What a relief that most of the highway work of repaving, etc. is over for the season. The road markings are freshly painted and clear. But I maintain, now as in the past, that if a driver is to obey the proscribed lane markings when wanting to make a left hand turn up State Street from Route 67, there will be trouble in store. At best, the design of that so-called intersection is a nightmare. At worst, it's a perfect example of monstrously poor planning.
Drivers are expected to stay in their lane when approaching and intending to turn left on to State Street. The markings are now clearly defined. Stay right until you turn. That is a problem for drivers of sedans, who, if they stay in their designated lane, are NOT able to see what is approaching on the bridge. Not from your position in the designated lane. Trucks or SUV's may be able to see what's coming, but not passenger cars. Drivers of the latter need to drive to the left of the markings if they have any chance of seeing what vehicles are on the bridge Even then, if the oncoming vehicles are speeding, as many are wont to do, the unfortunate driver of the sedan whose only wish is to turn onto State Street can find themselves (I hate this word use) hung up in no man's land while the driver coming off the bridge expresses his displeasure. That can be unpleasant, but it's better than being broadsided by a heretofore invisible vehicle.
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