GrayWolfNOrlando's Blog

With all the complaining of energy consumption in this country, price of gas at the pumps & so on, why hasn't someone in the State or Local Government haven't come up with a plan to time traffic lights. Yeah, a few months ago, County Commissioners were going to pay a consulting firm big bucks to study traffic problems on Conroy-Windemere Rd by the Millinia Mall. You don't need to be a Rocket Scientist or pay some firm to figure out the problem. It's the traffic lights. Not a one is in sequence with the other. You catch one you catch them all. Same with Sand Lake Rd at I-4. And there are others. 436 and I-4 in Altamonte Springs, S.R 414 in Seminole County. I've called numerous times wanting to complain about the situation on Sand Lake Rd and I-4 but no one returns my calls. Typical of the Local Government. They don't care. Problem on Sand Lake Rd is, if you're travelling on I-4 East and want to get off at Sand Lake Rd & make a right turn you aren't permitted to make a right turn on red, even with the short exit ramp, But if you're travelling West on I-4 getting off at Sand Lake Rd. one is permitted to make a right turn on red even with a mile long exit ramp. The problem here is that people are making right turns on red blocking the travel lanes of Westbound Sand Lake Rd. by people wanting to make an immediate left onto Turkey Lake Rd. The other problem is from International Dr to Turkey Lake Rd. there is 4 traffic lights within a half mile of each other & not a one is in sequence. Common sense would tell someone in charge of this mess, to keep traffic moving, traffic lights need to be in sequence. Could this be why so many people in Central Florida run so many traffic lights.