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Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
BobDerBaumeister
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Date: November 04, 2010 02:45PM
A few that come to mind.
7100 & Fair Lakes
7100 & Sunrise Valley
50 & Stringfellow
236 & Prosperity
Loudoun
Cascades Pkwy & Potomac View
Waxpool & LoCo Pkwy
7100 & Fair Lakes
7100 & Sunrise Valley
50 & Stringfellow
236 & Prosperity
Loudoun
Cascades Pkwy & Potomac View
Waxpool & LoCo Pkwy
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Highlander
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Date: November 04, 2010 02:56PM
I've run into several stop signs like that too.....they fucking suck.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Gonads & Strife
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Date: November 04, 2010 03:02PM
True. Some impatient cock-smoke had the nerve to honk at me to go through a red stop sign the other day. Just because nobody else is coming doesn't mean you can just run right through before it turns green..
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
10inchdonkey
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Date: November 04, 2010 03:11PM
there might be a problem with your all's driving if you keep hitting red lights. When i drive i can time in my head when the lights will be green so i can hit them at the right times. sometimes you have to speed up a few mph and make a few zig zags on the road to get by so you can hit miss inevitable red lights
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
jiggggaaaa
()
Date: November 04, 2010 03:15PM
10inchdonkey Wrote:
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> there might be a problem with your all's driving
> if you keep hitting red lights. When i drive i
> can time in my head when the lights will be green
> so i can hit them at the right times. sometimes
> you have to speed up a few mph and make a few zig
> zags on the road to get by so you can hit miss
> inevitable red lights
It's all fun and games until you zig-zag into a pussy who stops when the light turns yellow.
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> there might be a problem with your all's driving
> if you keep hitting red lights. When i drive i
> can time in my head when the lights will be green
> so i can hit them at the right times. sometimes
> you have to speed up a few mph and make a few zig
> zags on the road to get by so you can hit miss
> inevitable red lights
It's all fun and games until you zig-zag into a pussy who stops when the light turns yellow.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
jimW
()
Date: November 04, 2010 03:41PM
7100 & Fair Lakes Blvd is BAD.
shortcut: go around it by taking Fair Lakes circle. I've been doing that for years, never fails. Even if a buncha tree huggers stop for some geese to cross the road...at least you're not sitting at that awful intersection.
shortcut: go around it by taking Fair Lakes circle. I've been doing that for years, never fails. Even if a buncha tree huggers stop for some geese to cross the road...at least you're not sitting at that awful intersection.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Ja'Spook
()
Date: November 04, 2010 04:04PM
7100 & Burke Centre Parkway, northbound. Don't matter what time of day it is, when I come down that hill after 123 I know that bitch gon be red
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
MrMephisto
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Date: November 04, 2010 04:23PM
Route 50 and Annandale Rd has an insufferably long light. And it only goes green long enough for about 10 cars to get through.
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Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
centreville
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Date: November 04, 2010 04:36PM
Braddock & 28.
Getting off Exit 53 on 66 waiting to turn right onto 28.
Getting off Exit 53 on 66 waiting to turn right onto 28.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
ITRADE
()
Date: November 04, 2010 05:03PM
Most any signal in 7 corners.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
snowdenscold
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Date: November 04, 2010 07:27PM
10inchdonkey Wrote:
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> there might be a problem with your all's driving
> if you keep hitting red lights. When i drive i
> can time in my head when the lights will be green
> so i can hit them at the right times. sometimes
> you have to speed up a few mph and make a few zig
> zags on the road to get by so you can hit miss
> inevitable red lights
Did you look at his list? It's legit. I understand what you're saying, but it will make no difference at many of these. MAYBE at 3 AM on a weeknight will you approach one of these and it will be green. But don't get your hopes up.
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> there might be a problem with your all's driving
> if you keep hitting red lights. When i drive i
> can time in my head when the lights will be green
> so i can hit them at the right times. sometimes
> you have to speed up a few mph and make a few zig
> zags on the road to get by so you can hit miss
> inevitable red lights
Did you look at his list? It's legit. I understand what you're saying, but it will make no difference at many of these. MAYBE at 3 AM on a weeknight will you approach one of these and it will be green. But don't get your hopes up.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Lawman
()
Date: November 04, 2010 07:49PM
Braddock Road / Ox Road, the light is NEVER timed with Roanoake Road, and always red (the one that goes into University Mall from George Mason), which is also always red. In fact, it's safe to say that every light along Braddock Road starting at the beltway is always red.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2010 07:49PM by Lawman.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2010 07:49PM by Lawman.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
ARGH
()
Date: November 04, 2010 07:49PM
Roberts Parkway turning left on to Burke Centre Parkway... I will usually take it to avoid the PO-PO who hand out BCP and no fail, that light will be red no matter when I get there. It's a long f'n light too.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
say
()
Date: November 04, 2010 08:00PM
Lawman Wrote:
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> Braddock Road / Ox Road, the light is NEVER timed
> with Roanoake Road, and always red (the one that
> goes into University Mall from George Mason),
> which is also always red. In fact, it's safe to
> say that every light along Braddock Road starting
> at the beltway is always red.
