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When can you turn right from U.S. 1 north onto Garrisonville Road? And a reader is appalled by littering near Lake Anna Date published: 5/25/2009
ANYONE WHO drives on Interstate 95 may beg to differ, but an aerial survey of Washington area highways has found that vehicle miles traveled fell 3.1 percent from 2005 to 2008. It is the first time since 1993 that number has gone down. The effect is that the region's highways have time-warped back to 2002. That is the last time traffic volumes were at a similar level, according to the aerial survey done by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Amid the good news there were pockets of "severe congestion." One of them is the stretch of I-95 from Woodbridge through the Springfield Interchange, especially in the mornings. This week I'm leaving my car at home and getting around the Fredericksburg area using nothing but public transit and walking. My home is a 20-minute drive from The Free Lance-Star newsroom in downtown Fredericksburg, so I'm going to become familiar with the Fredericksburg Regional Transit bus schedule fast. I hope to interview area residents who've somehow found a way I'll be blogging about my experience on Dear Kelly: I would like to know if there will be a sign posted at the traffic signal at Garrisonville Road (State Route 610) and U.S. 1 stating that right turns can be made on green arrows only. People do not understand that there are a lot of cars coming in different directions, and you need to decide when it is the right time to turn. People either beep at you or get out of the car to tell you why aren't you turning fast enough. --Anna Victoria Reich, Stafford You can turn right at this traffic signal when there is a green arrow or a solid green ball. When the green arrow is lit, traffic in your lane can make free-flowing right turns from U.S. 1 north onto Garrisonville Road.
but I honestly think that some folks can upgrade their skills
and adapt.. if they see that as something they need to do
and are wiling to do it.
This is true of older people also.. who grew up in a world
with much less traffic and must less aggressive drivers and
now find themselves more or less overwhelmed ..much the
same way that some older folks are "overwhelmed" by
technology while others.. just as old.. get in the game and
adapt.
but what you cannot do - young or old.. is drive like you
used to.
Judgement - it seems that now days people are lacking in that major skill catagory; I don't understand. If people are afraid & can't seem to make the proper judgements in this fast paced world we live in, then they shouldn't be on the roads, they are a hazard to the traveling public at large.
Littering has really gotten out of control & it is ashame that people do not care enough about our beautiful land to be responsible for their own tra[*#@!] I see you litter I will report you! Smokers USE your ashtrays!!!
Judgement - it seems that now days people are lacking in that major skill catagory; I don't understand. If people are afraid & can't seem to make the proper judgements in this fast paced world we live in, then they shouldn't be on the roads, they are a hazard to the traveling public at large.
Littering has really gotten out of control & it is ashame that people do not care enough about our beautiful land to be responsible for their own tra[*#@!] I see you litter I will report you! Smokers USE your ashtrays!!!
rear end (and other) accidents happen sometimes when
someone is braking erratically or driving in an
unpredictable fashion
when someone brakes erratically.. it cascades behind them
because no one was expecting it.
I call predictable driving - "collaborative" driving.. which
means adapting to the traffic flow around you - rather than
doing what you always would do out of habit.
so you are aware of the changing conditions and you
adapt to them... rather than ignoring it and driving by
habit.
it'll help you see folks coming up fast on your backside..
people pulling around you and allow you to proactively
slow your vehicle instead of slamming breaks and praying
the guy behind you was paying attention.
we're sharing the road - ideally with others who are looking
out for you but in a real world.. all kinds.. so driving
"defensively" is driving "proactively" ... also.
If you're gonna do a full stop .. (and you should but don't
have to make a big deal of it).. then signal your intentions
early on..
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