>>
<br>>> I either take East West Highway, and wait through three cycles of<br>>> the light there to turn left (but at least no one is crazy when they<br>>> are behind me there.)<br>>> <br>>> Or I follow Rhode Island Ave south from Queensbury, onto Cleveland<br>>> Ave, around Dupont Circle Minor, and out to a quick right then left<br>>> at the light at Madison and Baltimore Ave. That light (at Madison<br>>> and Baltimore Ave) is *crazy* long, but it's another way to get onto<br>>> Baltimore.<br>>> <br>>> -Sarah<br>>> <br>>> <br>> .....................................................................................................<br>>> Sarah Wayland | www.GuidingExceptionalParents.com [3]<br>>> Supporting students with learning differences and their families<br>>> <br>>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Jen Sanderson<br>>> <<a
ymailto="mailto:jensan6877@yahoo.com" href="mailto:jensan6877@yahoo.com">jensan6877@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> <br>>>> I know this has been a topic before and I'm sure there is really<br>>>> nothing that can be done....but every morning, I come down<br>>>> Queensbury and turn left on Route 1. I know that this intersection<br>>>> is horrible and I make sure I leave myself extra time in the<br>>>> morning. There are many mornings that I have to sit thru the light<br>>>> more than once because other cars have clogged up/blocked the<br>>>> intersection. I'm not going to pull out and add to the mess. I<br>>>> feel that I have just come to accept this and I'm ok with that.<br>>>> <br>>>> This morning, however, I was sitting at the light and of course,<br>>>> the intersection was completely blocked, so I sat thru the light.<br>>>> The car
behind me was a woman, in a black Dodge Caliber tag EDLLY.<br>>>> She was very angry with me for not going thru the light. She was<br>>>> honking, gesturing and yelling. I raised my hands, like "what do<br>>>> you want me to do?" She continued and she inched closer to the<br>>>> back of my car. I am embarrassed to admit that I completely lost<br>>>> my temper and screamed at her. So when the light turned green, I<br>>>> was so agitated, I went ahead and pulled out and she zoomed around<br>>>> me--almost clipping my back bumper. Then guess what? We were both<br>>>> blocking the intersection. I hate being one of "those people" that<br>>>> blocks the intersection.<br>>>> <br>>>> So, after my little rant here, is there anything that can be done<br>>>> about this intersection? Or is it just a lost cause and maybe all<br>>>> of us neighbors can
be patient and give ourselves a little extra<br>>>> time? And do not honk and gesture angrily at the person in front<br>>>> of you when they are just trying to be polite/cautious?<br>>>> <br>>>> Jen<br>>>> 42nd Ave.<br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> TownTalk mailing list<br>>>> To post to the list, send mail to <a ymailto="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org" href="mailto:TownTalk@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk@riverdale-park.org</a><br>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org" href="mailto:TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org">TownTalk-request@riverdale-park.org</a> is for automated subscription<br>>>> processing only<br>>>> <a href="http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk" target="_blank">http://riverdale-park.org/mailman/listinfo/towntalk </a>[1]<br>>>> <br>>>> For more information
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