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by: Safety44 Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jan 26, '16 9:12pm  
Has anyone noticed a problem with being able to see the red light at Kingwood Dr and Chestnut Ridge when driving East on KW Dr?
 
There was a serious accident at this intersection last week, and tonight, we came closer to a serious accident than I have ever been.
 
We stopped at the red light headed north on Chestnut Ridge. We then got a green light. Upon getting the green light myself and the car adjacent to me started across the intersection.
 
A little more than half way across the intersection, a white car spead in front of us at much greater than 40 MPH. Luckily, we were both able to slam on our breaks and avoid a serious and possibly deadly situation.
 
After recovery from a moment of anger and calming down, I started wondering if there is a reason behind this...possibly something is wrong with the light??
 
I find it hard to believe anyone would run this light at peak traffic times (5:30 PM), driving such speeds. If the car had hit us, there would surely have been a fatality. Car next to me was a van and I was driving my new Ram Truck.
 
PS: I did happen to have the dash cam running. The car was going so fast that I have to stop the replay to even tell it's a car and even then the model is not evident.
 
Please exercise caution at this intersection. 4951
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elguapo Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 8 years ago   Jan 26, '16 10:47pm  
Isn't this the "all green light" issue that's been posted here before? 4951
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ProblemAgain Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 8 years ago   Jan 26, '16 11:54pm  
it doesn't do any good to talk here....isn't the number to call 311 for repairs ? 4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 8 years ago   Jan 27, '16 6:15am  
Uhmmm...so what did the little white car look like? Just curious. 4951
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Annie Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 8 years ago   Jan 27, '16 6:19am  
it doesn't do any good to talk here....isn't the number to call 311 for repairs ?
 
@ProblemAgain:
 
My thought too. It is a quick call.
 
Many years ago, there were some lights on KWD had some sort of "blinder" on them so that you had to be super close to see their color. I called 311 to complain about them and the safety factor and two days later, the difficult to see lights were replaced. 4951
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Safety44 Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jan 27, '16 7:51am  
Isn't this the "all green light" issue that's been posted here before?
 
@elguapo:
 
Don't know. Haven't heard that term before.
 
4951
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Safety44 Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jan 27, '16 7:52am  
it doesn't do any good to talk here....isn't the number to call 311 for repairs ?
 
@ProblemAgain:
 
Thanks
I'll call 311
4951
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king Active Indicator LED Icon  New Member
~ 8 years ago   Jan 27, '16 8:41am  
I don't think the light is the problem, it's the driver that is running the red light. I had the same thing happen to me by Royal Forest and Kingwood Dr. The light was green for me and the other driver just ran the red light after it had been red for a few seconds. The light light was red for them because I saw it.  4951
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terilyntx Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 8 years ago   Jan 27, '16 9:01am  
There is also a 311 app that is really easy to use. People can 'vote' on the issue (not sure if that acts to expedite). You can also see that the issue was received, get a ticket number, and get a notification when the issue is fixed. 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 8 years ago   Jan 27, '16 9:22am  
Seeing the light going west (leaving KW) is not a problem, heading East (into KW) you have to round a gentle curve where it is slightly hidden by the trees, but typically you can see it in time. Since you already entered the intersection, I assume they were headed West (after the median). So best guess speed coupled with a bad judgment.BRING BACK THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS!For the children!Emoticon 4951
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