There are too many stop signs, too many traffic lights, and too many reasons for us to stop for unnatural reasons. We go in our cars to go, and not to stop.

This is a short rant about how politicos and traffic engineers and their relation has hurt society as a whole (literally and figeratively).

Dumb Cycled Lights

Albany has a few of them left—fortunely not that many any more. Traffic lights that are set on accutator plates are so much better—why the hell should we have to stop and pollute the environment.

The intersection of Brevator and Lincoln Avenue seems like a perfect example of this. I've seen cars idling their, while their is nothing sitting in the opposite directions.

Causing global warming, and destroying cars, for no real purpose, except to save freaking Albany a few bucks.

Unneccessarly Lights

I think Brevator and Lincoln should also win this award. I have yet to see enough traffic their to make it seem as though they need light.

Wouldn't a good old fashion stop sign be just as effective and safe? It would save the city at least $80 a year in power, probably more, not to mention the cost of replacing the bulbs.

I'm sure it's a political issue. People in the neighboorhood want to slow down traffic, by forcing them to stop a traffic light. Dumb. People shouldn't speed, and when they do, the city should ticket them. Some people are just idiots, face it.

Wait for Green/Yield on Green

What do those two things mean? To the common person, its absolute vechicular law gibberish. They tried to shorten up the sign, so its easy to read, and took out the understanding at the same time.

Wait for Green, doesn't mean run red lights. It means lead-before turn arrow traffic light, that means, don't go over the stop line, when the light is yellow or late in the green cycle—you'll get trapped and jam up traffic around the light. So, your suppost to stay behind the stop line, except when the light first goes green. Not that anybody understnads that message.

Yield on Green for Left Hand Turn, is the law, and it makes sense. Yet, so many people don't know how to make left-hand turns properly, so they cause traffic problems. They cut off people in the intersection, or they get under the traffic light, and the light turns yellow-then-red, and they stop dead under the light, blocking all cross traffic. Vechicles in the intersection (front tires over the stop line), always have right away, over vechicles coming from a non-parrallel direction.

Too Many Stop Signs

Why do we have stop signs, when a good old fashion yield sign would suffice? There are many intersections locally, that are so rural, that a collision would be unlikely.

They have a stop sign at the end of Route 411 and Route 312, eventhough a collision is unlikely there. I'm sure 90% of the traffic effectively ignores that sign, and just yields as neccessary. Heck, a yield sign would be better at attracting a person's attention—they are rare and eye catching.

Another example of this is the Route 143 and Route 85 triangle. What is the purpose of a triangle, when you have to stop in all directions? Visibility is limited, but stop seems a drastic measure.

Build More Roads Like The State Office Campus

It would cut down on the waiting, if more roads could be like the state office campus. It's outer-loop counter clockwise, inner-loop clockwise arangement, with lots of "U" turn ramps works great. You never have to stop, although you have to yield from time to time.

It keeps traffic moving, something that few modern roads do anymore. It's not regulated by stop lights to death, instead yields are able to handle almost everything.