What pisses me off at that intersection is the through lanes on both Braddock and Ox have a super long green light, as in 2-3 minutes. But if you are in the left turn lanes for northbound OX, you get about 8-10 seconds worth of green arrow. If you're more than 5-6 cars back, you gotta either run the fucking light or waste another 5 minutes of your life.
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> Braddock Road / Ox Road, the light is NEVER timed
> with Roanoake Road, and always red (the one that
> goes into University Mall from George Mason),
> which is also always red. In fact, it's safe to
> say that every light along Braddock Road starting
> at the beltway is always red.
What pisses me off at that intersection is the through lanes on both Braddock and Ox have a super long green light, as in 2-3 minutes. But if you are in the left turn lanes for northbound OX, you get about 8-10 seconds worth of green arrow. If you're more than 5-6 cars back, you gotta either run the fucking light or waste another 5 minutes of your life.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Lawman
()
Date: November 04, 2010 09:07PM
say Wrote:
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> Lawman Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Braddock Road / Ox Road, the light is NEVER
> timed
> > with Roanoake Road, and always red (the one
> that
> > goes into University Mall from George Mason),
> > which is also always red. In fact, it's safe to
> > say that every light along Braddock Road
> starting
> > at the beltway is always red.
>
>
> What pisses me off at that intersection is the
> through lanes on both Braddock and Ox have a super
> long green light, as in 2-3 minutes. But if you
> are in the left turn lanes for northbound OX, you
> get about 8-10 seconds worth of green arrow. If
> you're more than 5-6 cars back, you gotta either
> run the fucking light or waste another 5 minutes
> of your life.
I have a very itchy horn finger at that particular light, but whenever it's backed up to the entrance to UV mall on that side of Ox, I usually just go straight and turn into that first neighborhood, do a nice turn around in there, and get back onto ox and pull a right (usually Braddock is on green arrows at this point).
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> Lawman Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Braddock Road / Ox Road, the light is NEVER
> timed
> > with Roanoake Road, and always red (the one
> that
> > goes into University Mall from George Mason),
> > which is also always red. In fact, it's safe to
> > say that every light along Braddock Road
> starting
> > at the beltway is always red.
>
>
> What pisses me off at that intersection is the
> through lanes on both Braddock and Ox have a super
> long green light, as in 2-3 minutes. But if you
> are in the left turn lanes for northbound OX, you
> get about 8-10 seconds worth of green arrow. If
> you're more than 5-6 cars back, you gotta either
> run the fucking light or waste another 5 minutes
> of your life.
I have a very itchy horn finger at that particular light, but whenever it's backed up to the entrance to UV mall on that side of Ox, I usually just go straight and turn into that first neighborhood, do a nice turn around in there, and get back onto ox and pull a right (usually Braddock is on green arrows at this point).
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
yukyuk
()
Date: November 04, 2010 09:25PM
MrMephisto Wrote:
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> Route 50 and Annandale Rd has an insufferably long
> light. And it only goes green long enough for
> about 10 cars to get through.
This is one of those intersections where some stupid f*** decided it would be better to let one direction go at a time instead of having a left turn cycle both ways then a through cycle both ways at the same time.
It was the same way at Hayfield Rd and Kingstowne Village Pkwy for awhile until apparently someone got their head out of their a** and put it back the way it used to be. I wonder who makes these decisions. Another good example of traffic light stupidity is on Route 1. Some intersections have left turn arrows that turn solid green where others have left turn arrows that turn to red. Sometimes (rarely) this makes sense but there are many, many like this that make no sense at all.
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> Route 50 and Annandale Rd has an insufferably long
> light. And it only goes green long enough for
> about 10 cars to get through.
This is one of those intersections where some stupid f*** decided it would be better to let one direction go at a time instead of having a left turn cycle both ways then a through cycle both ways at the same time.
