Comments on: Tripping the light fantastic http://sacrag.com/2008/08/tripping-the-light-fantastic/ Sacramento News, Gossip & Snark Wed, 7 Jan 2009 18:42:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: plumwin http://sacrag.com/2008/08/tripping-the-light-fantastic/#comment-45547 plumwin Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:21:45 +0000 http://sacrag.com/?p=1795#comment-45547 It’s not a light, but a sign, that irks me the most on my commute. It’s where 59th dead ends into Broadway. The light is always red with everyone waiting to make a right turn. The sign says (in big letters) “No Right Turn on Red” but below that it says “if pedestrians are present”. There are never any pedestrians yet the line will be 15 deep of idiots who are sitting there waiting for the green light. I’m not a traffic engineer but have thought that the sign should be changed to just read “Unless you are going to knock someone down, just go already!” It’s not a light, but a sign, that irks me the most on my commute. It’s where 59th dead ends into Broadway. The light is always red with everyone waiting to make a right turn. The sign says (in big letters) “No Right Turn on Red” but below that it says “if pedestrians are present”. There are never any pedestrians yet the line will be 15 deep of idiots who are sitting there waiting for the green light. I’m not a traffic engineer but have thought that the sign should be changed to just read “Unless you are going to knock someone down, just go already!”

]]> By: Nicknack http://sacrag.com/2008/08/tripping-the-light-fantastic/#comment-45545 Nicknack Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:33:29 +0000 http://sacrag.com/?p=1795#comment-45545 Try the light at Sierra and Howe between 4 AM and 6 AM - it changes immediately! Try the light at Sierra and Howe between 4 AM and 6 AM - it changes immediately!

]]> By: ay http://sacrag.com/2008/08/tripping-the-light-fantastic/#comment-45537 ay Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:31:21 +0000 http://sacrag.com/?p=1795#comment-45537 For some reason I seldom have problems with Sierra/Howe. However, just the other day I had time to contemplate slitting my wrists open at the Fulton/Howe stoplight as I rotted away in my vehicle waiting for a green to make the turn into Panera Bread. This has happened several times this month ... For some reason I seldom have problems with Sierra/Howe. However, just the other day I had time to contemplate slitting my wrists open at the Fulton/Howe stoplight as I rotted away in my vehicle waiting for a green to make the turn into Panera Bread. This has happened several times this month …

]]> By: badhairday http://sacrag.com/2008/08/tripping-the-light-fantastic/#comment-45493 badhairday Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:30:19 +0000 http://sacrag.com/?p=1795#comment-45493 CoolDMZ - That light has been there a long time. Not sure how long, but I noticed it some years back. It's supposedly for the traffic on W, and as far as I know there are no plans to make that a two-way street. The only purpose I can see that it serves is to make it slightly easier for me to see when the light is getting ready to change as I'm waiting to cross while heading south on 15th. CoolDMZ - That light has been there a long time. Not sure how long, but I noticed it some years back. It’s supposedly for the traffic on W, and as far as I know there are no plans to make that a two-way street. The only purpose I can see that it serves is to make it slightly easier for me to see when the light is getting ready to change as I’m waiting to cross while heading south on 15th.

]]> By: suzebee http://sacrag.com/2008/08/tripping-the-light-fantastic/#comment-45484 suzebee Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:56:23 +0000 http://sacrag.com/?p=1795#comment-45484 There are two bad ones in Sacramento that I try & avoid. The light at T and Alhambra. It's actually a weird like 3-way light or something, but rarely does any traffic need to get across T, and usually it just ends up being a bunch of cars waiting incessantly on Alhambra for the light to change. And, it doesn't seem to be any better late at night there. My other pet peeve is the left turn light from Arden onto Fulton. I used to work over there and would get stuck at that dang thing every stinkin' morning. BTW, thanks for bringing this up. I feel better now... There are two bad ones in Sacramento that I try & avoid. The light at T and Alhambra. It’s actually a weird like 3-way light or something, but rarely does any traffic need to get across T, and usually it just ends up being a bunch of cars waiting incessantly on Alhambra for the light to change. And, it doesn’t seem to be any better late at night there.

My other pet peeve is the left turn light from Arden onto Fulton. I used to work over there and would get stuck at that dang thing every stinkin’ morning.

BTW, thanks for bringing this up. I feel better now…

]]> By: CoolDMZ http://sacrag.com/2008/08/tripping-the-light-fantastic/#comment-45482 CoolDMZ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:34:44 +0000 http://sacrag.com/?p=1795#comment-45482 The north-south light on 28th Street at Q. You wait 5 minutes, with no traffic in sight. It has countless times thwarted my attempts to get from Una Mas to home with my food still warm. bhd is that east facing light at 15th old? They're not switching to two-way on 15th like they did with Freeport/19th/21st? The north-south light on 28th Street at Q. You wait 5 minutes, with no traffic in sight. It has countless times thwarted my attempts to get from Una Mas to home with my food still warm.

bhd is that east facing light at 15th old? They’re not switching to two-way on 15th like they did with Freeport/19th/21st?

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2008/08/tripping-the-light-fantastic/#comment-45481 sac-eats Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:31:27 +0000 http://sacrag.com/?p=1795#comment-45481 I feel like the light at 32nd and J is a complete waste of everyone's time. It stops the much heavier J traffic for the one, two, or sometimes no cars, that are waiting to turn left from 32nd. Boooooooo. I feel like the light at 32nd and J is a complete waste of everyone’s time. It stops the much heavier J traffic for the one, two, or sometimes no cars, that are waiting to turn left from 32nd. Boooooooo.

]]> By: badhairday http://sacrag.com/2008/08/tripping-the-light-fantastic/#comment-45479 badhairday Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:24:38 +0000 http://sacrag.com/?p=1795#comment-45479 On a related note, I have noticed that some of the traffic lights in downtown one-way streets appear to be synched for going the opposite direction. Or, when traveling south on 15th, at W Street (which only travels west) there is an east facing traffic light. Huh? On a related note, I have noticed that some of the traffic lights in downtown one-way streets appear to be synched for going the opposite direction. Or, when traveling south on 15th, at W Street (which only travels west) there is an east facing traffic light. Huh?

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