Traffic Engineers and Drivers Drive Me Crazy

Okay, some of you already know how crazy I am! Sunday, three other drivers in the Montgomery area cut across me in dangerous ways. I wonder if they were looking--probably not. Helen was with me for two of these and she can attest to the fact that I did not do anything inappropriate. Just now, I was merging onto the interstate and got behind a guy doing 50 mph because he was talking on his cell phone. That is usually the case when someone gets really slow on the interstate.
When leaving the officer earlier, the person at the front of the line for the red light must have fallen asleep-- and this is about a 5 sec. light most of the day.

What is it about the people who design roads around Montgomery?!?!?! There always seems to a 3-4 traffic lights aroung the interstate exits, all too close to the exit ramps. This creates traffic jams to beat all traffic jams. Why does Montgomery have so few overpasses. I was told by one engineer that the state offered back in the 1970's to build overpasses along the southern bypass, but the city did not want them- they were bad for business. I grew up in Hunstville, where our solution to a traffic problem was to build an overpass and utilize access roads. It works pretty well. When I moved to Montgomery the first time, there were only overpasses over the railroad tracks along the bypass - no overpass at Atlanta Highway, even then. Today, that is the only street overpass from I-65 to 231 north, so we have to stop at Sheila Blvd,Woodmere, Vaughn, Troy Hwy, Woodley, Norman Bridge, Court Street, Rosa Parks, etc.

The exit from our neighborhood onto Taylor Road has a 5 sec traffic light. On a good day, 5 cars can get out if they hug each other's bumper and hurry, hurry, hurry. I have actually had to wait for the 3rd green light there, about 5 full minutes.

I am so glad they put the traffic light cameras up turning into Eastchase from southbound Taylor Road. I have had as many as 3 cars in succession run the light-keeping on turning into Eastchase-- while I had to wait for the intersection to clear on my green light.
And, please, Mr. Highway Dept., put back some kind of divider on the exit from 85north to Taylor Rd south for the "keep moving" lane that people wrongly use to merge across 3 lanes to turn into Eastchase. I would not even mind a concrete curb like you have at the 85/Perry Hill road exit onto Perry Hill southbound so they won't try to merge over to Carmichael.

Now, I feel better. Thanks!