It was the same way at Hayfield Rd and Kingstowne Village Pkwy for awhile until apparently someone got their head out of their a** and put it back the way it used to be. I wonder who makes these decisions. Another good example of traffic light stupidity is on Route 1. Some intersections have left turn arrows that turn solid green where others have left turn arrows that turn to red. Sometimes (rarely) this makes sense but there are many, many like this that make no sense at all.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
osmosis11
()
Date: November 05, 2010 01:25AM
while your at a red light, flash your high beems and it will turn green within a few seconds. MOst of the times, this works.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Ann N. Dail
()
Date: November 05, 2010 02:11AM
yukyuk Wrote:
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> MrMephisto Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Route 50 and Annandale Rd has an insufferably
> long
> > light. And it only goes green long enough for
> > about 10 cars to get through.
>
> This is one of those intersections where some
> stupid f*** decided it would be better to let one
> direction go at a time instead of having a left
> turn cycle both ways then a through cycle both
> ways at the same time.
The Rt. 50 through traffic is not one direction at a time, but I think the Annandale Rd. greens are. The Rt. 50 green light (both directions) is woefully short for the rush hour direction (EB morning, WB afternoon), which is what I interpreted the post to be referring to. Of course, it seems like the decision to have each side of Annandale Rd. go one direction at a time likely knocks some time off of the green cycle for EB/WB Rt. 50.
While that area used to be my old stomping grounds, I am fortunate that it is not part of my regular drive routes anymore.
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> MrMephisto Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Route 50 and Annandale Rd has an insufferably
> long
> > light. And it only goes green long enough for
> > about 10 cars to get through.
>
> This is one of those intersections where some
> stupid f*** decided it would be better to let one
> direction go at a time instead of having a left
> turn cycle both ways then a through cycle both
> ways at the same time.
The Rt. 50 through traffic is not one direction at a time, but I think the Annandale Rd. greens are. The Rt. 50 green light (both directions) is woefully short for the rush hour direction (EB morning, WB afternoon), which is what I interpreted the post to be referring to. Of course, it seems like the decision to have each side of Annandale Rd. go one direction at a time likely knocks some time off of the green cycle for EB/WB Rt. 50.
While that area used to be my old stomping grounds, I am fortunate that it is not part of my regular drive routes anymore.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Bubba Gump
()
Date: November 05, 2010 07:14AM
osmosis11 Wrote:
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> while your at a red light, flash your high beems
> and it will turn green within a few seconds. MOst
> of the times, this works.
High beams will not make a light change faster. Lights are triggered by pressure sensors which are embedded in the asphalt at an intersection. I always find it funny to see some foreigner who pulls too far into an intersection so that they miss their light because they were not sitting on top of the sensors.
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> while your at a red light, flash your high beems
> and it will turn green within a few seconds. MOst
> of the times, this works.
High beams will not make a light change faster. Lights are triggered by pressure sensors which are embedded in the asphalt at an intersection. I always find it funny to see some foreigner who pulls too far into an intersection so that they miss their light because they were not sitting on top of the sensors.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
say
()
Date: November 05, 2010 06:51PM
Bubba Gump Wrote:
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> osmosis11 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > while your at a red light, flash your high
> beems
> > and it will turn green within a few seconds.
> MOst
> > of the times, this works.
>
>
> High beams will not make a light change faster.
> Lights are triggered by pressure sensors which are
> embedded in the asphalt at an intersection. I
> always find it funny to see some foreigner who
> pulls too far into an intersection so that they
> miss their light because they were not sitting on
> top of the sensors.
They don't work by pressure. "Loop sensors" are wires that are embedded in the asphalt and are basically metal detectors. But yeah, morons that pull up too far aren't in the loop and the light don't change.
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> osmosis11 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > while your at a red light, flash your high
> beems
> > and it will turn green within a few seconds.
> MOst
> > of the times, this works.
>
>
> High beams will not make a light change faster.
> Lights are triggered by pressure sensors which are
> embedded in the asphalt at an intersection. I
> always find it funny to see some foreigner who
> pulls too far into an intersection so that they
> miss their light because they were not sitting on
> top of the sensors.
They don't work by pressure. "Loop sensors" are wires that are embedded in the asphalt and are basically metal detectors. But yeah, morons that pull up too far aren't in the loop and the light don't change.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
wally pip
()
Date: November 07, 2010 03:23AM
I've often wondered thru the years if Vienna gets the lights to hang on red to create the traffic jam in town and get folks to give up and shop at the Gieant and etc.
Now Fairfax City seems to be an all day traffic jam also and there ain't shit to shop at along the Fairfax Blvd.
