Not to sound critical, but I want to chime in. Everyone seems to be in a
hurry and not obey street etiquette. Not finger pointing, just my
observation as a wheelchair -user pedestrian.
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On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 9:17 AM, Dennis Marrotte <
dennis.marrotte1111@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
T / Y John. I will try looking today.
Both red car drivers were stopped but pulled out and turned R onto Bridge
Street, just as I saw the Green Left Turn Arrow.
I got the you no what scared out of me twice at the Franklin Arterial and
Marginal Way Intersection, with The I - 295 Exit, in Portland. Headed
South down Marginal Way and was stopped in the straight thru lane. When my
Green Light came on, I started forward and had to Stop, as the First car in
the Left Turn Lane on Marginal Way, waiting to turn L to the I - 295
Interchange, pulled out in front of me. After The second time, I try to
avoid going that way down Marginal Way.
Dennis
On Jan 19, 2018 9:00 AM, "John Brooking" <johnbrooking4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't know the statutory language, maybe one of you can research it
<http://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Ach19sec0.html>, but
I've always been told that right turners on red in that situation must
yield to opposing left turners who have a green arrow. Sure, the right
turning driver can't see the arrow, but if he or she has stopped before
turning, as is required (but many people don't bother doing), and can see
people in the left turn lane pulling into the intersection, it's pretty
clear what's going on, and those right turners must wait. That much is
clear to me. Just another example of impatient self-centered people doing
what they think they can get away with.
On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Dennis Marrotte <
dennis.marrotte1111@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank You Carson. You are correct.
There are No Signs posted:
" No Right Turn on Red "
But, I would think There should be a form of Courtesy shown to drivers
who have the Green Left Turn Arrow. Are people in that much of a hurry 10
PM at night ?
I was waiting to turn L onto Bridge Street from Severino' s Store
Parking Lot last week, and heard Sirens coming from somewhere,
reverberating off houses. A Van coming up Bridge Street had a green lght to
go straight across Cumberland or turn R onto Cumberland, when The Sirens
appeared in the form of a Westbrook Rescue Ambulance, coming up Cumberland
from Cumberland Mills, and wanting to turn L onto Bridge Street. It stopped
suddenly when its driver saw the Van that turned R onto Cumberland
fortunately - instead of going up Bridge Street which would have placed the
Van squarely in front of the Rescue. The Rescue went to a home on
Beechwood Avenue, off Bridge Street, before Everett Street.
Dennis
Dennis Marrotte
On Jan 19, 2018 5:32 AM, "Carson Wood" <cwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It sounds like the 2 right turnerws are not following the right on red
rule.
Of course, being blind I don’t know if there is an allowed right on
red for West bound, soon to be right turners at Maine and Bridge.
*From:* wsmac-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wsmac-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
Behalf Of *Dennis Marrotte
*Sent:* Thursday, January 18, 2018 10:41 PM
*To:* wsmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [wsmac] Question about Turning at Intersection of Main
Street and new Bridge Street Lights.
This was a problem for umpteen years at the former Vallee' s Square
Intersection of Bridge and Main Streets.
Now, the same infraction is happening at the new Intersection of Main
Street and the new Bridge Street.
Example: I am stopped in the Eastbound Left Turn Lane of Main Street
at the Intersection with the new Bridge Street. I am waiting for the Green
Left Turn Arrow which comes on with the Eastbound straight thru Main Street
Green Light. Time is 10PM Thursday January 18th, 2018. My Left Turn
Signals are working.
When the Green Left Turn Lane Arrow comes on, I am looking at
westbound Main Street traffic stopped. As I start to turn L into Bridge
Street, two small red cars,
both in the Westbound Main Street Right Turn Lane for Bridge Street,
The same Lane I have a Left Turn Green Arrow for, pull out ahead of me
and turn Right onto Bridge Street. I am not in a hurry, but I have to stop
in mid turn, to let these two drivers have their way. Fortunately,
The pavement is dry, and it's not snowing like blazes. I am getting
sick of this. Who is supposed to yield or who have the right of way?
Thank You,
Dennis Marrotte
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