Traffic light allows easy left turns
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Most mornings, I need to make a left turn from Viola Road onto New Hempstead Road in Ramapo.
This has proven to be a dance with danger and frustration as drivers are forced to cut off approaching cars or drive through the traffic light as it turns red. Drivers can easily sit at the intersection for three or four lights as they wait to make the turn.
I can flat out say, trying to make that left is the most stressful part of my daily driving.
They’ve been studying this intersection for years. Passing drivers have frequently seen the car counters – people who watch the traffic flow and appear to be literally noting the number of vehicles and the efficiency of movement on clipboards.
The worst part about it? Left-turn arrows are in place at the other three turning points, so, yeah, it’s just the left I – and scores of other drivers – need to make that’s messed up.
But finally, the problem has been solved.
I was pretty happy the other day when I approached the light and saw a bright green left-turn arrow that was going my way.
Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence said the light was upgraded by the state after he requested the Department of Transportation to study the intersection.
“The modification to the signal greatly impacts upon driver safety,” St. Lawrence said. “The improved conditions are already noticeable for motorists making left turns.”
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on Monday, August 3rd, 2009 at 1:09 pm by Laura Incalcaterra. 
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