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CT15 - Enterance 59, Southbound
This needs to be a yield sign and maybe paint some arrows on the right lane on CT15 directing traffic over to the left to allow oncomers. It SHOULD NOT be a stop sign because of its location. This enterance makes it difficult to get on traffic with a hill just ahead - especially for 4cylinder cars (which I have). From a stop, its nearly impossible to get going fast enough to avoid a collision with oncoming traffic. Thus we have to make sure no one is coming for quite a distance, thus we sit there for a long period of time holding up traffic. This would be better suited as a merge and forcing more cars to pull into the left lane to allow more convienence for oncomers. Lets face it, leaving it up to the decision of the CT people is not a good idea. In general, CT drivers are selfish.
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e (Martida)
Roger (Martida)
Concerned Woodbridge Resident (Martida)
Stop signs on entrances to the parkway are a perpetual problem in CT. Unfortunately, I'm not sure there's much that can be done; I believe the state has converted the ones that could be converted to stop sign-less.
I don't mean to be preachy, but when you purchase a vehicle, you need to think about where you live and will drive the car. Anyone who has to drive the Parkway in CT, and has to negotiate these entrances, should buy a car that can accelerate quickly. Frankly, that's the easiest, most practical solution. I have a sports car, and I quite honestly look forward to these entrances because it's one of the few times I get to actually legally enjoy the car, and I never have any difficulty merging with traffic.
I'm not saying you need to buy a Corvette, but any car with 250+ horsepower should allow you to drive more safely, and I don't think the mileage hit will be as significant as you might think. Safety has to come first, and in this case, a faster car is absolutely a safer car.
E (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
You, CWR, are completely ABSURD and your advice is not only insane but selfish. So YOU can "enjoy" your hotrod "I" need to buy a faster car?!?!?! WOW, you are definitely PERFECT mindset for the state of Connecticut - "The All-About-Me State".
Grow up! This isn't about YOU, its about preventing accidents.
If you want to speed in (oh, sorry, "enjoy") car, take it to a race track - because you certainly don't belong on the roads with that mentality.
E (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
Concerned Woodbridge Resident (Martida)
'E', you have offered no rational refutation of my argument, you've just vented like an irrational fool.
The problem is an entrance with a stop sign, which causes certain cars problems, but NOT ALL. If it were so easy to completely rebuild that elevated merge, don't you think it would have been done by now? And why should everyone who doesn't have a problem negotiating the entrance have to deal with the cost and hassle of rebuilding because you and/or the OP drive too-slow cars?
I've offered a rational and practical solution that solves the OP's problem - buy a faster car. The road is what it is. CT is an old state with old infrastructure and limited rights of way to expand. There is a reason why the auto market offers scores of different models, because not every car is ideal for every market and use.
It's a shame that you can offer no rational solution to the problem, and instead took to a personal attack on me.
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E (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
Concerned Woodbridge Resident (Martida)
'E', you can't just place a Yield sign in place of the Stop sign - the merge lane is too short. That's the whole reason there is a Stop sign there, not a Yield sign! They'd have to undertake an enormous project to acquire air rights from nearby residents, and then physically build a whole new elevated roadway. So strike one.
Secondly, where in America have you EVER seen a sign encouraging drivers to move to the left lane so people can enter? Give me a break, that's not possible. You can have a sign warning of 'merging" or "entering traffic', but you can't ask people to move over. There's only two lanes to begin with and there's a lot of congestion there due to the tunnel. So strike two.
Here's a grand slam - buy a faster car. Problem solved.
E (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
Concerned Woodbridge Resident (Martida)
Uncle Egg, you couldn't make a valid argument, so you resorted to a personal attack. Way to go.
I told E to buy a sufficiently fast car. Doesn't have to be a sports car. Problem solved.
This has been posted for 7 months, and only 6 people want this fixed, despite the fact thousands of people use that entrance daily. So we should undertake a huge legal and construction project for the sake of a few people?
People like you and 'E' want the government (i.e., your fellow citizens) to pay for something that you could more directly and readily take care of yourself. Shameful, and completely indicative of what's wrong with America today. E in particular should consider relocating to a commune somewhere.
E (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
A (Martida)
resident (Martida)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
If you can not merge safely into the speeding traffic here, wait until the cars pass. Your safety is worth more than someone's convenience. If people have to wait in a line of more than 10 or 15 minutes to get past this ramp (which is a perfectly acceptable amount of time in more congested cities), they will start using another highway entrance.
In the long term, speeds should be reduced by narrowing the travel lanes, increasing enforcement and installing speed control devices. Not only would lower speeds save lives, they would allow us to use less asphalt. Many other industralized countries have taken these steps to make their highway systems safer and more efficient, and their policies are paying off because they have smaller budget deficits. They have also invested in transit and better regional land use policies, which is far more efficient as well.
We can either consider measures like these, or continue to plunge our children into greater debt.
E (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
guest (Martida)
the bottom line is this is rte 15- wilbur cross/merritt parkway. It is designed deliberately to be this way. the more changes that are made to steamline it (And I know -- what is it, Norwalk? -- has that long on-ramp) the more its original character is ruined. The speed limit on this highway is 55. If speeders make it difficult to get on, they need to drive slower or we need to wait for an opening.
It is not like other highways. It is a historical landmark. It is a parkway
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
City of New Haven (La Caddeeyey Rasmi ah)
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