Now Fairfax City seems to be an all day traffic jam also and there ain't shit to shop at along the Fairfax Blvd.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
overklok
()
Date: November 07, 2010 05:29AM
Old Keene Mill Road and Tiverton Road/Hunter Village Drive, in combination with Old Keene Mill Road and Greeley Blvd. If you get the red at one of the lights you will get the red at the next one.
Perfect crappy timing.
Perfect crappy timing.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Bill N
()
Date: November 07, 2010 11:32AM
They are the lights that I am approaching. Some people have good stoplight karma and some don't.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Helmet959
()
Date: November 10, 2010 12:54PM
i live right off Annandale Road on the Westlawn side and I've been a driver for 12 years. i have made the light to cross rt 50 headed into Falls Church City twice in my life.
it's ALWAYS red.
it's ALWAYS red.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Vienna resident
()
Date: November 10, 2010 01:55PM
wally pip Wrote:
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> I've often wondered thru the years if Vienna gets
> the lights to hang on red to create the traffic
> jam in town and get folks to give up and shop at
> the Gieant and etc.
>
Years ago the Mayor of Vienna opposed a plan to connect the two parts of Abbotsford Rd. He wanted the traffic to come through the Town of Vienna instead. Now we have needless congestion. (The Town lemmings will tell you that the land in question is not actually in the Town, but will not dispute that he successfully opposed the plan.)
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> I've often wondered thru the years if Vienna gets
> the lights to hang on red to create the traffic
> jam in town and get folks to give up and shop at
> the Gieant and etc.
>
Years ago the Mayor of Vienna opposed a plan to connect the two parts of Abbotsford Rd. He wanted the traffic to come through the Town of Vienna instead. Now we have needless congestion. (The Town lemmings will tell you that the land in question is not actually in the Town, but will not dispute that he successfully opposed the plan.)
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
justsayin
()
Date: November 10, 2010 03:36PM
Bubba Gump Wrote:
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> High beams will not make a light change faster.
> Lights are triggered by pressure sensors which are
> embedded in the asphalt at an intersection.
He was trying to make up a dopey way of triggering an EMS green light change. That won't work though.
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> High beams will not make a light change faster.
> Lights are triggered by pressure sensors which are
> embedded in the asphalt at an intersection.
He was trying to make up a dopey way of triggering an EMS green light change. That won't work though.
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"I'm racist too. So what?" - Ellipsis 9/16/2011
"If you only knew who I was, and what I was working to do you would...have the decency to tell me I hated my nation and the way of life. I may not agree with...the government...I hate the "government"......" - Firrat 9/1/10
"there seems to be a queer...why? To try and further demean a defeated... dumb Tea party... I think we need more... far left folks on a regular basis - Louis Farakhan, Jesse Jackson...Al Sharpton" - Registered Voter, 8/19/2011
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Posted by:
chuckhoffmann
()
Date: November 11, 2010 04:25AM
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/2013 10:54PM by chuckhoffmann.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/2013 10:54PM by chuckhoffmann.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Elle Diabla
()
Date: November 11, 2010 11:10AM
jimW Wrote:
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> 7100 & Fair Lakes Blvd is BAD.
> shortcut: go around it by taking Fair Lakes
> circle. I've been doing that for years, never
> fails. Even if a buncha tree huggers stop for some
> geese to cross the road...at least you're not
> sitting at that awful intersection.
+1. WAY faster.
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> 7100 & Fair Lakes Blvd is BAD.
> shortcut: go around it by taking Fair Lakes
> circle. I've been doing that for years, never
> fails. Even if a buncha tree huggers stop for some
> geese to cross the road...at least you're not
> sitting at that awful intersection.
+1. WAY faster.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
OmNomNomNom
()
Date: November 11, 2010 05:05PM
Any light along Braddock Rd starting from Backlick all the way to GMU pisses me off.
Re: Traffic lights that are ALWAYS red
Posted by:
Baladudadudadudi
()
Date: January 14, 2011 10:59PM
I recall reading several years ago that a firm based in Montgomery County, Maryland had a contract to develop an integrated traffic light system that would link lights at different intersections in Fairfax County so that lights would not always be red when you get to them because the sensor is tripped by cross traffic.
I always assumed that the system was never finished because it was some scam project to generate more fuel tax revenue in Virginia or to stunt Fairfax County growth to the benefit of Maryland, but I could be wrong.
I always assumed that the system was never finished because it was some scam project to generate more fuel tax revenue in Virginia or to stunt Fairfax County growth to the benefit of Maryland, but I could be wrong.