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#1374452 - 11/24/12 01:38 PM
Right on Red @ State Street
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Honest Abe
Member
Registered: 08/19/11
Posts: 20
Loc: washington
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Am I the only one that thinks the NO right on red at the intersection of State Street and Fall is stupid. I don't see where the traffic warrants this. I have been at that stop light numerous times and have had to sit there while no traffic on Fall street. According to Town Officials the DOT won't just take the sign down, although they just put it up. The suppervisor I spoke with stated that DOT said that they didn't know how it got posted as there was no record of it being put through the traffic study.However it will have to go through the traffic process to remove.If it was posted improperly ( meaning not documented by DOT ) then is it really legally a violation to that can be enforced?
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#1374455 - 11/24/12 02:07 PM
Re: Right on Red @ State Street
[Re: VM Smith]
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Aces_Up
Senior Member
Registered: 03/15/01
Posts: 6029
Loc: Seneca Fall's, NY
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Faces State street under or over the light.
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#1374462 - 11/24/12 02:48 PM
Re: Right on Red @ State Street
[Re: I did it!]
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VM Smith
Diamond Member
Registered: 11/28/05
Posts: 34299
Loc: Reality
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Coming into the old village on 5&20 from the west, that 4 lane needs a "right lane ends" sign, to inform the clueless drivers that they aren't allowed to just move over to the left, thus forcing drivers who are in the proper (left) lane into oncoming traffic.
I can't count the number of times I was driving in that left lane, next to some idiot who thought that the proper merging procedure was "random, depending on how the coin toss goes".
Of course, since I was driving a 15 yr old, 4,000 lb Crown Vic, I mostly just ignored them, and let them figure it out at the last second.
Considering that this is a state where most people voted for either Obama or Romney, it is very apparent that the NYSDOT really has an almost impossible job.
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#1374478 - 11/24/12 06:16 PM
Re: Right on Red @ State Street
[Re: I did it!]
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myopinion2share
Senior Member
Registered: 05/02/05
Posts: 752
Loc: Romans 8:38
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I thought the sign might have been an addition with the increased traffic on State while Cayuga was being worked on. Turning on a signal that you are going right can be very misleading to those behind you, as you can either go right onto Fall (West) or that funky right, Water Street. Perhaps in the interest of safety and trying to diffuse road rage for those going to Water St as opposed to Fall, no turns on red was the best solution.
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#1374491 - 11/24/12 07:56 PM
Re: Right on Red @ State Street
[Re: Honest Abe]
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Honest Abe
Member
Registered: 08/19/11
Posts: 20
Loc: washington
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I was told that the sinage was requested by one of the town councilman without any discussion of the full board because of the increase traffic during construction. This was probably a good idea, however it should have been on a temporally basis. With the construction done it is unwarranted. Like I said was it legal to post if DOT didn't know why it was.
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#1374563 - 11/25/12 12:09 PM
Re: Right on Red @ State Street
[Re: Hard Corps]
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sassyone
Silver Member
Registered: 05/26/01
Posts: 11377
Loc: Seneca Falls,NY,
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It doesn't bother me to wait for the green light. And Josephus with cars parked right up to corner by Cosentino's you cannot see down Fall Street unless you are pulled out quite a ways into the roadway. I've come close to being hit numerous times from cars going west on Fall Street and I got the green light on State Street.
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#1374566 - 11/25/12 12:36 PM
Re: Right on Red @ State Street
[Re: Honest Abe]
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sox fan
Member
Registered: 09/03/12
Posts: 148
Loc: ny, usa
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What should be a concern is where Gravel Rd, and Cayuga St. intersect. 2 cars barely fit side by side. I foresee head on collisions, it's too narrow.
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#1374835 - 11/27/12 11:36 AM
Re: Right on Red @ State Street
[Re: ExpostulatePoop]
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farfromnugen
Junior Member
Registered: 11/27/12
Posts: 1
Loc: newyork
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i feel its all about the j-walkers that dont know how to push the button... crooked corner
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