How does the public change the timers on traffic lights? Is there some asshole we need to snub out because the light at Fair Lakes Parkway and the Fairfax County Parkway is un-fucking-believable. I know the below-mentioned times are accurate because I sat through 4 fucking cycles of red/green lights before I got to go through the intersection.

The light is green for 20 seconds for Fair Lakes, with substantial backups on both sides. Only about 10 cars per lane can make it across before it turns red.
Yet the light for the parkway is 2:20, and is only mildly backed up during the 20 seconds they get a red light.

This is some mother fucking bullshit.

Ha... interesting someone brings this up.

You're absolutely correct. That timer is TERRIBLE. I was on that route today and sat through three.

However, traffic was fucking terrible today. Damn kids go back to school tomorrow.

AngryDriver Wrote:
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> How does the public change the timers on traffic
> lights? Is there some asshole we need to snub out
> because the light at Fair Lakes Parkway and the
> Fairfax County Parkway is un-fucking-believable. I
> know the below-mentioned times are accurate
> because I sat through 4 fucking cycles of
> red/green lights before I got to go through the
> intersection.
>
> The light is green for 20 seconds for Fair Lakes,
> with substantial backups on both sides. Only about
> 10 cars per lane can make it across before it
> turns red.
> Yet the light for the parkway is 2:20, and is only
> mildly backed up during the 20 seconds they get a
> red light.
>
> This is some mother fucking bullshit.


Here's the solution:

Copy this verbatim and send it to VDOT to complain and then report back and let us know how it goes.

Do they use pressure plates or detect waiting cars visually via camera? I sometimes switch my lights to high beam at some lights and it seems to work.

THey have pressure plates but I think they are over ridden during rush hours. Switching your high beams doesn't really help. You're thinking of the system that emergency vehicles use when they trip the lights with their sirens, or in some cases, a flashing light on the roof. I guess if your headlights are pointing up, for some reason, and are that bright, and flashign at the right frequency and wavelength....

And invariably after sitting through three lights, there is always at least one driver that will still allow five car lengths between them and the car in front of them. Making us all wait through yet one more light. grrrrr

Yeah its been shitty like that for a while, but I guess their slowly working on it

Actually, I always bypass that light via the road that Dicks and the Hyatt are on. It keeps my road rage at bay.

Yeah I wonder who does research and configures the light timing at VDOT. Anyone got info?

that is a terrible light.

notme Wrote:
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> Yeah I wonder who does research and configures the
> light timing at VDOT. Anyone got info?


Here's the solution:

Copy this verbatim and send it to VDOT to complain and then report back and let us know how it goes.

pgens = answer

Another troll resolved.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/2009 12:12PM by ITRADE.

oaktonmom Wrote:
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> Actually, I always bypass that light via the road
> that Dicks and the Hyatt are on. It keeps my road
> rage at bay.


It's good to have a "work-around". ;O)

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Angry Driver Wrote:
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> THey have pressure plates but I think they are
> over ridden during rush hours. Switching your
> high beams doesn't really help. You're thinking of
> the system that emergency vehicles use when they
> trip the lights with their sirens, or in some
> cases, a flashing light on the roof. I guess if
> your headlights are pointing up, for some reason,
> and are that bright, and flashign at the right
> frequency and wavelength....


You are right, they actually use infrared - with the right sequence
of frequency and wavelength. Ebay use to have 'em available but now
counties that use those actually set them separate from one another.

It's called Opticon and you're not really suppose to have them unless you're operating an emergency vehicle.