Cecil Haire's top 10 terrible #traffictangles
The St. John'sMorning Show's traffic guru Cecil Haireknows where all theproblemspots are in St. John's and the surrounding area, but he wanted to know what you thought.
He put out the call asking listeners to use the hashtag#traffictangles, and the tweets poured in.
He's put together this list, and paid a visit to most locations(he'sfinishingup this morning) with Terry Dunne, a driving instructor with Young Drivers of Canada, who really know his stuff.
Watch our video above to pay a visit to those traffic places you love to hate, and hear what Dunne thinks about these #traffictangles. Cecil and Terry are visiting a fewplaceson the listthis morning, so we'll add thoseinterviews into the video later.
1) StrawberryMarshRoadat Allandale Road.
Heavy congestion and left-hand turn clogstraffic
2) Kenmount Road and Polina
Cecil Hairelaughsloudly. Very dangerousleft-handturn, he says,on four lane roadway near Avalon Mall.
3)OuterRing Road off-ramp atAllandale Road
Driversstopping at a dedicated lane sign,causing traffic to back up onto the Outer Ringer Road.
4) Ropewalk Lane at Empire Road
High traffic area with pedestrianactivated light. It's just bad, says Mr. Haire.
5) Highland Driveat Tamarack Street
Right-hand yield from Tamarack. Thepotential danger is hitting cars in the opposite direction, whoareturning left intothe Esso gas station.
6) Plymouth Roadonto Duckworth Street
It's perfect a fork/Y in the roadand it creates a confusing merge while crossing alane of oncoming traffic. Have trouble understanding this last sentence? Drivers have trouble understanding this section of road.
7)Prince Philip Drivewestboundleft-hand turnonto Allandale Road
A blindspot is created when oncoming left-turning traffic is stopped.
8)Village Mall exit ontoHamlyn Road
The exit is right acrossthestreet from the exit to other strip malls and crosswalk causing heavycongestion and a confusing wild west situation.
9)Major's Path/Portugal Cove Road
The left-hand turn onto Portugal Cove Road is dangerous due tohigh-speed traffic coming out of Airport Heights.
10) Stavanger Drive at Torbay Road
Double left-hand turn onto Torbay Road southbound gets stopped by traffic on TorbayRoad lining up to get into the Tim Hortonsby blocking the intersection,preventing Torbay Road traffic from getting throughthe intersection when the lights change.
Hall of Fame/Shame
RawlinsCross. A well-deserved, um ... honour.