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NJ has too much construction vehicles going through busy roads. I see a lot of dump trucks and equipment hauling trucks daily going through neighborhoods and highways. Dump trucks on Rt 21/22 is very dangerous and have caused accidents and deaths due to negligence.
The bulk of traffic in NJ is due to too many slow and overly cautious drivers. If you ever look at high residential area the majority of traffic is due to stop signs and single lane where people take forever to make a simply right turn. I hate stop signs more because people play the waiting game too much.
I also don't see police ever direct traffic, they can sit at choke points or hidden spots to catch people making an illegal turn but you'll never see them get into a traffic jam and help people clear a messy section. They'll pop the lights on and sped out of there.
If the police claims they are not responsible with traffic, why are they writing traffic related tickets? They're making revenue on regulations and not regulating traffic. All it takes is one or 2 cops at an intersection clearing bad jams during the snow storm to get people moving.
It’s best to think of North Jersey as a sprawling city when you get annoyed at traffic or delivery trucks
I think that the OP needs to be reminded--or, perhaps informed for the first time--that NJ is the most congested state by virtue of its relatively limited square miles vs its population, with the most people per square mile of the entire US--in some parts of the state.
So replacing industrial parks with condos adds too many commercial vehiculs?
Replacing that industrial park with a new development means more commercial traffic during the construction and East Hanover already had too much construction in its lifetime. Also, after a new development, that means MORE regular traffic besides the high traffic East Hanover already gets. Somebody mentioned they lived in East Hanover for 40 years and they said the town has enough overdevelopment. Apparently, Castle Ridge Townhomes was built over a piece of farmland. It's a shame it was built over, but we can't help that. It's NJ and most of NJ has that issue, because too many people want to live here. Over development means more people to contribute to traffic and that also means more people to drive those annoying commercial vehicles.
NJ has too much construction vehicles going through busy roads. I see a lot of dump trucks and equipment hauling trucks daily going through neighborhoods and highways. Dump trucks on Rt 21/22 is very dangerous and have caused accidents and deaths due to negligence.
The bulk of traffic in NJ is due to too many slow and overly cautious drivers. If you ever look at high residential area the majority of traffic is due to stop signs and single lane where people take forever to make a simply right turn. I hate stop signs more because people play the waiting game too much.
I also don't see police ever direct traffic, they can sit at choke points or hidden spots to catch people making an illegal turn but you'll never see them get into a traffic jam and help people clear a messy section. They'll pop the lights on and sped out of there.
If the police claims they are not responsible with traffic, why are they writing traffic related tickets? They're making revenue on regulations and not regulating traffic. All it takes is one or 2 cops at an intersection clearing bad jams during the snow storm to get people moving.
Thank you for being the only person have a normal response to this thread.
There are a lot of dump trucks on I-280 too. Trucks are scary, because their tires can fly off, or they can have items stored inside fly out onto other people's vehicles. Large trucks are ENOUGH, but when you have the addition of the following things, it contributes to too much traffic. : 1. commercial vans like air conditioning, heating 2. redneck pickup trucks when it is winter and no yard work needs to be done 3. large landscaping vehicles when it is winter and no yard work needs to be done.
Yes, I agree with you. Slow drivers are the reasons why we have traffic issues in NJ. When people drive, it causes a "domino effect", where it takes a second for the driver behind them to react. This causes the jams. Most of the slow drivers are rednecks in their monstruous looking pickup truck or a bunch of old people. NJ has too many retirees and too many redneck pickup drivers. They cannot drive well. Whenever they are first in line at a red light, they cannot react fast enough, yet they react too fast to the yellow lights and they cause me to miss the yellow before it even turns red. Then it takes a second for each driver behind them to react. It goes in a domino effect. I don't like going out anywhere, because NJ's bad drivers and commercial vehicles contribute to the jams. I could move to a more sparsely populated state with a better quality of life and the pay the same cost of living you get in NJ.
The police in NJ are awful. They sit in their cars chit chatting and not watching the flow of traffic. They blocked off a part of River Road FOR NO REASON during the recent snowstorm when I was close to accessing my road off of River Road. The cop blocked that part off and directed traffic towards Ridgedale Avenue instead and all of that was jammed. I don't support NJ cops, I'm sorry. In fact, the Newark police does a better job controlling their morning rush hour traffic than the cops in the suburbs controlling the commonly messy intersections.
I think that the OP needs to be reminded--or, perhaps informed for the first time--that NJ is the most congested state by virtue of its relatively limited square miles vs its population, with the most people per square mile of the entire US--in some parts of the state.
I wish Long Island was considered a state so I could say that LI is the most congested state in the nation! Well Long Islanders who come to suburban NJ say how much of a relief NJ is compared to LI.
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