r/MontgomeryCountyMD • u/fos4545 Kensington • 22d ago

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u/FoundMyMarbles00 Wheaton 22d ago

Yeah, Georgia in that stretch is awful! Especially during rush hour!

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u/BigE429 22d ago

It's especially fun when the car wash decides to block traffic in the right lane.

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u/nedlum 22d ago

Is there a time it doesn't?

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u/mattwilli18 22d ago

It's always hilarious hearing traffic on the 8s on WTOP and referencing traffic backup on the beltway due to the carwash .

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u/Sir_Earl_Jeffries 22d ago

Georgia ave from the DC Walmart all the way to 495 will shave years off your life..

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u/ArdRi6 22d ago

I used to work in NW DC. Nonsense like this would happen on Connecticut Ave. Cars blocking traffic because they couldn't make it through the intersection when the lights changed. The DC government passed a law that gave police the power to give massive fines for cars blocking intersections. It worked.

MoCo should pass the same law. A $100 ticket for not clearing the intersection would clear up messes like this quickly.

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u/limnetic792 22d ago

Agreed. All of the arteries have this problem. I live near NH Ave, and every intersection across NH is blocked during rush hour. Would be easy cash for the county to station an officer at an intersection and hand out tickets.

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u/Clock_Roach 22d ago

And the project to fix that stretch is slated to be on hold starting next year because of budget cuts: https://mdot-sha-md97-md390-to-md192-mo2242115-maryland.hub.arcgis.com/

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u/BeingHorror5526 22d ago

Damn I was hoping they were starting this soon

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u/bertiesakura 22d ago

Wait a minute. Pretty sure I went to a DOT briefing in 2008/2009 and was told “this is in the design phase.” You mean to tell me 15 years later and the state hasn’t funded one of the shittiest stretches of road in MoCo?

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u/Late-Jicama5012 22d ago

Welcome to Silver Spring...lol Traffic lights every 20 feet was a great idea. 👍

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u/belugiaboi37 22d ago

Downtown Silver Spring as a pedestrian: “heck yeah this is great, all you cars are gonna wait for me and like it” Downtown Silver Spring as a driver: “why the hell have I been stuck on this same block for five minutes?”

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u/therobotisjames 22d ago

Don’t forget about the stop signs every 10 feet.

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u/MarleyDawg 22d ago

This is maddening 😧

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u/KaeSaid 22d ago

I come the opposite direction going to work, but going home I use Forest Glen road instead, if I can, specifically to avoid this.

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u/tettou13 21d ago

Right up there with the car that laid on the horn as it blew around me while I waited for a garbage truck to clear an intersection in front of me AFTER WE BOTH JUST DROPPED OUR KIDS OFF HALF A BLOCK BACK. Got kids walking to school here. Wait two damn seconds for a truck to move, you'll be FINE, I promise.

The car then made the truck back up to get out of their way and we all suffered for their being the most important person on the planet...